Shes adorable Nex! I havent seen any family pics in awhile!

And, oooooh YES! She looks like she'd LOVE the tomatoes!! :P

Oh yeah, from the age of 7 or 8 til about 16 or so, i've had such a "garden" at my country house.
It's so much healthier and rewarding to go out to your garden and get a tomato, onion, cabbage or even watermelon.

Ok, i can't remember all the vegetables i had back then, but it was quite a crop for only me and my mom :D

We even had a schedule:
Morning: Eat, work on the "crop".
Afternoon: Eat, relax... read a book or something.
4-5 PM: Work on the "crop".
7-8 PM: Water the "crop".
Dinner, sleep and all that again on the next day :p

Have a raised bed in the backyard. Plan on adding three more this season. Last season we grew tomatoes, squash, eggplant, and leeks. This year I plan on planting pie pumpkins, peppers, nasturtiums and a few other things as well. We also have a cherry and an apricot tree in the yard. I would like to add a peach and a plum tree.

I have some grass, it gets cut a few times in the summer, thats the extent of my gardening. :)

... i imagine Wayne asking Paul if he could take care of the garden during his absence... oh what a surprise at his return... lol

I'm not a fan of photosynthesis, so I tend not to facilitate it by cultivating vegetation unnecessarily.

In a properly built garden, maintenance is so much easier than lawn maintenance. I'd remove my entire front lawn and plant edibles if it were for "Attractive Nuisance" laws and the fact that my city would consider it improper use.

:o Oh man, that would drive me crazy. I guess I got a little obsessive with my lawn though. I mowed it twice a week, and fertilized often and I can't wait for spring so I can start again.