I’ve been growing things for about 33 years .. did a number on veggies got all the weather timing stuff down naturally.. I did some apple trees weeping peach trees and pecans tree a few years ago and last year they produced fruit.. I wouldn’t say gardening is hard work when it’s something fun to do but it is time consuming
I love gardening and could spend hours at a time doing it, but they say take a break ever so often as it's not good on the bones to continually garden without a break.
I have a plum tree in my garden that produces fruit every year. I can see the blossom coming through now. 😁
Good luck with your garden and enjoy the end results as I do ; )
P.s also get a visit from my little friend the robin each time I'm out there. ☺