Last day - Something new to grow

Today is my last day in my current house.  I am
leaving over 300 species of plants to the new home
owner.  The new owner is a young couple who would love
to learn  about gardening and what I have planted. I
have spoken to the new owner and have asked him if he
knew what an annual was? Reply "no"..
perennial...reply "no"... Ok, I guess they have some
learning to do.   We were all there at one time, so it
is now time to have a new gardener come into the
world.

It is sad to leave this place.  I have seen it grown
over the past seven years to what it is today.   I
have learned so much form this garden that will be
applied to my next garden.   If you want to see my
current garden, please vistit
http://backyardgardener.com/mygarden.html   

I am leaving a 15K plot of land to a 10K plot a land.
The new place is ugly hardpan soil and poor drainage
to boot.  

I plan on documenting my new garden on the web with
photos, plans and comments. I will start from the
beginning  to the final stages of planting.   This
should be a fun project for all to visit and learn.

Here was the first issue of my garden... ORDERING
SOIL... I ordered 30 yards of soil of a premium winter
mix that contains 40%sand.  I wanted to buy better
soil, but at 40USD a yard, I had to go to 15USD a yard
soil.  

The day the soil arrived.... I directed the truck to
place each 15 yard dump in defined location.  Great,
everything is going well....but wait.  What soil is
this?  I asked the driver what type of soil was this?
He stated and I told him this was not what I ordered
and I told him to take it back.  He looked at me and
stated he made a mistake.... he called his boss and so
did I.  Guess what?  The soil was free and they
brought me the correct soil the next day.  Now I have
60 yards of soil now.

60 yards... man... I m not a kid anymore... I cant
just move this soil over night.  Hey, I have
money,..now it's time to rent out the big toys and
move it in a day.    

Till next time... 

Duncan
http://www.backyardgardener.com

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