SOMETIMES, I HAVE dirt under my fingernails. Mom says that’s OK, as long as I scrub hard before dinner. She understands because she’s a gardener like me—except she says little vegetables taste best. I might be small, but I like veggies BIG.

Mom grows carrots the size of my pinkie. I grow carrots as long as my arm. Some even sprout their own legs.

Mom grows tomatoes that look like red jellybeans,