This is what my niece whispered into my mother's ear as she drifted off to sleep after a busy day learning what used to be called the domestic arts. My mother taught her granddaughter how to knit, how to make pastry, and how to do laundry. "The next thing I want to share with her," my mother reported with glee, "Is how seeds germinate and grow into plants."

Thanks to Surf City Growers she's...