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Moving house
After enjoying twenty four years in our present garden with it's 1/3 acre garden, our children have advised us to move both to release equity and to have a much smaller garden. I really wanted a garden I could actually enjoy rather than be a slave to it and as we're in our seventies, our present garden is just too big. The move has been tortuous and has been a matter of waiting fifteen months for our buyers to actually sell their house, having been let down twice. We hope to be finally on our way in September-ish. I shall be sad to leave our garden and the eighty or so roses but have taken some air looms and plenty of cuttings. Two exceptions are a 7ft double white lilac (brought from our last house) and a camellia of a similar height. Both now in very large pots, they were each watered copiously during the hot months. We're treating the move as a new adventure, to move to a village with a regular and reliable bus route, and to grow plants we have not done so in the past.
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But nothing is really irreplaceable, and you will find that cuttings that mature into sizeable plants will give you great pleasure. You will also have your memories (and probably lots of photos of your previous garden) and you will find you can enjoy the new place just as much as the old.
It was strange at first to have a smaller house and smaller garden and it wasn't without a few pangs of regret. But I now love it and know it was the right move at the right time.
btw your delays in selling moving were quite speedy: it took us three years of stop start and all sorts of problems. Persistence paid off, and we are now glad that we did what we did at a time that we could cope and put down new roots.
I wish you well in your new house. Enjoy the garden!
Best of luck with your move. I hope all goes well. I think you have made the right decision.
A neighbour in our previous village went from driving a car and being fully mobile, to having a mobility scooter - as was therefore village-bound. And then when she couldn't manage that, she was house-bound. Our move has allowed us to plan ahead. Buses, taxis into town, railway fairly near. All should mean that we can cope for many years ahead.
Mild winters usually but the last was a shocker for the locals with snow and a -8C for 2 days. Last year we had 20cm of rain between mid Jan and mid December then 2 years' worth of rain till the end of June and since then heatwave and drought again. Hoping we'll get some rain soon and that the man with the digger will come and dig out all those flipping tiles and also make me a bog bed while he's on and one or two other wee jobs.
I will have a beautiful garden one day. Very pleased you're enjoying yours.