RE: Moving a garden

I hope I have the same opportunity.  I suspected it would be worse than the house.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Merri Morgan [m*@wcgnet.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2003 4:38 AM
> To: perennials@hort.net
> Subject: Re: Moving a garden
> 
> 
> Well I moved a garden--everything--but it was only 4 miles 
> down the road.  I
> had help, but it was much more work than moving my 
> belongings, and I did it
> over several weeks.
> Merri Morgan
> Zone 5b, WV
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Saxton, Susan" <SSaxton@schwabe.com>
> To: "hardy" <Hardy_Plant@egroups.com>; "perennials" 
> <perennials@hort.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2003 2:47 PM
> Subject: Moving a garden
> 
> 
> > I know this topic has come up before and I hoped (in vain) 
> I'd never need
> the information.  But it looks as though I may, although I 
> have some time to
> work on it.
> >
> > My tentative plan (ha!) is to start digging pieces of perennials,
> clematis, and some shrubs in January through April or May and 
> putting the
> house up for sale then.  I would store everything in pots and 
> fill the holes
> with compost or something else so the garden looks smaller 
> but presentable.
> I don't really want to reseed grass.
> >
> > I'm looking for any suggestions, tips, or experiences you 
> can share with
> me.  Is it really worth taking all this with you?  Moving in 
> itself can be a
> nightmare, I truly can't fathom moving my house AND my 
> garden.  While it
> seems ridiculous financially to start over, how feasible is 
> it to dig, move
> and replant a garden?
> >
> > I'm all ears!
> >
> > 
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