To earn their Sow It and Grow It badge, Violet, Tigerlilly, and the other Mouse Scouts plant a vegetable garden.

Mouse shows Cat how to grow pumpkins, then turns one into a surprise. Includes facts about growing pumpkins.

Students create a vegetable garden on their school's rooftop.

City-girl Talia misunderstands her grandmother's request that she go to the garden for "root vegetables" but manages to find some she thinks are rude, as well as a good use for the rest she harvests. Includes a recipe for Rude Vegetable Stew.

In Dakor, India, Jiva looks forward to a feast of peas from his garden, but when they are stolen at harvest time, Jiva sets out to catch the thief.

"Luke gets so many presents for his birthday that when his grandfather gives him a bag of seeds, he's rather disappointed. But his grandfather tells him that if he plants and cares for these little seeds, they could become the best present of all. Luke wants to believe him, but it's hard when so little happens day after day. Will Luke have the patience to nurture the seeds into something truly special? Here is a lovely tale told by renowned picture...

Linh searches for blueberries in her rooftop garden. Includes recipe for blueberry and banana pancakes.

"When a dog named Dutch hears the gardener going down the stairs each morning, he anticipates her every move. But most of all, he waits for the beautiful words, 'Okay, Dutch. Let's go outside.' It's a bright summer day. Dutch stands back from the dark, dusty toolshed, but the rest of the day is blissful -- rolling in the dewy grass, waiting for a scratch behind his ears, napping on the gardener's boots at midday and playing in the hose."--