Comments on: Get Your Free Garden Right Here

By: naomi

naomi — Tue, 02 Jan 2007 04:16:20 +0000

i just moved to dc from seattle and left my huge garden. if anyone has any garden worthy info, free plants, growing tips, please let me know! send me an email

By: Nicole

Nicole — Thu, 21 Dec 2006 03:38:13 +0000

Hi, Susan

I’m not sure what Miscanthus are, but I just moved to DC (Rosslyn) and am living next to what is now an exposed demolition site. In the spring, we will be looking out either over a bare pit or a construction area. We have a bare patch of land in front of our apartment window which we could create a small garden with; and out in front, there is an area where some trees were recently torn down by bad weather that no-one from management has bothered replanting.

This would be the perfect opportunity to get some of Mike’s plants off his hands- I’m a willing garden worker with not enough money to spend on a lot of seeds, plants and equipment; but defintely enough time to spend on transplanting well-loved freebies, and myself and my neighbors could really use it.

So, how do I find Mike? And is there anyone else in the area that you know of who would be a good person (or place) to start with? (I don’t know area garden/ers yet, but I appreciate any tips you can give!)

Thank you!!!

Nicole

By: Colleen Vanderlinden

Colleen Vanderlinden — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 19:11:30 +0000

That has been a totally unexpected joy of gardening for me–the sharing of plants. My mother-in-law and I have been trading divisions back and forth for the past few years. Some of her daylilies now live with me and fill up an empty side yard, and some of my phlox, irises, and shasta daisies now live with her. It’s so much fun to see something you give away growing in someone else’s yard! And, in my case, my phlox grow much better in her yard than mine, so I think I’ll be giving them all to her this spring.

Nice story, Susan

By: Carol

Carol — Fri, 24 Nov 2006 21:21:17 +0000

I can think of no other hobby/obsession where sharing with others is such a big part of it. Like many gardeners, I can go through my garden and point out “this came from so-and-so, and grandma grew this, and would you like a start of that”. It makes a garden that much more special to see all the gifts it contains, both received and given.

By: Takoma Gardener

Takoma Gardener — Fri, 24 Nov 2006 18:48:28 +0000

Annie – I googled for a photo of the trifoliate and that’s it – thanks!!

By: Annie in Austin

Annie in Austin — Fri, 24 Nov 2006 17:19:43 +0000

Giving and receiving shared plants has always been one of the great joys of gardening – nice story!

Susan, I wonder if the thorny oranges are Trifoliate Orange/Poncirus trifoliata. Those have small fruits that look like oranges, and might be hardy to 0ÂºF. How cold does it get in Takoma?

Osage ‘Oranges’ [AKA hedge apples] are bumpy and bigger than many of the oranges in the grocery store. We used them for autumn decorations in Illinois.

Annie at the Transplantable Rose