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leaving my garden of 7 years
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Posted by ctinajones z7A NYC (My Page) on Thu, Mar 30, 06 at 17:24
| I am selling my apt in manhattan and thereby leaving my beautiful garden behind. I can't believe that someone else will be smelling my roses and pruning my boxwood. How do you leave a garden? Especially one that you've created from scratch? |
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RE: leaving my garden of 7 years
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Well Ctina...
that's very sad.. I often think of how it will be when I leave... I do know I made a descision years ago... when in an unstable relationship I went and worked it up to a paradise.. never knowing if I'd see any particular fall or spring ... but it's worth it to have had it .. and now I too am planning a move... .. hope you are making cuttings or divisions of anything you'll miss.. and I hope you were able to secure some growing space in your new digs.. but make your cuttings now.. and if you have to give them to friends to grow for awhile .. or un till you have a place for them.. at which point they can be returned to you... you'll be happy you did...
all the best in your new space.... Gordon |
RE: leaving my garden of 7 years
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- Posted by jimshy z7 Brooklyn, NY (My Page) on
Fri, Apr 7, 06 at 14:43
| Ctina, Wow, that's hard -- can you at least take one or two treasures with you, to remind you of the old place? Also, take pictures and create a photo album -- weird, maybe, but it works for babies, no? I echo what Gordon said about passing on cuttings: no garden (or person) is permanent, but things still keep growing . . . OK enough spiritual stuff; where are you two heading to? Gordon, did I hear Central America? How are you going to fit all those fantastic brugs and plumies on the plane?? My cuttings from you are all still alive, but growing slowly due to some negligence on my part; hoping they'll get a fresh start now! Jim |
RE: leaving my garden of 7 years
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- Posted by chrisa Bklyn (z7) (My Page) on
Sun, Apr 30, 06 at 21:11
ctina -
I know your pain! i was forced out of my rent-stabilized garden apartment of 8 years by evil corporate slumlords. i had spent those years diligently rebuilding the barren junkheap of a backyard into a beautiful organic garden full of flowers, ferns, earthworms, bees, dragonflys, herbs and vegetables, etc. i just moved into a new smaller space in january and i'm staring at the new barren junk heap now wondering how i can do it again both effort and time-wise, and financially!! and of course i have to wonder how long i'll be here too....
my one hope is that my agreement with the slumlords included a condition that i could come back in may and fetch my plants. who knows if that will work or if they'll hold up their end of the bargain, but i'm holding my breath hoping i can work out the timing and can retrieve some of my babies real soon. if they didn't plow down the yard i'm sure there is wild arugula and woodland poppies coming up everywhere by now so let me know if i should save some for you!
best,
chris |
RE: leaving my garden of 7 years
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- Posted by xris z7a/6b Flatbush (My Page) on
Mon, May 15, 06 at 18:18
| I'm coming up on the first anniversary of building my fourth garden in New York City in more than 25 years. Each has presented its own challenges and opportunities for growth (mine and the garden's). In the East Village: shade gardening behind a townhouse. In Park Slope: container gardening on a concrete slab, and weed control and rehabilitation of a neglected backyard. And now in Flatbush: All of the above challenges, and growing opportunities, and more new ones (new garden, new weeds). I don't want to say this is my "last" garden, but it will certainly keep me busy for a couple decades. It's the first that I (with my partner) own. It's about five times the area I've ever dealt with. I even have a small lawn! It's been difficult to leave behind each garden. Several things help. I take some of the "old" plants to the "new" garden. I look forward to what the next garden will teach me. I take pride that I've left each space better than I found it. And I dream about what I will leave behind for the gardener to come. |
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