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The elderberry plants arrived today!
And while it hasn't rained, yet, I'm hopeful.
Off to the yard I went!
I gathered my supplies, including three produce boxes, a utility knife, shovel, bag of peat moss, bag of potting soil, garden carts (2), empty coffee canisters, my garden knife, and a tote full of water.
I removed the marker stakes and the pots full of moistened yard clippings...look at the pill bugs!
I dug a hole under each pot, cutting through roots...but about 5-6" down I hit dry soil
Roots and dry soil
I broke up the soil as best as I could. Into the hole I added the wet yard clippings from the pot, a canister of peat moss, a canister of water, and mixed it with my garden knife. Then I added the soil from the hole on top, so it was mounded.
I cut a hole in the bottom of the produce box, approximately the same size as the transplant hole
And put it over the planting hole
I mixed 5 canisters of peat moss and 5 canisters of potting soil in a garden cart
Poured it in the box
Then I poured about three canisters of water into the soil mixture, cutting it with my garden knife to mix it well.
I repeated the process for box #2 and box #3.
I'll transplant closer to sunset.
And while it hasn't rained, yet, I'm hopeful.
Off to the yard I went!
I gathered my supplies, including three produce boxes, a utility knife, shovel, bag of peat moss, bag of potting soil, garden carts (2), empty coffee canisters, my garden knife, and a tote full of water.
I removed the marker stakes and the pots full of moistened yard clippings...look at the pill bugs!
I dug a hole under each pot, cutting through roots...but about 5-6" down I hit dry soil
Roots and dry soil
I broke up the soil as best as I could. Into the hole I added the wet yard clippings from the pot, a canister of peat moss, a canister of water, and mixed it with my garden knife. Then I added the soil from the hole on top, so it was mounded.
I cut a hole in the bottom of the produce box, approximately the same size as the transplant hole
And put it over the planting hole
I mixed 5 canisters of peat moss and 5 canisters of potting soil in a garden cart
Poured it in the box
Then I poured about three canisters of water into the soil mixture, cutting it with my garden knife to mix it well.
I repeated the process for box #2 and box #3.
I'll transplant closer to sunset.
