Pa got kicked by a horse ...and he was quite bad for a while, but they thought he'd make it. But, he didn't.

Ma: Yer Pa ain't 'round here no more, so I's gonna show 'ow it's done.

(She didn't talk much, as she meant to do exactly as she said ...show 'em.)

(First she showed them the carrot seed in the furrow of her hand ...but she'd already made a furrow in the garden and was very careful not to overseed.  Grass is different ...where you may want to overseed, but hoped they'd remember for next year, so she wouldn't have to constantly oversee.)

(Next came the lettuce ...and the same thing was true for it.  Overseeding meant there'd be not room for growth, and it would have to be thinned later.)

Ma: Oh, Kaye ...my back's feelin' a bit sore, ya think yer ready to dig tha row?"

Kaye:  I'm okay with doin' that.

Ma: And oh, Tuit, ya think ya can help yer sister.  When she begins the row, ya can foller 'er and drop the corn seed in.  Pa always sed the best way wuz three together an' a shoe apart.

(Kaye got right to it, but Tuit hadn't quite listened right ...just dropping the corn as it spilled out of the sack)

Ma: Tuit, if'n ya don't do it right, it won't grow right.  An' Pa always sed a boy sleeps bedder in his bed at night if'n he does his best.