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Lotte gets an allotment

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Lotte gets an allotment

Lotte finally has a little garden of her own and wants to grow vegetables, but first there are weeds everywhere. Learn the words of gardening - beds, seeds, soil, harvest - and what plants need.

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  1. Kalle

    Toll, ein eigener Kleingarten, Lotte! Aber wo sind denn die Beete?

    Translation

    Great, an allotment of your own, Lotte! But where are the beds?

  2. Lotte

    Irgendwo unter dem Unkraut. Das wuchs hier jahrelang ganz allein.

    Translation

    Somewhere under the weeds. They grew here on their own for years.

  3. Kalle

    Keine Panik, das kommt alles auf den Kompost.

    Translation

    Don't panic, it's all going on the compost.

  4. Lotte

    Ich habe natürlich schon einen Plan: Hier baue ich Tomaten an, dort Möhren und Salat.

    Translation

    Of course I've already got a plan: here I'll grow tomatoes, over there carrots and lettuce.

  5. Kalle

    Translation

    But there's a lot of shade under the apple tree. I'd plant the lettuce there, and the tomatoes in the sun.

  6. Lotte

    Gut, dass du das sagst! Und die Samen für die Möhren säe ich direkt in die Erde, oder?

    Translation

    Good thing you say so! And I sow the carrot seeds straight into the soil, right?

  7. Kalle

    Genau. Danach musst du sie jeden Abend gießen, die Gießkanne steht schon da.

    Translation

    Exactly. After that you have to water them every evening, the watering can is already there.

  8. Lotte

    Translation

    Every evening? I thought plants just grow on their own.

  9. Kalle

    Translation

    Almost. The tomatoes flower in June, and in August you can harvest.

  10. Lotte

    Translation

    August, harvest - it's already in my calendar! And when are the tomatoes ripe?

  11. Kalle

    Translation

    When they're nice and red. You'll see, you've got green fingers.

  12. Lotte

    Bis jetzt habe ich nur grüne Hände vom Unkraut! Los, an die Arbeit!

    Translation

    So far I've only got green hands from the weeds! Come on, let's get to work!

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