TheMisterT has a birthday tomorrow and I have been assembling a “kit” for growing tomatoes ( 
) or peppers in pots over the last several weeks. I had to hide things in various places he is unlikely to go or notice. Since the potting soil is HEAVY, I decided to gather it all in the bed of out UTV/snow plow to present to him on the big day.
I thought I’d be stuck throwing a tarp over it and slapping a bow on it. THEN I realized we had these vinyl covers from our pallets of heating pellets which when turned over are basically GIANT bags. PERFECT!
Once I got all the stuff in there (big pots, tomato cages, frost blanket, shade blanket, potting soil, organic fertilizer) I found that the bag was bit enough to gather up so I could use ribbons. Then I got the idea to paint a big ol’ 'mater on it. So I did that.
I thought I was done. Except… I gotta make a tag, right? Right! So added that.
Anyway, on his actual birthday, I will either bring him out to the shop to open it or back the UTV up to the bottom of the deck stair near where I expect the pots will go and present it to him there. I have wrapped some metal plant tags I made for his plants in a box that is in the house.