I don’t know what I was thinking the year that I bought three dozen tomato plants (they were small), plus enough planting mix to cover a small farm. And as long as I was there, I picked up mulch, root stimulator, liquid fertilizer, time-release fertilizer, pest control, slug and snail bait, metal cages (one per plant) and special green tape to tie up the branches. And that was just on the first trip to The Big Fancy Garden Center.
Talk about an agricultural nightmare. My first attempt at gardening produced the best-looking foliage in three counties but hardly any tomatoes. I could have fed my entire family for a month on all the money I wasted….