It was the beginning of spring and Lucy was in the backyard with her grandchild, Jack. Jack was playing soccer when Lucy asked, "I'm going to start planting my garden. Do you want to help me?"
"What are you going to plant, Granny?" asked Jack ."I like big, yellow sunflowers."
"I'm going to plant vegetables. That way we can have them to eat when they are ready," Lucy replied.
"How long does that take?" asked Jack. He sometimes liked vegetables, especially carrots.
"It will take a few months before anything is ready to eat, "Lucy answered. Jack was surprised.
"Months? Why would you do all that work and then have to wait so long?" Jack said. "You should just go to the store and buy them."
"Be patient, my dear! Don't you know food always tastes best when you grow it yourself?" Lucy said. "And if you come to help, it won't be too much work."
"I'll help you, Granny, "offered Jack. He put down the soccer and went to look at the gardening tools Lucy had prepared.
Lucy taught Jack how to use a trowel(铲) to dig small rows for the seeds. Then, Lucy showed Jack how to place the seeds into each hole and how to cover the holes with soil. Lastly, Jack wrote the names of the vegetables on sticks that Lucy pushed into the ground. "This way we can remember which vegetable seeds we planted, "Lucy explained.
Once everything was planted, Jack filled the watering can so that Lucy could make the soil nice and wet for the seeds to start to grow.
"Now we just water them a little bit every day, and with time and sunlight, we'll have delicious things to eat in the summer, "Lucy said. They had never been so excited for summer before.
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Whenever Jack came to visit, he would rush into the garden to work. …… |
Finally, Lucy said it was time for the first harvest. |