Gardening

This year I'm playing suburban farmer after having decided to plant tomatoes once again. I've been trying to get the children interested in helping. Actually, it's "the child", since, at a year-and-a-half, Lexie's pretty much a lost cause, and just wants to throw dirt around. At 4, Trevor enjoys watering the plants with me and watching the little tomatoes grow on the vine. When I ask him if he wants to eat them when they're ripe, he scrunches up his nose and declares that he doesn't like "pomatoes". His loss.

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