By serendipity, I traded a big box of vine-ripened tomatoes and an armload of Sweet Basil to a restauranteur for 2 buffet breakfasts yesterday morning (ticket price $24 with coffee). I’m pleased with myself, although I had more money into those veggies than you can imagine because it was a first year endeavor (new soil, new planting boxes, new fence, etc.) But, I started the from seed in my basement in March and somebody appreciated my efforts.
I gave away a lot of tomatoes in the last few weeks, but trading my tomatoes for breakfast was unbelievably pleasurable.
Nice job! I’d like to go bigger next year with my gardening. I plan on composting- use your coffee grounds for nitrogen by the way- and using heirloom seeds I’ll start in my basement. I was going to use the YoBaby yogurt cups my son eats as seedling planters, but I have recently started making my own yogurt. I’ll scavenge something up free though. I’m going to order from heirloomseeds.com and I plan on selling extra produce at our local farmers market. I’ll be putting in my first attempt at garlic in a few weeks. All goes well, I’ll have garlic galore next May!