Seeds for City Gardeners

Leslie Scrimshaw lives in an apartment in Vancouver. Several years ago she started to grow herbs and small vegetables in her kitchen. She gave the seeds from her plants to friends. Soon she started to sell the seeds. Now she has a small business. She sells packages of seeds to city gardeners. Herbs are the most popular seeds. Scrimshaw says herbs are easy to grow in most kitchens. The leaves of fresh herbs add a special flavor to soups, salad dressing, and pasta dishes. 

Background Information

Many people have gardens in their backyards, but some people don't have room for a full garden. Talk about where people can grow things if they live in an apartment. Also talk about herbs, what they are and what they're used for. Finally, talk about home-based businesses, how they can get started and how they are started.

Questions

1. Where does Leslie live?

2. Where did she start to grow things?

3. What is an herb?

4. How do you think her small business started?

5. What does she sell?

6. Use the word popular in a sentence.

7. What part of the herb do you use?

8. What herbs do you like?

9. What do herbs do?

10. Why do you think herbs make food taste better?