Potting dreams
I spent the spring square-foot gardening here in my 12 by 15 vegetable garden. I've put more plants in it this way than I ever managed doing the usual rows. It's as pretty as a picture, but I'm worried the collards will attack the tomatoes some night when I'm not looking. What a fantastic way to manage a vegetable garden.
Unfortunately, most of the vegetables won't be ready to eat until after we move house. Would I look stupid filling the moving truck with potted veg? And have you ever heard of anyone taking rhubarb with them from one place to the next? In my defence, it's a heritage plant, so really I'm supporting biodiversity. Aren't I? But is it really organic if it's been in a truck for over an hour and then transplanted?
On the plus side, the new house has an acre of property, half in shade, where the house is, the other half in glorious sun, where I will be busily digging out an overgrown vegetable garden until the snow flies. Or, rather, until the ground freezes solid. In the meantime, I'm tending my little garden here, eating the lettuce which is threatening to bolt, and still harvesting radishes (my best crop ever -- I planted them in an old crate and keep the hot sun off them). The rhubarb is delicious this year, and the peas are almost ready.
We counted six different kinds of butterflies in the garden yesterday, by the way. That's our biggest count for a single day yet.
Unfortunately, most of the vegetables won't be ready to eat until after we move house. Would I look stupid filling the moving truck with potted veg? And have you ever heard of anyone taking rhubarb with them from one place to the next? In my defence, it's a heritage plant, so really I'm supporting biodiversity. Aren't I? But is it really organic if it's been in a truck for over an hour and then transplanted?
On the plus side, the new house has an acre of property, half in shade, where the house is, the other half in glorious sun, where I will be busily digging out an overgrown vegetable garden until the snow flies. Or, rather, until the ground freezes solid. In the meantime, I'm tending my little garden here, eating the lettuce which is threatening to bolt, and still harvesting radishes (my best crop ever -- I planted them in an old crate and keep the hot sun off them). The rhubarb is delicious this year, and the peas are almost ready.
We counted six different kinds of butterflies in the garden yesterday, by the way. That's our biggest count for a single day yet.
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Comment by Jessica on September 1, 2009 at 12:56pm -
I did bring them with me, and then, while visiting our old neighbourhood, passed by our old home and saw a couple I'd forgotten. I was upset. My husband offered to do some thievery in the night, but that was a step too far!
My plants are very happy in their new home, especially the rose my eldest son started from seed 4 years ago. This summer, it's been covered in gorgeous pink flowers.
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Comment by Violet W. Nance on September 1, 2009 at 6:52am
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Honey, I moved last year, taking all my flowers with me in pots! It ended up being two truck-beds and a car trailor full! My husband grinned and bore it! LOL Of course, we weren't moving an hour away, either, only a few miles....but still, I'm sure my new neighbors down the road thought I was absolutely off my gourd when they saw the trucks hauling in my beauties! I didn't really care! LOL
Take them with you! You'll regret it if you don't!
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Comment by Verlee Jenkins on August 31, 2009 at 10:33pm - I have moved several times when my garden was just starting and yes, I did look silly, I am sure, hauling my tomatoes and such with me in pots. Once, I moved a bunch of stuff and ran out of pots so they traveled in doubled plastic grocery bags! The plants usually did quite well, too!
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Comment by cindy kelly on June 14, 2008 at 7:24pm -
Yeah......it would still be organic :)
If you don't end up taking them with you though I may have to make a midnight visit, dressed in dark clothing.......
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