Little Miss has been accompanying her father and me to the my dad's community garden plot more frequently since he's been gone for field camp. Sometimes she has trouble tolerating the heat, even though we go with all sorts of sun-blocking tricks. There's only so much sweating that can be tolerated! I hear that. However, she's done a pretty good job of enduring her inherited over-active sweat glands, so we're happy to be teaching her how to grow all kinds of vegetables. People probably think we're crazy to bring such a young baby out there, and even more crazy to take the time to tell her what each plant is called, what color it is, how it grows, etc. but I think she understands more than we know and ought to be "growing" even now in knowledge and appreciation of the foods she will one day eat.
With the good batches of rain lately, most of the plants are doing very well. In particular, we've had some crazy zucchini growth.
Here she is with a pretty normal sized one
And here she is (looking slightly overwhelmed) with a monster zucchini
Imagining she is tasting some of the delicious harvest
Sweaty mom and baby
Unfortunately we didn't snap any pictures of sweet Dad. Until she can pull weeds and sit up unassisted (haha) and all that, he's gotta do most of the work.
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