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2008 was a transitional year. I made
a lot of major changes to the garden after seeing what worked and what
didn’t, and a lot of the changes were made to accommodate my abilities
since I am the one taking care of it. As I get older, I’m realizing I cannot
do as much as I used to do.
Therefore 2008 was
spent moving plants, getting rid of plants and trading like mad for what I
had in mind. Craig’s List came to my
rescue. It enabled me to get a lot of physically hard work done that I
would have never been able to do.
One of the first things I did was get rid of the canna bed. First, I was tired of fighting
Leaf Rollers and second, it was hopelessly filled with weeds and Bermuda
Grass. I only kept the two unusual ones I had, Bengal
Tiger and Chocolate Cherry. I advertised my canna bed on Craig’s List as
free to anyone who was willing to dig it up and take it all. I was
astonished to have over 15 replies on the ad within 30 minutes after
posting and the canna bed was totally gone 6 hours after I first listed it
on Crag’s List. The rest of the
Summer was cleaning out the bed and incorporating new soil.
The next on the list was the
Brugmansia. I had been working on making a Brugmanisa
Room when I first moved here and after a few years I realized they had been
planted too close. Enter Craig’s List again. After taking cuttings of
everything and rooting them, I advertised the Brugs
on Craig’s list and they were all gone the next day.
I then moved my Butterfly Ginger to
a shadier place since it was struggling in full sun. The problem was the
ground was so hard, it was difficult to keep it
watered as the water would just roll down hill and it always looked
parched. Craig’s List again. This time I offered in payment, some rare and
unusual plants.
I usually grow Datura
in two boxes in the front of my house. This year I grew some Orbit
Geraniums, The Ice Series from seed. They were really pretty and kept
blooming up until the first frost.
Orange Ice
Red Ice
Snail Vine
Bee Balm aka Horse Mint
Close up of Flower
Pregnant Onion
Pregnant Onion Plant
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