I decided to plant a garden in place of our flowerbed this year, and it's turned out to be a fun project. The boys and I picked out plants & seeds in the spring to plant. We went with zucchini, tomato, basil and strawberry plants, and later planted some pumpkin seeds. You can see the before & after pictures here. Actually, the "after" picture is 3 weeks old...the pumpkin plant is MUCH bigger now and has three pumpkins thus far. The boys really enjoy taking care of their garden and LOVE picking the goodies and, in the case of the strawberries, eating them ASAP. I'm glad they're enjoying gardening so much!