She loves seeing the plants grow. She is especially enamored with lettuce. I have two big containers of iceberg lettuce next to the deck, and she's constantly picking off leaves and eating them. I have bibb and romaine in the veggie bed, and it's fenced in, so she's always bugging me to let her in to pick some leaves to eat.

But she won't eat anything else I grow! Last summer I had strawberries, tomatoes, beans, potatoes, zucchini, and peas. I'd serve them at dinner, and she'd be eager. She'd ask, "did this come from our garden?" and I said yes. Suddenly she'd push it away and say "yuck!" What on earth is this child thinking? Veggies from the garden are somehow inferior to those sold at the grocery?

--Pam

She had a good time walking between plants and picking stuff we couldn't reach & really loved cherry tomato fights , squirting each other with the hose & citrus seed spitting contests. (mom didnt appreciate some of our antics and maybe that grew her interests in veggies.)

pretty soon she would even eat store bought veggies.

Another problem is that sometimes I have trouble with certain crops tasting right, harvesting them at the right time. By the time my lettuce got to a decent size this year, it was too bitter to eat. And there's the bug issue - grocery store produce doesn't have bugs on it, and my garden often does. (I garden organically).

I think she's caught on, though. She's been raiding the peas when I'm not looking - ever since I showed her how yummy they are fresh-picked, I've found a lot of empty pods. :)

--Pam