OK, for anyone confused on how to play the game, basically what you have to do is click on the villagers and then click the think balloon (with a hand icon I think) above them. Then you can click on the piles of soil and grow or build stuff with whatever you have on the right side of the screen. You can also feed them with the eggplant. Using the roses helps the villagers fall in love and make babies.
My main gripe with the game is sometimes the villagers won't do what you ask them too. I'm not sure if it is a path finding issue or what.
Other than that, it is a very charming game. Just give better feedback on what to do and what is going on and this game can have plenty of time sunken into.