Mon 20 Apr 2009
As I’m starting to finish up, we’re also starting to think more seriously about our next move. This has been somewhat accelerated by an unexpected offer from Branden’s job, which may mean that we’re moving in June rather than August (yipes!).
When we moved in to this apartment, we promised that we’d put the lawn back before we left, and so my garden needed to go (can you imagine someone wanting grass over an herb garden? Insanity, I tell you…)
All of our raised beds now look like this:
The herbs were the only plants I’d carried through the winter, and I potted them all a couple of weeks ago (hence the rash, which is now, thankfully, gone).
I am always amazed that you can stick a shovel in the dirt, pull a plant up by its roots, stick it in a pot, and have it survive. Thrive, even. There might be a lesson there…
Yesterday, my garden moved to a new home. I was thrilled to have someone take it, but a little sad to let it go, too. Pulling up the garden is definitely a sign that we’re getting ready to pull up our own roots and move on. Lots of big changes coming all of a sudden!
Ooh, that is a big move, all the way around (I have to add here that I can't imagine not wanting a ready-made herb garden in my back yard!). And yes, the uprooted and still happy metaphor is maybe a good one right now… 🙂
It's too bad that not everyone appreciates a good garden – but at least your herbs are going to a good home. Now if only we could all (myself most definitely included!) take a lesson from those uprooted little plants.
It's worse to drive by after you move and find the garden mowed down (especially if it is asparagus – don't ask how I know). I'm glad your herbs found a good home, and I know you will, too.