Flat Lala helps Garden

Dear Lala,

Flat Lala was busy tonight! She helped Grandpa and I plant garden. We were putting the potatoes in the dirt when she hollered, "Grandma! You're doing it wrong. The cut side goes down so the green parts can grow up to the sun." We had to go back and fix the potatoes we had planted.

She and Grandpa were much more careful when they planted the onions. Everything went in properly the first time.

Later this week we will be going to the nursery in LeRoy to buy tomato plants and other seeds. Some seeds like cool soil for growing; others want it warmer. We can't plant the tomatoes outside until the ground is warmer, so we'll keep them in the house by a window until the ground is ready. In the meantime, they will look like a small forest of tall stalks and green leaves on the table. Won't that be funny?

Love, Grandma