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Posted: May/24/2008 4:11 AM PST
This is a thought that got started in another thread, but I am torn with continuing work in my gardens, which is just something I NEED to do, and the thought that my DH and I are eventually planning on a move 'out to the country' for retirement, and I just keep thinking about 1) leaving all my old friends in the ground vs. taking some with me and 2) the fact that when our house sells the gardens will not likely 'pay for themselves'. I don't plan on moving for at least 5-10 years, but DH would have done it yesterday!! So I guess it all depends on how long we stay here. |
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Posted: May/24/2008 4:19 AM PST
If I weren't planning to move in 5-10 years, I'd keep on gardening and playing in the yard. That is just part of life! |
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Posted: May/24/2008 6:28 AM PST
Enjoy your home here while you have it. Garden the heck out of it. so maybe it won't pay for itself when it's time to sell, but it's yours now. The future is so uncertain, you can't let it control the present. Just my humble opinion. Sass |
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Posted: May/24/2008 10:12 AM PST
yeah, that is how I feel, and I will continue to garden just because I love it so much. It'll just be hard to walk away if and when we move. Because what's the option, do nothing?? As if! |
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Posted: May/24/2008 1:42 PM PST
Just think, when you do finally move, it will be like having a fresh canvase to paint on, you can start all over again. 
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Posted: May/26/2008 11:29 AM PST
UGHHH!  I mean, oh yeah! improve on what I had!!
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Posted: May/26/2008 7:47 PM PST
I worked hard in a yard and then sold the house. It wasnt as bad as I thought it would be. I would def keep working and enjoying. Who knows what the future holds? Now we enjoy working here just as much (maybe more)! |
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Posted: May/27/2008 5:32 PM PST
I'd take some of the plants with me. I've done that before and some of them now are from 20 year old plants. It's kind of hard to leave bigger ones behind, but even some of those you might be able to take with you. Or maybe you have some friends you could share some with as remembrances of you and your husband. If you won't be moving for a few years maybe stick more to annuals than perennials so it won't be such a loss. Who knows. You might get lucky and avid gardeners will move in and love what you've already done. |
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Posted: May/28/2008 4:41 AM PST
Yeah, Peony, I read somewhere that extensive gardens and ponds can actually make it hard to sell your house if people see it as work involved. On the other hand, such amenities are unique and such a nice surprise! I hope when we sell it is to someone who appreciates the gardens! There is a contest run each year by the local paper to show off your gardens. I didn't sign up last year, and although some of the beds are not really 'finished' (as if they are ever really 'finished' LOL), I am thinking of signing up this year - don't know if I am really in a league here - the garden that won last year happens to be behind my place of work and I frequently go walking and have admired this garden oasis for years! Every inch of space is planted and through pictures I finally got to see their backyard. I've asked my DH if we could fill in our backyard with shrubs and trees etc and he loves his patch of grass too much! Besides, the dog needs somewhere to go!! |
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Posted: May/28/2008 7:03 AM PST
You know that has always been a thought in the back of my mind as well. That is one reason I try to plant low care plants and easy to mow areas. Most of my beds, all you have to do is put the wheel of the riding mower on the edge and move. No weed eater needed for that. All of my plants are like dear friends. Some are gifts from my children, grandchildren and friends. If we ever sell the house, I plan to ask the people about the gardens and in my contract I might even have a clause in there that gives me an ok to come back to remove any plants they feel they dont want. That way if they dont like the flower beds I have created I will be able to save some of the plants and they wont go into the landfill or compost. Right now, I have tons of mulch to put down. The neighbor boy is going to go with me with his pickup truck to pick up a load and then I can get started with remulching. Now if the weather would just get over 70 a few days in a row I might be able to get something done outside! Yesterday is was 58 with a cold wind blowing and today I think about the same. Where is the nice spring weather?? |
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