EDMOND HARRY LUCY LUCY It's actually quite simple. All you need to do is plant the seeds, water them and that's it! HARRY So tell me kids, what are you studying today? EDMOND We were wondering how to grow carrots. LUCY I just told you how it's done. All you need are a few seeds, and some water, EDMOND And then 'Presto!', you have a carrot? LUCY That's right! And once they're all grown, you pull them out of the ground, you give them to daddy and you get a carrot cake. HARRY You're almost right. The trick is to know when the best time of year to plant the seeds is. LUCY We should plant them every day so we have carrots all year long. HARRY The problem is that it's Fall now. The ground is too cold and the seeds won't be able to grow. We need to wait until the end of Winter. EDMOND Oh yeah. According to the planting calendar, carrots can be planted from early March, when the ground has had time to warm up, until early July. HARRY But there are a lot of things to do before we can start planting carrots. For example, at the end of Fall, we can prepare the soil by overturning it so it can breathe. EDMOND And when is a good time to start mulching? LUCY Mulching? What does that mean? HARRY It's when you cover up your vegetable garden with mulch. LUCY Um, okay, but why do we have to do that? EDMOND I... think it's because it helps the plants grow faster. HARRY No. Mulch acts kind of like a shield for the ground. In Winter, it protects the ground from the cold by warming it up. In Summer, it protects it from the heat by keeping it humid. LUCY Okay, so after that, will it be time to plant our carrots? HARRY Yes, we can at the end of Winter. We push aside the mulch, we dig small furrows, and then we plant the seeds. LUCY And then, we water them. EDMOND We also put the mulch back to protect the soil from the heat and to keep it humid. Mulching is also a good way to save water! LUCY That's great, but when are they ready? EDMOND The first carrots can be harvested at the beginning of June, when Spring is almost over. LUCY That means we won't have any carrot cake until... huhoh/ June of next year! EDMOND Thankfully, there are other vegetables in the garden that can be harvest at other times of the year. LUCY Oh yeah, that's right. We can have vegetable pies with onions or eggplant, tomatoes or leeks, pumpkin or beets. HARRY You're absolutely right. Okay, here you go. I hope you'll both enjoy this! EDMOND Oh wow! Carrot cake! LUCY Oh wow! Carrot cake! Yay! EDMOND Yay! LUCY But... where did you find the carrots? HARRY Aha! Look at your planting calendar again. It says you can plant carrots until the start of summer. So that means you can harvest them up until the end of Fall. EDMOND That means we can have even more Carrot Cake than we thought! HARRY So, did you understand everything we said? EDMOND Yes! In order to grow carrots, we need carrot seeds, soil and water. You also have to prepare your vegetable garden because there's always something to do in it depending on the season, like overturning the soil, mulching, planting, watering. HARRY Very well done, kids. EDMOND LUCY That's so good! EDMOND Delicious!!