If all kids enjoyed gardens as much as Ol Buzz more folks would plant them...That's the first place he wants to go when he visits...and claims the entire garden, not just his wide planting row, where he grew potatoes, carrots, purple beans and snow peas..... He loves almost all vegetables, but not crazy about meat..... I stay with sister Reba when I go to West TN and her grandson Alex is right up there with Buzz when it comes to being precocious....I set him out a 'volunteer' tomato plant and he waited impatiently for it to bear ....One day Sis pointed out to him that it had 3 little 'tommy toe' tomatoes on it..one turning orange. She asked him what he was going to do with it and he said ' COOK IT !" Then he got all excited...said " We can open a fruit stand !" She told him most people considered tomatoes to be vegetables...Unfazed, he said 'Well, we'll open a VEGETABLE stand then ! Ah, the innocence of youth....I don't know what sis did to that poor plant, but I don't think she inherited a green thumb ! *grin* Jeannie T ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ On Tue, 12 Aug 2008 20:18:56 -0700 "Peace Roses" <Roses4831@msn.com> writes: > It would be good if kids nowadays could grow even a small garden to > see where their vegetables come from. We always had a garden when > our kids were growing up so they knew about growing our own food. > They would go out in the garden and pick their own pumpkin. They > helped me pick fruit off the trees for canning. > Emma > ____________________________________________________________ Compete with the big boys. Click here to find products to benefit your business. http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/fc/Ioyw6i3m7tDRvA0I9kjde6bgWConNQ3Z9A1Bvam3X8gt8kR7EpfpHO/