Ok ok I will try some red Russian kale! (If I can get the seeds around here in the boondocks).

They broke ground for the new 40' x 18' vegetable garden in our back yard today- so exciting! They are coming back tomorrow to do some more digging and bring in some new topsoil and compost to heap in the middle. After that it's a matter of waiting for the fence to be installed around the perimeter (to keep all the marauding varmints and deer out), then lastly laying out and sculpting the beds and paths inside. I can't wait to starting planting! (but I'll have to).

Here are a few pix- I'm in the last two shots, after the guys went home for the day.