About the Authors

        John

        My name is John Magee, and I live in San Jose, CA. I live with my mom, dad, brother Alex and my sister Miranda.

         I have quite a bit of experience with growing my own food. My backyard is full of vegetables and fruits. Tomato, cucumber, squash, basil, avocado, cherries and apples are only some of the plants I grow in my backyard. The thing I love about gardening is I love to watch the plant grow and become something that I can eat. The reason why I have so many plants in my backyard is because of my dad. My dad loves to garden and is also very good at it. When I was younger I would always watch him plant tomatoes or pick the peaches from our peach tree. That inspired me to start to grow my own garden. Something that I love to do with the food that I have grown is to cook with it. On Saturday mornings I would wake up and go in my garden and pick some tomatoes and squash and some parsley. Then I would make a delicious omelet with it. I enjoyed the fact that I grew something that benefited me.