Guilty! I'm part of the hoarder crew. It's the little plastic black pots that need to go - and the rusty or broken tools, the secateurs that don't close anymore ......
There's a few plants I wish I hadn't got in the first place ... but having got them, they are here for their life-span! One perennial has been going for over 20 yrs! The flower colour is all wrong, but I would feel incredible guilt if I ousted it when it is perfectly healthy.
If I had my time again, I would never buy a hosta, but having got one and discovered they can live for 25-30 yrs, I have felt duty-bound to spend a fortune over the last two decades protecting it from being eaten. Just this month I dug it up, put some in a pot, and discarded the other bits. Even that felt painfully cruel.
Monty Don and Carol Klein are always showing us how to propogate plants, with great enthusiasm. What the heck would people with ordinary sized gardens do with them all?
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
Guilty! I'm part of the hoarder crew. It's the little plastic black pots that need to go - and the rusty or broken tools, the secateurs that don't close anymore ......
I'm with you on the secateurs thing. Wife finds out that I've bought a new pair. Asks me why, because we still have an old pair. Then complains when she finds I haven't thrown out the old pair. "They are still okay for some cutting. Plus they're not cheap!!" And so secateurs pile up. And saws. And screwdrivers (they ALWAYS come in useful for something else). And screws - even dismantle old appliances, and keep the screws, just in case. And hooks. And so it goes on.
Now we're looking to move house, some things have just GOT TO GO!!
I've got more Astrantia, honeysuckles, and Hypericum than most garden centres, all sat in pots wondering where they will go. As for tools I have countless implements all donated to me but only use a spade, hori knife, and snips.
Monty Don and Carol Klein are always showing us how to propogate plants, with great enthusiasm. What the heck would people with ordinary sized gardens do with them all?
1. Give them to family 2. Give them to neighbours 3. Plant them in the street tree pits 4. Donate them to the garden club plant sale 5. Donate them to the church plant sale 6. Find some way to accommodate them(!)
I am an unapologetic hoarder / propagator. I propagate things I don't even want in the first place, just for the thrill of it (eg: houseplants - people seem to like them). Roughly a hundred plants donated to plant sales this year - and no, I had no idea I had that many to donate until I did it 🤣.
'If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.'
I have a cunning plan. I don't use the round pots as the rectangular ones fit better on the drip trays. All round pots are going except the really big ones. That'll be a start anyway.
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I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
And so secateurs pile up.
And saws. And screwdrivers (they ALWAYS come in useful for something else). And screws - even dismantle old appliances, and keep the screws, just in case. And hooks.
And so it goes on.
Now we're looking to move house, some things have just GOT TO GO!!
2. Give them to neighbours
3. Plant them in the street tree pits
4. Donate them to the garden club plant sale
5. Donate them to the church plant sale
6. Find some way to accommodate them(!)
I am an unapologetic hoarder / propagator. I propagate things I don't even want in the first place, just for the thrill of it (eg: houseplants - people seem to like them). Roughly a hundred plants donated to plant sales this year - and no, I had no idea I had that many to donate until I did it 🤣.