"The Prophet Said to Plant a Garden, So That's What We'll Do"

Some things are making a lot more sense to me as I have been reading and researching about items my family has consumed over the past number of years. For example--the prophet's advice for decades to plant a garden. Most people don't because, well, it IS expensive (we spent several hundreds of dollars last year putting in raised beds with "Mel's Mix soil.) and time consuming. Now that I am learning about the pesticides and other things that much of our produce contains, I can more easily see the wisdom in the advice to have a garden. Stuff is fresh, in season, and you know that there are no pesticides on your plants, which could potentially cause health problems down the road. An added benefit--it is great time to visit with your spouse or kids, if they are out helping you with it, and you feel a great sense of accomplishment when you eat stuff you grew and picked yourself. Maile would spend hours in our garden in Rexburg picking every thing she could see, and we all would get so excited when we saw fruit growing on our trees. I loved that, and I miss it! I think I will buy Maile a potted fruit tree for Christmas....