Victoria and her neighbor Mrs. Kosta decide to bring a beet salad to their community potluck dinner. After planting the seeds in their garden, they spend the summer watching their beet grow and grow and grow. On potluck day, it's time to harvest so they can make their salad. But they have grown the biggest beet ever, and it stubbornly refuses to come loose. This beet won't budge! Will Victoria and Mrs. Kosta be able to make their salad? Back matter includes a beet salad recipe.
