The best-laid plans ... often...
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The best-laid plans ... often do not turn out as we expected. Joe, a seminary student, had his first experience with gardening in a small plot about fifteen by thirty feet in a field where he was going to school. Many students took advantage of raising their own vegetables to help with the small wages most were living on. Joe went out and bought tomato plants and planted a row of the plants ... taking care to put each one in the ground "just so." A second-career student easily twenty years older than Joe, worked in his garden and glanced over every so often. Finally, when Joe had planted a whole row, the other student came over and said, "I believe you have those a bit close to each other." Joe had planted them all about six inches apart! The other student had about three rows worth of tomatoes, and now he had a good laugh as well.
The garden did not turn out as well as Joe had hoped. In fact, he ended up plowing under some of the plants, as they bore no vegetables at all.
The garden did not turn out as well as Joe had hoped. In fact, he ended up plowing under some of the plants, as they bore no vegetables at all.
