Re: Last day - Something new to grow
Duncan, I hope you at least left the new owners with maps of your flower
beds, showing what is planted where, plants identified by name. Margaret L
At 08:40 AM 3/26/2000 -0800, you wrote:
>Duncan,
>I too think how sad it will be to leave my old gardens behind someday but
>the thought of starting from scratch is very intruiging. Good luck and I'll
>be following along with you in your new endeavor. Your past home gardens
>were fantastic. I hope the new owners realize what a prize they have and
>learn to effectively take care of it.
>Best wishes,
>Linda
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Duncan McAlpine <mcalpin1@yahoo.com>
>To: <perennials@mallorn.com>
>Sent: Sunday, March 26, 2000 7:31 AM
>Subject: 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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