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DFO: Chocolate Tomatoes? Really?

I don’t know how I ended up with two parsley plants (4 for $9 at Fred Meyer) and a chocolate tomato plant on Saturday. But all three are planted in the garden (despite my wife’s instruction to toss the parsley plants b/c she doesn’t do garnish on her various dishes). I thought I’d purchased a chilantro plant to go with the parsley. But the cilantro was MIA when I started to plant my haul. So was the rosemary I thought I’d bought. Sometimes, I can become so self-absorbed when I’m shopping — or attempting to shop — that I’m surprised I make it through the checkout counter in one piece. I’m intrigued the the chocolate tomato plant. Bent tossed it into the mix after I’d purchased four other tomato plants (4 for $7) from his wife’s Mostly Sunny booth at farmer’s market Saturday. I don’t think I’d have bought it otherwise. Chocolate and tomatoes seem to be a contradiction in terms. I plan, however, to baby that plant to the max because I want to sample the fruit sometime this August. If it tastes like a chocolate-covered cherry, I might invite you over to try it out.

Question: What is the oddest thing you have planted in your garden?

* This story was originally published as a post from the blog "Huckleberries Online." Read all stories from this blog