On the second of May 2020, our garden club offered drive-up, pick-up services in the Camden Grange parking lot for the many club members who pre-ordered their tomato plant starts from the nonpareil plant provider, Barbara Midtbo. Barbara grows and sells (with proceeds benefiting our garden club!) tomato plants that have thick, hardy tree trunks, and dark green foliage - I have had many reports over the years, of unsuspecting tomatoe plant buyers, who have mistakenly planted Barbara's big, green guys, and who failed to get out of the way fast enough to avoid leafy whip burn from tomato plants forcing their way up into the sky!
Thanks to the garden club members who helped pass along a LOT of tomatoe plants, free seed potatoe starts (Red Lasoda, German Butterball, and Red Gold varieties), and some second year seed onion plants: Pat McGinty (the Official Club Photographer), Barbara Midtbo herownself, Jim Hoffman, Jane Bolz (the club's Official Secretary and Treasurer), and Joe Schofield (our club's Official Newest Member).
During the Great Tomato Pick Up experience, many club members asked "when, oh when will we meet again??!!". Hopefully we can squeeze in a 2020 garden tour before our October Harvest Dinner ends the club meeting season. We'll see.
jim.
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