One of my favorite daily summer rituals is walking through the garden with my two young children, harvesting vegetables and creating plans for the day's meals.  Because gardening with children is a part of our daily life, and the kids are active participants in the planning, growing, and harvesting of our garden, it's not a big leap to eating the produce from our garden. In fact, I credit having a garden with having kids who will eat almost any vegetable - it's just what we do in our family. Harvesting is what gets my children the most excited about gardening, and I've learned over the years how to make garden harvesting with children a fun and productive … [Read more...]