I don't know what your neck of the woods is like but here in "High altitude misery land, were subsoil is the only soil in your yard and it'll freeze in June because fuck you" it's a struggle to get anything out of the garden.

This year, something went wrong with the peppers and tomatoes I started indoors (I suspect the potting soil) and they never grew over 1.5 inches tall, even after they were hardened off and planted outdoors in proper soil. As such, I bought a pepper and a tomato from a retail store. The pepper is still only about a foot tall, but the tomato was actually bushing out fairly well, about 4' tall... and then something ate it down to maybe 3'-2.5'-ish. The squash I started indoors did much better and survived hardening off well. After I put them into the garden the earwigs actually waited a whole week to eat them down to stumps. And I absolutely need to water... it takes about two days for the plants to start wilting.

My garden makes me appreciate the supermarket every year.

Hydroponics and the accessibility to it makes things even easier. On demand veggie snacks, right in my room? Yes please.

This comment is brought to you by someone living in a temperate area, with land that they have access to, that also doesn't scorch everything that tries to grow.

A lot of people think growing shit takes a lot of effort because it does for them.

That being said, hydroponics is a very nice option that works for me.