Breaking ground

Our first dig is under way!

The plot is a 10'x15' area in the back lot of the church:

Many hands make light work, as they say; that was (more or less) true yesterday evening as the lads of Boy Scout Troop 17 grabbed shovels and got right to work:

The guys also worked on lashing together some bamboo stakes to make a climbing structure for the cucumbers and melons we hope to grow in this space (hard to see in the picture below).  Here's the state of things as of last night:

Sure, it doesn't look like much just yet; but we'll be at it for a while yet before it looks like a proper garden.