Has the way you feel about plants or gardening changed over the years?

A natural way to answer

It has, quite a lot. When I was younger I saw plants as decoration and nothing more. As I've got older, I've come to appreciate the slow, patient side of growing things. It's taught me to be less impatient.

Key phrases to use

• rope someone into — to persuade or pressure someone into doing something they didn't plan to do“My parents roped me into weeding every weekend.”
• get under one's skin — here: to gradually become something you care about deeply, almost without noticing“Gardening got under my skin and now I can't stop.”