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Post by Deleted on Oct 11, 2006 7:18:24 GMT
Come on BusyBee how many do you have?  I'll guess at 163  So who will be Top of the Pots lol ;D  |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 11, 2006 7:40:36 GMT
I have 86 pots including things waiting for planting.
Thank god I do not have a large garden or I would dread to think!
Sara ;D
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Post by beejay on Oct 11, 2006 7:45:26 GMT
I think that it's having a small garden that means more pots. In a bigger garden you'd have more flexiblity about where to put things. That's my theory anyway!
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Post by Plocket on Oct 11, 2006 8:51:25 GMT
I think that's spot on Beejay!
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Post by Chuckles on Oct 11, 2006 9:11:11 GMT
Come on BusyBee how many do you have? I'll guess at 163 So who will be Top of the Pots lol ;D Your getting warm Rita ;D, I counted the other day very quickly but may have to do a recount. I'm a fully productive snot factory(sorry if to much detail) at the moment so may have missed a few. |
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Post by Juliet on Oct 11, 2006 21:51:18 GMT
I had 50 something last time I counted (having said when we moved here that I wouldn't have any pots at all as they were too high maintenance  ) - my excuse is that we're hoping to move next year so I am collecting things for new garden. |
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Post by chickadeedeedee on Oct 11, 2006 23:56:25 GMT
Hmmmm. At last count (hopefully the final count) there were 135 pots in the living room area, 12 containers in the basement with pond / bog / marginals, on the breezeway there were 4 more containers of planty things. Oh, there's 4 more plants in the flight cage with one of the birds. Good Lord. I AM nuts!  C3D |
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Post by Plocket on Oct 12, 2006 8:23:09 GMT
Not nuts, just POTTY!!!!! ;D
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Post by blodau on Oct 12, 2006 8:44:39 GMT
Am going to make OH read this thread so that the next time I say I'm going to buy a pot he can't roll his eyes in that ridiculous fashion and sigh dramatically 'not ANOTHER pot!'. I have done a quick count in my head and only have somewhere in the region of 50. A mere amateur! As I keep pointing out to him - I could have far worse vices! Blod |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 13, 2006 8:52:51 GMT
Not sure what to do with all of my pots when we move  Removal companies aren't keen on taking them as they take up too much room in the lorry  I think I might have to sell them, contents included and start again once we have moved house. Not sure how much I would charge though - especially for my fig tree |
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Post by Chuckles on Oct 13, 2006 10:41:59 GMT
Oh Rita, they should take them if your paying them to. If I was nearer I'd store them for you till you got settled, whats another 40ish when youv'e got  Whoops................. nearly let the cat out of the bag then. Have done a count this morning and will annouce later today incase anyone else would like a guess. I'm such a tease I have to confess your guess of 163 Rita has slightly cooled down from being warm. ;D |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 13, 2006 10:56:17 GMT
Busybee - the problem in taking containers is that they can't be stacked on top of one another - so they take up too much floor space in the removal lorry. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 13, 2006 12:09:13 GMT
Hi Rita ... this suggestion may be off the wall, in which case just dismiss it . But, in order to save at least your favourite plants and pots, why not take the plants out and put them in strong black bags with compost? Then you could stack the pots for transport, and re-pot the plants at the other end (I'm assuming you will be moving straight from house-to-house, and don't have to put stuff in storage). Would that help at all? ... cheers ... |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 13, 2006 12:22:57 GMT
Thanks for the suggestion CC - unfortunately it is quite possible that we could be moving into rented accommodation for a short time before buying another house |
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Post by Juliet on Oct 13, 2006 19:27:57 GMT
We are planning to hire a van for a weekend so that we can take all my pots when we move, Rita - would that not be possible for you?
It might also be worth your asking Goldilocks (don't know if he's registered here, but he's still about on the Beeb somewhere) what he did when he moved recently - I know he took hundreds of plants with him!
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Post by 4pygmies on Oct 13, 2006 20:23:53 GMT
Rita, I'd be very happy to babysit some of your container plants for a while, if you'd like. That way you could get into your new home and get sorted and pick them up when you're ready. I'm only a short drive from you. We could sort out getting them here when you get more info about moving etc. It wouldn't matter how long they sat here for so please say if you'd like me too. 4P
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Post by Deleted on Oct 13, 2006 21:16:12 GMT
Ah thanks 4P that is very kind of you to offer  The guy across the road has a trailer so we might ask to use it to move my containers. |
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) - my excuse is that we're hoping to move next year so I am collecting things for new garden.
