Last year around this time, we had a bit of a warm spell here in Germany.
This consequently brought about the early awakening of a few dainty white flowers in my balcony planter.
Although it’s been a bit colder this year, my mind has already starting pondering february garden thoughts.
I’m not sure why, but it is something that predictably happens for me during a February thaw.
A mental inventory of what seeds I have. What plants look like they have survived the cold.
And what supplies I would love to buy in the coming months to create the bountiful garden I can see in my mind.
This year will be quite different from last, as we will be leaving Germany sometime around the month of June.
(I promise I’ll keep ya’ll updated when we officially find out where!)
Which means all of my beloved potted houseplant ‘pets’ will need to find a new home.
(Potted Houseplant Pets – say that 5 times fast!)
This also means I will need to find someone to pass on my garden plot in our Baumholder Military Community Garden. I have quite a few small plants on my balcony that I plan on transplanting there – and although I will be sad to leave my strawberries behind, I know I will always be able to ‘come back and visit them’ through the Garden Facebook Page!
Which, while I’m on that topic – do you know of any Community Gardens near or on a military installation?
Here is a list of those I’ve found so far for Military Community Gardens around the world.
Have you started planning your garden yet?
What do you do with your ‘potted houseplant pets’ when it’s time for you to move?
Oh you aren’t moving? Here! Take one! a GIFT from me to YOU! No need to thank me… Here! Take another…
February 17, 2012 at 2:19 pm
So how do you go about starting one? Our base doesn’t have one but in the desert, soil conditions and water would make a normal garden difficult. Raised beds and containers are simple enough but maybe a community garden isn’t viable out here.
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February 17, 2012 at 2:35 pm
I will take some…I would love the garden plot too but I must admit I have to work on my green thumb…if you leave me detailed instructions I could try my hand at it and maybe learn some things along the way…I have managed to keep four kids alive and watered for 12 years…I was just gifted an orchid by my husband-I thought it was a joke because he knows my history with living things with leaves…I did manage to keep 9 bamboo alive for 2 years, lol…so with those credentials I would gladly take on the challenge and maybe I would get better with experience….and again VERY detailed instructions and troubleshooting guide…wait I can always find you on facebook
February 18, 2012 at 3:53 am
I’m terrible at keeping house plants alive (I’m slowly learning though!)but am having a lot of luck with the ones in our front planter! Recently a family who was moving gave me three mums and I am in LOVE. I can’t wait to see them big and full come fall.
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February 20, 2012 at 2:05 pm
I remember moving from Miami to St. Augustine, Florida. The very last thing to go on the moving truck was a bookshelf. It fit perfectly flush against the rolling truck door. I put my houseplants on the shelves and the fish bowl with just enough water in it to keep the fish alive for the 6-hour journey, then maneuvered the door shut. The shelf couldn’t fall backward, and nothing on the shelves could fall forward because the door of the truck was right there.
Everything, including the fish, survived and made it to our new home intact.
Not that Miami to St. Augustine is even partially comparable to a cross-Atlantic move, but you know.
When my dad was stationed in Eglin AFB, FL, from Oregon, my mom had to give up all of her houseplants. She was so sad. We made the move in April. That September, I threw her a surprise birthday party. (We lived on the Army Ranger Training Base in the middle of the swamp at Eglin — very small community of RI’s.) Everyone who came brought a clipping of a houseplant, and in just that small party, we restocked her plants.
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