Oh boy do I feel your pain. We have nothing but hard clay, tree roots and more clay. That's why after 4 years of trying to grow my babies in beds, I said no more! Now I use pots for all my new ones and babies. Repotting over 500 pots this summer was hard, but not as hard as what you have done. I've just got to the age that my body will not let me work like that. When I forget and do, wow, I'm out of action for a week. So, I try to remember that I'm not 30 anymore. Yeah 58 is a long way from 30 but I still want to do what I could do then.
Amazing, my mind still acts 30 so why can't my body do the same??? Darn fibromyalgia is a pain in the @@@@.
Michele, are the board you use treated? You not only have worked very hard, you have spent some money too. I used to have sticker shock when I say daylilies priced at $100 or more. But, now that I've raised a few, I understand totally. I'm afraid the problem we're all going to have is that most folks are having problems just surviving, much less paying for expensive plants and all the other stuff they need to keep up a garden. I feel that in the next few years we will see a trend of cheaper plants so more people will buy them.
Have you noticed that seeds aren't selling as high as they did just 2 years ago? I sure hope that times get better. I'm counting on it too. I've got to sell alot of plants next year just to help offset all the soil I've bought. I'm sure you are in the same boat!!!
You're doing a fantastic job with your new location. I bet your babies will grow like little weeds in the coming months.
What's your temp today. we're at 35 with a low of 23 expected tonight. I'm sure it will kill most of my foliage. So far, it hasn't been cold enough to kill any but just about 20 out of 1500. I guess those are true dormants???
Blessings to all, Mona
