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The kitchen isn't the only area no longer safe from the clutches of Mama, for the money-making matriarch now plans on flexing her green thumb in the garden. Majesco and Cooking Mama Limited, the folks behind the Cooking Mama game series, today announce "Gardening Mama" for the DS.

Just as Cooking Mama brought DS players to the virtual kitchen to emulate various cooking tasks, Gardening Mama opens up a virtual garden where Mama's good little thralls can grow and harvest various flowers, fruits and of course vegetables. See, local produce really is all the rage these days.  Cooking Mama Limited has the good sense to throw in some wireless communication elements between multiple players as well.

Gamers can manage their garden through the seeding, blooming and maturation phases, and then produce items from the plants they've grown (i.e. grow strawberries to make jam or raise pumpkins and then carve a jack-'o-lantern). A robust multiplayer mode lets up to four friends compete to grow the biggest harvest and Treasure Box mode lets players share items they've grown with online friends. Gamers can also decorate various gardens while creating goods like pergolas and hanging baskets. In addition, players can change Mama's outfit to their liking while customizing the screen design to their preference.

We all know how badly you wanted play dress-up with Mama.  Gardening Mama is currently scheduled for a Spring 2009, which works out for Mama and her gardening ways since most produce is either more expensive during the Winter months, or simply not purchasable at all.