I went a little overboard this year, friends. I bought several of those pod trays with the corn starch netting so I could easily pot things up or transplant directly, which meant I planted 72 potential tomato plants.
And 63 of them sprang up and lived. Oh lordy, that’s a lotta tomatoes.
Potting them up took two days because I forgot how much soil I had left, so I had to go back the next day after the store was open again. But I did it! And I ended up giving away 35 of the plants immediately to friends and family.
Our vacationing neighbors returned home to some baby tomato plants in their little red wagon!
Even though I’m not sure I can ever top eating my own fresh produce, the next most rewarding part of having a garden is getting to share the bounty with the people you care about. And who will share their bounty in return, in the form of labor, fresh-baked bread, or just keeping an eye on things for you.
