Day six of the Novena to the Holy Spirit for the Seven Gifts

We are going to actually try to grow edible things in our back yard.  I have long grown culinary herbs and tomatoes in pots, but I've never had a garden.  Neither has dh.  We're going to try, none the less, with help from my friends... 

We actually went to buy some plants today.  Peppermint for the strawberry pot; leeks, red onions, shallots, and cauliflower for the garden...seeds for carrots, zucchini, beets, bush beans, and scallions.

Ds#1 really wanted to have part of the garden, so I told him he could have the whole thing.  I would help him, of course.  He was so excited he had to tell his friends and his father.  As soon as we got home he went right to work raking it.

He is very enthusiastic, and I hope he stays interested in it--he certainly loves to consume the products!