#FieldTripFriday

 

We are down to one juvenile participant in Field Trip Fridays. Today we headed to the Amish nursery for our tomato plants.

When I travel with my daughter we generally stop at about five other Amish nurseries before we reach this one. My husband is a one and done shopper. 

I will be doing a return trip with my daughter for flowers and hanging baskets. This is not my hanging basket nursery. 

I like my baskets with a variety of flowers and dangly vines. But this nursery has the best vegetable selection. Most of these nurseries also sell wholesale so you want to go early in the season before they ship everything out. 

These are the tomato plants, the primary reason for our trip. We like our tomatoes early so we cheat with patio plants. The prices at the nurseries are usually half the price of something similar at Walmart (which is the only garden center in my town).

There were many Amish housewives shopping today and I tried to be respectful about photos. This group hired a man with a white suburban and a trailer. Most were buying large ferns. We caught up with the same group later at the Amish grocery store. They sell sandwiches and the ladies were lunching outside at umbrella tables. 

I lost the grandchild! But the pots didn't tip. 

This year's plan for the grampa gardener's raised beds. He puts the lettuce in pots.  I made him a list to help with choices next year.  

We got home just in time for a rainstorm. I'm sure the tomatoes are enjoying a drink.