RE: moving a garden

Sounds like a great idea -- but I live in western Oregon -- never even seen a sled up close.  Wonder what else would work?

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Pat Mitchell [c*@wi.rr.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2003 10:26 AM
> To: perennials@hort.net
> Subject: moving a garden
> 
> 
> The one piece of advice I will give you about moving a garden is 
> purchase a CHILD'S SLED (actually several).
> 
> I've moved several gardens and needed something I could store pots in 
> that wouldn't leak and could be easily moved.  Voila - kid's sleds.
> 
> Not the round saucers, the plastic ones shaped like bullets with 
> upright sides.  I bought a few at rummage sales for very 
> cheap (a buck 
> or two) and plopped my pots into them whilst digging the 
> plants at the 
> old house and loaded them into the trunk for the trip to the 
> new house.
> 
> Once at the new house they could easily be pulled into the 
> garage (out 
> of the sun) or out into the driveway for mass watering and sunlight. 
> Once I determined where the beds would be, I just dragged the sled to 
> the bed and planted them . . . a multi-purpose use for an innocuous 
> object!
> 
> If you only spend a buck or two, you can toss them after the plants 
> are in the ground, or give them to the new neighbor kids!
> 
> Best of luck with your move!
> 
> Pat Mitchell
> corgilover@wi.rr.com
> 
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