The value of a garden

We have lived in our home for almost 6 years now. In our backyard we share a "fence" with an older couple who has turned their very large yard into a garden. We have tried to talk to them and make eye contact with them. Over the last 6 years, I have talked to them maybe 2 times. I have wondered how to just start a conversation with them. Well, this year I figured it out.

We have a small backyard, and one corner of it was quite a mess. This year we decided to turn it into a very little garden, just so it would look nice and so it would be something fun for me and the girls. Well, our neighbors, all of them, joined in the project. Slovenes love to garden and are quite good at it. Needless to say, our backyard neighbor joined in and now we have had many conversations about "how to garden". I wouldn't have thought of doing that to start a conversation, but it worked.