RE: moving a garden

LOL -- I'm sure they are around; I'm only an hour from Mt. Hood.  I'm just not a "snow" person unless it comes to visit ME.  ;-)

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Cheryl Isaak [c*@adelphia.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2003 10:52 AM
> To: perennials@hort.net
> Subject: RE: moving a garden
> 
> 
> Sue,
> Come visit and Monica or I can let you see all sleds you want.  We 
> had one that I tossed this year that I used to drag rocks around!
> Cheryl
> >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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> -- 
> Cheryl Isaak
> Londonderry, NH
> AHS Region 4, USDA Zone 4B/5A
> growing, stitching and reading in NH
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