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[♪ INTRO]

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It’s a beautiful morning outside, Squeaks!

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It really is brighter out today.

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A few weeks ago, it was still dark out this
early in the morning.

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Winter must be coming to an end, and you know
what that means…

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Yup!

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Spring is right around the corner.

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In spring, we get more sunlight and the weather
warms up!

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My favorite part of spring is that the plants
start to grow again.

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Well, if you really want to watch to see how
the plants start growing in spring,

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I think I have just the idea.

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Why don’t we start a vegetable garden here
at the Fort?

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If we grow a garden, we can watch the plants
at all stages of their lives,

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and see how they grow and change over the
spring, summer, and even fall.

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I think that I know the perfect place where
we could

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give our new little plants everything they
need to grow.

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Let’s take a look!

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Alright, we’re looking at an old planter
box in The Fort’s backyard.

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It’ll need a little bit of work before spring,

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but it will be a perfect place for our new
vegetable garden.

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What do you think, Squeaks?

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Oh, you’re right that there aren’t any
vegetable plants growing in here right now.

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Maybe I should explain more.

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The plants aren’t ready to grow today, and
we don’t have seeds to plant yet.

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Before we start growing our new plants,

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we actually have a lot of tasks to do in order
to get ready for spring.

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It’s a good thing that you’re getting
started early!

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Huh?

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Oh, hi Juniper!

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We didn’t see you there.

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Juniper the Earthworm lives in the Fort’s
greenhouse

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and she helps with all the gardening that
goes on around here!

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That’s right!

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I heard someone talking about starting a new
garden,

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so I thought that I’d come over and see
what you were planning!

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I’m a worm, so I love everything that has
to do with soil and dirt!

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That includes gardening and helping plants
to grow from the ground up!

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We’re planning to grow a vegetable garden
in this planter box in the backyard

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so Squeaks and I can study the plants as they
grow this spring.

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Oh, that’s lovely!

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I’m sure you’ll do an excellent job taking
care of these plants,

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but we should also make sure that this space
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everything you’ll need to make plants happy
so they’ll grow!

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Hmmm… what do you think the plants need,
Squeaks?

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Yes!

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Plants need water and sunlight to grow!

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That’s right, and since plants can’t move
around to find water and sunlight,

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they also need to be planted in a place that
gets enough of those things.

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Before you plant anything in it, you’ll
want to observe your garden bed closely.

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How much sunlight does it get every day?

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Is the soil sandy, or more like dirt, or even
hard like clay?

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How much water is in the earth here?

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I sent one of my remote control garden-bots
out there to help us take a look.

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What do you notice?

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Yeah, the soil is nice and dark, and it’s
not super wet or super dry.

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I agree.

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This dark soil is full of good nutrients,
or things that help plants grow,

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but you may need to water it a bit more once
your plants are ready to grow.

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Now, different types of plants all have different
needs,

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and they may need different amounts of water
and sunlight.

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I’m also seeing that there’s not much
shade here,

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so you’ll want to pick plants that do very
well in direct sunlight.

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The sun will be shining right down on them
for a few hours every day!

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You may need to water your garden on drier
days,

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and you’ll still want to pick plants that
can handle a bit of rain.

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Wow, you know so much about gardening!

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Say, would you like to help us with our new
garden project?

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There’s still so much we could learn from
you about plants!

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I would absolutely love to help out.

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Thank you so much for inviting me!

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How about we meet up soon to create a planting
calendar.

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That’s a special tool that will help us
to make decisions about our plants.

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What do you think, Squeaks?

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Sounds great to us!

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You bring your plant knowledge, we’ll bring
the snack!

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Looks like we’re in for a really fun new
project with Juniper!

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If you’d like to join us as we grow a garden
all together,

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or spend more time with Juniper, Squeaks,
and all of our friends,

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be sure to hit the subscribe button.

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We’ll see you next time, here at the Fort.

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