Fresh Start
I find myself in a strange predicament. We are moving next week, and while this is definitely good news, I’m torn. I’m at a loss to figure out what to do with my gardens. My container garden is fairly easy, I can take that with me, but finding spots with the same amount of sun may be a bit tricky. The real delima is what I’m going to do for the rest of the season with my in ground gardens. We live in an apartment, so mostly the gardens are else where to begin with. But we are moving far enough away that it wouldn’t be prudent to come into town every few days to check on them. Who will weed? Who will water? What will happen next year when perennials start coming up with no one to care for them? I put so much work into the few spaces I had that it makes me sad I won’t be able to tend them anymore. On the other end of the spectrum, I’m thrilled because our new apartment has a large space for me to garden in the back, and the owners even said they would till it up for me! Woo Hoo! I no longer have to drive to my garden, and therefore will have a bit more time to work on it! What do other gardeners do when they move I wonder?
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gw
Aug 29, 2007 at 8:08 am
Been there! When we bought our house in mid-summer, we moved a lot of plants. Some I’d put in pots knowing we were looking for a house. Others, I dug up and moved at the end of June, when we bought. If you do transplant some of your garden’s perennials, dig plenty around the root ball — all the way around — then dig beneath the rootball by rocking your shovel back toward you. Then, have your hubby stand on the other side with a second shovel so you can pull out the rootball intact. If you have a plastic bag ready, you can put it right into it. Moisten the rootball and tie the bag shut around the plant’s growth. You might want to cut the plants back by about half so the roots don’t have to nourish so many leaves up top. I moved a climbing rose this way and it’s healthy and happy eight years later. Hope that helps! :)
Rebecca Lehman
Sep 2, 2007 at 7:23 am
Thanks for the tip! I’m pretty much resigned to giving up most of my plants, but most of the bulbs and things that are dormant during the winter have come along. I have a few Day Lilies that are still blooming, but once they have stopped those bulbs are coming too!
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