We have an annual sale here of tomato plants. Here is not a farming community by any means, so there are not a lot of people selling food plants, but lots if ornamentals. So most people go to Home Depot or Lowe's to buy their tomato plants, and those stores sell them for $3.65 each in 4-inch pots. So we make a killing that one weekend we sell, by selling at $3 a piece or 10 for $25. Our sale benefits our local community garden with 100% of the proceeds going to buy supplies for the community garden members. Our community garden lets people garden for free and take home food just for sweat equity. We usually make just under $2,000 in that weekend. We have a large following now because our plants do very very well.
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