Who needs a gym when you've got a yard and garden? Here's how many calories a 180-pound person would burn in 30 minutes of activity:
Sitting quietly in the garden: 40
Raking leaves: 162
Trimming shrubs manually: 182
Weeding: 182
Chopping wood: 243
Mowing lawn with a push mower: 243
Chasing squirrels away from birdfeeders: 50,000 (Just kidding!)