Hosta Wrangling

Remember This?

Well, I moved the hosta plant next to the shed.  Here's how I did it:

First, I dug a hole in the place that I planned to move it.

Next, I dug all around and loosened the roots and dirt from around the hosta.

As I began lifting it, it started to break off into several pieces.  That's ok as I would just plant them both together into the same hole.  If I wanted to, I could plant them seperately.  Seriously, there is no way to kill these things, which is nice if you don't really have a green thumb.  I have quite a few of these giant hostats in my yard, and they all came from one hosta that my mother gave me about 20 years ago. I split them numerous times over the years and planted them in various places all over my yard.  But let's get back to the task at hand.  Check out the large root that the hosta had been growing around!

Next I put it into my garden cart.  I got this at Home Depot a couple weekends ago and it's been a life saver!  I used to carry the darn hostas and they are heavy!!

Carted it over to my previously dug hole, and realized that the hole was not big enough, so I had to make it larger.  I love this skinny shovel - it's my favorite (as far as shovels go, anyway)

Set the hosta into the hole

and fill in with dirt.  Take any leftover dirt back to where you dug out the hosta - you'll need it.

Press around to tighten up the soil.  (I know these are not proper gardening footwear - don't judge)

And there you have it - my hosta has a new home, and I have it out of my garden. 

Coming soon - how I created my garden

Best of Intentions

See these tomato and pepper plants?  We bought them last Saturday.  They need to go here:

But, in order to get them here, I have to do this, first:

But, it's hot out, and I have a headache. 

I have every intention of making it happen.....just not today.

Always Remember

The Weeds (try to) Take Over

  We added this little path just off our patio well over 15 years ago.  Originally there was no fence, and this was just an expanse of grass.  The path leads to the lovely garbage cans on the right, and to that little wood fencey thing on the left. I  have not decided if we'll keep that little fencey thing there or not - it's just an experiment for now (much like the experiment most of our yard has been over the past 23 years)  But I digress....anyway, see all of that green stuff surrounding the nice stepping stones?  I did battle with it the other day, determined to come out on the side of success. 

The Quarterback Sneak

One of our local supermarkets, Aldi, requires you to insert a quarter to "'borrow" a cart. I have a quarter that I keep in my car for just such a purpose. After loading up the trunk with my purchases, I proceeded to bring my cart back to the rack in order to retreive my quarter. Halfway there I was intercepted by a gentleman who said "here, I'll take that, while holding out his hand to exchange my cart for a quarter. Or so I thought. When I opened my hand, there lay 2 dimes and a nickle. So uncool...