Last years iris collection was devastated by voles, so I built 17" raised beds, rocked them in ($$$!) , replaced over 100 and now I have to move from Colorado zn4 to Oklahoma zn.7 in late March.
My husband wants to rent a house and travel for the next year before buying a permanent home.
QUESTION: is there any possible way to dig and store my collection? I have markers for all of them and thought to dig them ( they're still small) and rubberband them to their marker, but I don't know how to keep them alive and viable. Could I pack them in crates of peat and water them through the next year? Should I try to farm them out to friends and family to babysit until I am settled?
I'm so upset! All that hard work and money, not to mention I have many histories I was collecting. Any ideas?
