I never really considered gardening until our daughter, Taylor, was two years old. We moved into a new home in Dallas with a side yard set up as a garden.  I felt compelled to plant something, anything, to take advantage of the teaching opportunity for her.  We quickly learned that the food we grew tasted SO much better than the food we bought.  From that time on, we have had a garden every year.  Kevin has always called it my "science experiment" and I suppose he's right.  Yet every year, we learn something new, we grow delicious food and we incorporate what we learn into our classes to share the knowledge gained.