There and Back Again

Anyone who reads Tolkien would understand the title. There has been so much going on this past fall and winter that I have not had the time or ability to write in a gardening blog! One of the things this gardener really dislikes is moving! I like to stay in one spot and watch my garden grow year after year and track the changes, triumphs and disasters that can happen in one place. I have moved away from my garden and started over several times in my life and each time I feel like I am leaving old friends and family. Due to the economy we have known for awhile that we will be moving at some point in the near future. In the mean time I have been thinking of what to do with a yard full of great plants when it happens! Rather then leave them in the ground to die while the bank does nothing to care for them, I planned to have a huge garden giveaway. When is the best time to throw open the doors of opportunity for all my gardening friends to come dig them all up? I was thinking April would be the time, but at this point, we do not know exactly when we will move or where we will live when we do. My emotions, and plans have been up and down all winter based upon the vagaries of the mortgage company. Bottom line, we have, like many, been waiting for decisions on our loan modification. I will not even go into what incredible convoluted craziness we have dealt with in this process. That story will be for another blog. I will keep all of my garden buddies posted as to when the bid day, week, or weekend will be when my plant friends and family will be up for grabs.