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Chapter One
When it is spring, the
flowers bloom and all sorts of bugs come out. This is the best time of
year. I love dragonflies and in spring there are a lot of them flying
around. My mum loves spring too. That means it is time to plant our
garden. Dad helps dig up the dirt and so does Alec. Ethan plays in the
dirt and eats it. Mum has to pick rocks out of his mouth. Mum and I plant
the seeds and cover them with more dirt.
Chapter Two
Dad gave me a packet of
carrot seeds and told me how to plant them. Mum took a packet of
watermelon seeds. Ethan loves watermelon. Mum planted pumpkin, squash, and
green beans. I planted the peas, corn and brussel sprouts. I don’t like
brussel sprouts, but Mum and Dad do. It was a lot of hard work for our
whole family, except Ethan. Mum put him in the bath while Dad and Alec put
sticks in the ground with little signs to tell what seeds were in which
row.
Chapter Three
Each day we had to take
turns going out to water the garden. I had to stand with the hose in my
hand and put a spray on the end of it. Water went all over the garden. The
dirt smelled nice. Each day we have to keep the seeds wet, and hope the
sun shines down on them so they will start to grow. Mum said to make sure
I didn’t give them too much water or too little water or they would not
grow.
Chapter Four
One day I went out to the
garden and there were a lot of little green things poking through the
dirt. Our seeds were growing! The corn poked out of the ground and was the
tallest of all the plants. The peas, watermelon, pumpkin, squash and green
beans were growing too. Even the brussel sprouts were shooting up from the
dirt. I wish the brussel sprouts hadn’t grown. I hate brussel sprouts and
don’t want Mum to make me eat them.
Chapter Five
Every day our vegetables
are growing more and more. The watermelon, pumpkin and squash are
spreading on vines all over the garden. The peas and green beans are
growing up sticks that Dad put in the ground next to them. We have to keep
the pods out of the dirt or they won’t grow. The corn is as high as my
knees now and I can’t wait to eat corn on the cob. The brussel sprouts are
doing best of all, so Mum says.
Chapter Six
The summer is passing
quickly. All the vegetables in the garden are big now. There are lots of
peas growing on the stem. I pick them sometimes when I am out in the
garden watering them. They are good and tasty. The green beans are long
and fat. Mum says they will be ready to pick first. The corn is as tall as
my shoulders now and little corn cobs are growing. There are pumpkins and
watermelon and squash all over. They take up most of the garden. The
brussel sprouts are growing too. I can see them on the stem.
Chapter Seven
Summer is over. We have
eaten all the green beans and peas now. Mum picked the brussel sprouts and
put them in the freezer so we can have during the winter. Dad picked the
corn on the cob and we had some, but the rest they took off the cob and
put in the freezer for later too. The watermelons grew huge. Ethan and
Alec ate a whole watermelon by themselves. We gave all of our squash away
to our friends and family. None of us like squash, but it is fun to grow.
The pumpkins are orange now and Dad put them in the cellar to use for the
holidays. We had a great garden this year! |
