Today was the day. 

I’d rather quickly dropped my early season tomato seedling purchases into larger pots a few weeks ago and hadn’t paid attention to the fact that one of the pots had no drainage.  Yesterday a cursory check revealed the need to plant my beloved Mr. Stripey heirloom tomato plant immediately or risk losing it to rot. 

Plant, we shall!

This is the first tomato plant to be planted in the ground this year so it was a milestone day of sorts.  You can read more about my love for tomatoes and my ongoing tomato-centered chatter in my weekly posts at Tomato Casual where a community of like minded folks await.

In my mailbox today I discovered this beautiful reusable shopping bag that I won from Jason James (sorry dude, I was spacing out that day) and Shala at Double Danger and Maegan from Be Smart, Be Green.  It’s wonderful, it’s durable, it’s spacious and I can’t wait to take it shopping and show it off!  Compared to the puny reusable bags you see in the supermarkets these days that are made from really cheap materials, this one is hands down a far superior bag and it is incredibly cool, to.

In other news, Shannon from Shibaguyz and I have agreed to become the inaugural members of the Floppy Hat Society to show our true love and devotion to the time honored tradition of gardening and bad hat wearing.  It takes a real man to wear a floppy hat, folks; just wait ‘til you see me in mine!  I’m actually a bit worried though because Shannon is making the hats and he has been known to get a little Bedazzler happy from time to time…