Where's fun in that indeed! I am currently learning about new skill or let's say I hope it will turn into hobby. I could buy all the stuff needed for it, but the thing is, where's fun in that? It would be assembly not creating. Same as following recipes to the letter. No fun. No experimentation. No feeling of truly being the one who created the end result.

And you hit the nail on head with the gardening. Exactly. That is how it is for me too :)