Breaking Ground
South Beach, Miami

While the ground is thawing back in New York, we are breaking ground for our second Good Food Garden here in Miami, Florida, where warm weather and plenty of sunshine make for perfect gardening conditions. Share Our Strength's Kelly Trimyer, Joe Allegra, and Tamra McCraw arrived at Fun & Fit as a Family this afternoon just in time to get our hands dirty. Mark, Jaime and Cory, from Teich Garden Systems, had already constructed the gorgeous 30 foot wooden structure and temporarily filled it with dozens of varieties of plants and herbs from a local organic nursery.

Before long, we had all hands on deck---hauling 30 pound bags of soil and filling the garden's clever compartments with the luscious black dirt. We pruned, trimmed and arranged every plant--from Lufa plant (yes, it grows on a vine!) to lemongrass to green zebra tomatoes-- into the soil so it would be ready for our VIP visitors the next day---Lottie and the gals from the West Palm Beach Boys and Girl's Club, who will give our second Good Food Garden a home. 

Although most of the hard work had already been done by the Teich team, (I admit I'm better at pruning plants than planing wood) I couldn't help but feel a great surge of pride and camaraderie as we dug into the dirt and built the garden side-by-side. Once again, I experienced the Share Our Strength spirit at its best.