And the Good Brown Earth

And the Good Brown Earth by Kathy Henderson, Candlewick Press, 2003, ISBN 1-4155-3531-0
PS: Joe and Gram grow a garden, with the help of the good brown earth.
Well constructed book about the life cycle of a garden. Sequencing cues appear throughout the book as Gram declares it is "digging time" or "weeding time". The whole storyline is tied together with the phrase "And the good brown earth got on with doing what the good brown earth does best....day after golden day until..."