I like the way you think :)
My husband is an amazing blessing and often helps me with the heavy work involved in my garden endeavors. He loves my home grown, home canned and home cooked food. So much so that he tries to keep me from seeing his eyes glaze over when I discuss soil conditions, plant varieties, companion planting... LOL. He is a treasure, and if I go meet the Lord before him, he will learn to garden in self defense as he is surrounded by plants.
I’ve been waiting for a grandchild who loves gardening as much as I. I have been in love with soil and plants as long as I can remember and it was a great-grandmother who began my garden lessons. We have 20 grandchildren now (#21 due in April) but it’s grandkid #18 who is taking to the soil like Granny. She will be 5 in 2 weeks, lives 150 miles away but spends much time here. Without fail checks on *her plants* immediately upon arrival. Can tell her older siblings much about all the plants here, including what is good to nibble. I have great hopes that this one will someday inherit my wealth of garden paraphernalia.
One year, I planted sweet 'Edible Pod Peas' and snow peas in the garden, with the gardening tools stationed enroute to the garden.
We told the kids that they could eat them while they were working up in the garden, and we encouraged,
telling them that the more that was harvested and eaten, the more they would flower and produce more pods.
The only error made was having the peas close to the house rather than on the other side of the garden away from the house.
Lesson learned !