Grow Purple T-Shirt gardening friend gift While the calendar turns over

While the calendar turns over its big round numbers

all in service of a fruit that costs pocket change at the market

makes it the kind of gardener gift that gets a knowing laugh

and split where they grew too fast after rain

knowing appreciation for every busy wing moving through the garden

Grow Purple T-Shirt gardening friend gift While the calendar turns overFor gardeners who slip a Cherokee Purple in among the reds just to see who notices. There's a quiet pride in the odd one out. The reds are dependable, familiar, everything a tomato is supposed to be, and then that dusky purple slice turns up and quietly steals the plate. It tastes a little like a small rebellion, grown on purpose. Nine slices on the vine, eight of them playing it safe. The purple one was always the favorite.