Vegetable Farms

Some farms grow vegetables.
The farmer plants seeds.
The plants need sun and rain to help them grow.
The farmer picks the plants when they are big.
People can buy vegetables at a market or shop.

Farms that grow only vegetables are called 'market gardens'. Market gardens grow many different kinds of vegetables.

Just some of the vegetables grown on a market garden are carrots, parsnips, cabbages of all kinds, pumpkins, beans of all kinds, tomatoes, radishes, lettuces of all kinds, broccoli, cauliflower and capsicums.

The farmers plough the soil with a tractor to get it ready for the seeds. The seeds are planted in rows.
Seeds need sun and rain in order to grow.
Farmers must water the vegetable fields if there is not enough rain.

When the vegetables are ready, they are picked.

They are packed into boxes and taken to the vegetable markets to be sold.

Shopkeepers buy the vegetables to sell in their shops.

If you use any of this information in your own work, write it in your notes like this:
Sydenham, S. & Thomas, R. Vegetable Farms [Online] www.kidcyber.com.au(2001)

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