Sara Begg, Executive Editor

I haven't been able to get into the garden for long chunks of time lately, but that doesn't mean that I don't get things done in the garden, they just get done late. For many of my beloved bulbs that is fine. For other things, well, it causes problems, especially when the "other things" are bareroot plants desperate to get in the ground. To say I like to experiment with how long things can stay out of the soil is a stretch. I leave things out for days, convincing myself that plants are resilient. And they are, but I think my garden would be much better and the plants would be happier, if I would just get them in the ground. So, my fall garden resolution is to buy, acquire, accept from others, only the amount of plants that I can successfully get into the soil in a span of three days (could I stretch it to five? Any thoughts out there? Guess it depends on the plant). Yes, a solution to this would be to have a nursery bed (no room) or have containers and potting mix at the ready for those barerooted numbers (too much clutter already in the small garden). So I'm stuck with my resolution.

Of course, I have to start this resolution after I get my two new Adiantum pedatum (Maidenahair ferns) and a few chunks of bare-root peonies that came from a good friend's neighbor's garden in Garrison, NY. The clumps are alleged to be 100-years old, so it will be interesting to see what the peonies look like (if they make it....gulp).

I wonder if anyone else out there makes these resolutions, and if they do, how fast do they break them?

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Wednesday, October 17, 2007 2:01:17 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)    Comments [1]