Me too, in fact I'd forgotten until you mentioned but one of my kids' favorite books was 'Fanny at Chez Panisse' and my kids are in their 30's now. Hmm, a gift for the 2yr. old . . . coming up!
We're so lucky here in FL that our growing season is fall through spring, when the kids are in school. We can grow two rounds of veggies, to let more kids get into the garden. We make Stone Soup (a nice morality tale) from the harvest before the holidays, clear out the beds and plant all new stuff in January for the longer spring growing season. Everything in the garden is a great learning experience, even putting on gloves for the little kids! (kids in FL don't need gloves for cold weather . . )
