gardening with small children

...is very rewarding, to someone anyway -- not sure who that is. I submit that it takes a great deal of patience. They run the other way when you try to suggest an activity...
...they seem to enjoy picking the green tomatoes and ONLY the green ones....
...they won't hold still when asked to pose with that first big tomato...
and they would rather smash the foods than eat them.
okay, i don't have a picture of the actual smashing process, but you can rest assured that within several seconds the small tomato pictured near her hand was pulp ground into my french tablecloth. Well, c'est la vie...

I look forward to next year, when she will be a little older and even more inclined to 'help'!

PS. please don't inquire about the choice of rain boots with a miniskirt. C is very headstrong about certain things, and in the matter of dress i sometimes figure it is easier not to argue...