ABC Wednesday Challenge -- S is for Swapping

It's ABC Wednesday again, and this week, the letter is


I had SEVERAL ideas for which way I wanted to go with the letter S.

I could have talked about SAGE or STEVIA or SAVORY, but I have written extensively about all three. You can read my posts about each of them here:

SAGE

STEVIA

SAVORY

(Special thanks to The Tasteful Garden, for the Sage and Stevia pictures, used by permission.)

SO, I really wanted SOMETHING fresh and new.

The last few weeks I have gone to two different plant SWAPS, where I have been able to trade some extra herbs we had, for some plants that we didn’t have yet. It’s been a fun experience, SEEING new plants, meeting new people, and enjoying the SUNSHINE.

But I wrote about each of them as SOON as I came back, Here and Here, So there wasn’t much new to add.

I did make a couple of bonus SWAPS the last two days. I came back from the SWAP last SATURDAY with a whole truckload of plants. I had the extra Oregano and Garlic and Catnip (more on that one later) that I took to trade, plus all the ones I came home with. Right at the end, I ended up with half a flat of Tomato plants that someone had dropped off, for anyone who could use them. It was either me or the compost pile so I brought them home.

Then the SWAPPING began.

It started last night, with my SWAPPING four extra Tomato plants, (plus a few bonus herbs) to our good friends, for four incredible STRAWBERRY plants, (all of which had plump juicy almost ripe berries on them).

Then tonight I STRUCK up a conversation with a man who was planting his plants at the community garden over at the congregational church, and before I was done, I had SWAPPED 4 Oregano plants and two pots of Garlic, for 8 Green Bell Pepper plants.

But then I got thinking. SWAPPING is not something that I only do on a few rare occasions. In fact we all do it every day. We SWAP something we have for something we want. A plant for a plant. A Dollar for a McDouble. A few minutes of time, for a bit of conversation.


Life is all about trading the things we have for the things we want.

For example, let’s talk a bit more about my Catnip, because I am so excited. I mentioned a week ago or so, that it was growing in our SPEARMINT, SO I thinned SOME out to take to the plant SWAP.

I also mentioned SEVERAL months ago that I have been STOPPING by the neighborhood pet STORE a couple of times a week and getting their used bedding from the small animal cages. It has been going in my compost bin and about a cubic yard of it is almost ready to put on the garden.

On a visit last week, just before the plant SWAP, I was talking with the STAFF there about my plans for the weekend, and I mentioned that I was taking Catnip to the plant SWAP. One thing led to another and I became their official SOURCE for catnip plants for them to SELL.

In this case I was actually able to SWAP some plants for cold hard cash. OK, not enough to retire on or anything, but a few bucks in my garden fund will help with SOME of the things I can’t SWAP for.

SO we all go through life SWAPPING one thing for another.

May all of your SWAPS be SUCCESSFUL!


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