Nothing Better than Free

It was 4/27. It was 11:11. I made a wish. Just then, Cam, my co-worker, himself an avid (2nd year) gardener, turned to me and said "Are you getting the free tomato and strawberry plants?"

Now I'll be honest. This was not exactly what I had wished for... that day. But truly, 3 days previous, I had wished (at 11:11, or sometime between there and high noon) for more free plants for the garden. What this says about the timing of your 11:11 wishes is yet to be determined, but I'll just say that I'm going to keep my eye out for a 5-lb sack of SourPatch Kids in the next few days.

I listened for more details, and before the day was through, the parking lot garden crew had gathered 5 strawberry and 6 tomato plants through the wise use of coupons and networking.

Here is the complete list of the spoils:

3 x Eversweet Strawberries

2 x Quinalt Strawberries

2 x Better Boy Tomatoes

2 x Grape Tomatoes

1 x Roma Tomato (a bonus gift because it was slightly tattered and homely)

1 x Early Girl Tomato

We placed them inside, next to our 10 cups o' soil and seeds (planted on 4/21). We planted 9 cups of peppers, 1 cup of cucumbers, to be exact.

There is a good vibe coming from our kitchen table, and possibly some worms.