Frodo's A-maize-ing Garden by Dreamflower

[dreamflower]

B2MeM Challenge: This prompt from grey_wonderer: Frodo decides to plant a section of the garden himself, believing he will enjoy raising his own tomatoes, potatoes, whatever you want him to attempt to grow is fine. How well does he do? Does he get any help? Is Sam offended? Amused? Annoyed?
This can be pre-Quest or post-Quest.
Format: Drabble
Genre: Humor, Friendship
Rating: G
Warnings: n/a
Characters: Bilbo Baggins, Frodo Baggins, Hamfast Gamgee, Sam Gamgee
Pairings: n/a
Creators' Notes (optional): This prompt from grey_wonderer: Frodo decides to plant a section of the garden himself, believing he will enjoy raising his own tomatoes, potatoes, whatever you want him to attempt to grow is fine. How well does he do? Does he get any help? Is Sam offended? Amused? Annoyed?
This can be pre-Quest or post-Quest.
Author's Notes: Well, this is what came to me when I saw the prompt. Obviously it is partially inspired by movie-verse, in which Frodo, Sam, Merry and Pippin collide in the middle of Farmer Maggot's cornfield. Since the word "corn" has another meaning in most of the rest of the world, I've chosen to use the word "maize" which is used elsewhere than the USA, and is not unfamiliar to most Americans, though it isn't common here. Other notes at the end of the story.
This is a set of eleven drabbles.
Summary: The Gaffer is not amused when Bilbo and Frodo want to grow a "furrin" food from Buckland.



Frodo's A-maize-ing Garden

Comments

[dreamflower]

Yes, Sam is quite amused by the whole thing. He'd never openly go against his Gaffer (at this age, anyway) but he does find it quite funny.

Frodo is far from clueless. In my version of Buckland, even the Master's family has to help out at planting and harvest time; and garden chores are usually one of the punishments meted out to teens and tweens who get into trouble (along with mucking stables and scrubbing pots). So he does know what he's doing and isn't afraid of hard work.

I didn't specify, but I see this as fairly early in Frodo's move to Bag End--perhaps the year after he's moved in. So the Gaffer still doesn't know all he's capable of. Plus, the Gaffer's used to gentry like the S.-B.s, who wouldn't know what to do with a tiller if it bit them.

It does very much earn Hamfast's respect!

Thank YOU, dear, for such a lovely bunny! You are very good at those!