A Maryland Swap

In Carroll Garden Club many of us express ourselves through various outlets that focus our interests. Some belong to Master Gardeners and work with Women’s Club and maintain public spaces. I have been a member of the MidAtlantic Forum on Gardenweb for many years.

Every May there is a swap before Mother’s Day and I will have spent from March to May cajoling along seedlings under lights, potting them up and getting them used to sun. Yearly I tote one or two carloads of  heirloom tomatoes, peppers and eggplants to this event where I am known affectionately as “The Tomato Lady”. I have been told that many swappers hold off going anyplace else in order to get their garden stock from me.

Why do it? I enjoy the whole process and I like to introduce people to different varieties they may never have tried before. And I too wander around a pick up free plants from other attendees. So we’re all happy.

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