For those not in the loop, I got a job gardening in June this year. I've learned a shitload in that short period of time, along with what I knew coming into it.
A few days ago, the company I worked for was on our last day of the season. We were doing a bit of leaf clean up, trimming, cutting back dead perennials, etc. A woman approached us and asked for our company's card, and I gave it to her. She mentioned she had some bulbs she wanted help getting in the ground along with a good bit of perennials. I told her it was our last day of the season and she asked if I would do it as a side gig. So I got her number and we agreed on Saturday (yesterday).
I showed up to her home at 8am and worked until sundown. She kicked my ass. A massive amount of digging, bulbs, weeding, dividing, cutting through landscape fabric, etc. She was amazingly kind, fun to work with, and a lifelong gardener so she had some cool tricks up her sleeve.
At the end of the day she gave me a check for more than double my hourly rate, a huge box of mixed bulbs, ferns, organic produce (she bought), snacks, and she provided me lunch.
I am just amazed. Her and her husband were really fantastic people and I'm really hoping for her to ask me for some help in the spring.
I really love gardening as a profession. We're all gonna make it.
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[–] middle_path [S] 1 point 0 points 1 point (+1|-1) ago
Transplanting is super easy. Just make sure you dig up all the roots, bury at the same level it was at (in the other location), pack some compost in there if soil is lacking, and pack the rest of the soil down so it doesn't wiggle around.
Water well, and you're good.
[–] cyclops1771 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
A guy I was talking to mentioned digging as much soil from where it was and taking with in order to keep it from going into shock, in case the new soil has a different pH.
Any tricks in terms of palms? Does that "palm food" actually do anything? Or is it just a way to trick us amateurs?
[–] middle_path [S] ago
I can honestly say I don't know very much about palms. I've met very few plants that you need to really put a lot of care into when transplanting.
If you're very concerned, you could just transplant a couple, then do a couple more in a few weeks.
The palm food probably won't hurt it if you follow the instructions, should encourage some root growth.