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Old 29-05-2007, 09:44 PM posted to rec.gardens.edible
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The Cook wrote:

On Tue, 29 May 2007 11:24:33 -0400, "Rachael Simpson"
wrote:

Here's one for all you gardeners:

A lighter story with no chemicals involved!!

Had the kids out in the garden with me this morning. As we were
re-planting, watering, and trying to salvage what damage had been done by
the goats, I was explaining to my 2yr old how the garden would grow all his
favorite things to eat. He loves salad, cukes, tomatos, peppers (of any
flavor!), watermelons, and most of things kids these days hate to eat. I
guess I used the wrong words saying that it would grow ALL his favorite
things, and he quickly picked up on that. I should have said all his
favorite veggies & some of his fav fruits. Next thing I know he was asking
me if he could grow some fried chicken, french fries, pretzels, chips,
pickles, and pizza too. I explained that I would make pickles from the
cukes, and french fries & chips could be made from the potatos. Then told
him about the fried chicken and the chickens in the yard. But could not
make him understand about the pizza. Told him that mommy would use the
tomatos to make the pizza sauce, but that the
pepperoni, crust & cheese just couldn't be grown in the garden. He's still
determined that he's gonna grow a pizza...............oh well, there is only
so much you can explain to a 2yr old I guess. At least nothing else was
said about the pretzels.

--
Susan N.

"Moral indignation is in most cases two percent moral,
48 percent indignation, and 50 percent envy."
Vittorio De Sica, Italian movie director (1901-1974)


"?"
Two pointless posts (not yours Rachael). Am I missing something or are
you?

- Bill
Coloribus gustibus non disputatum (mostly)