Good for y'all, but why are you potting them up (I'm guessing your ultimate goal is to have them in the ground)? You can, as you've found out, take them out, leave them lying around, and then put them back into the ground at the new place, all the while saving yourself some work.

Jeff,

Yeah, that would be nice but it's going to take some time to prepare those beds. We have to move in first, then I have to remove a bunch of grass and stupid rose bushes. They're just going into plastic containers for now, sloppy style.

Hi, that is not to bad, you can get that done in no time. You must be excited. Norma

Hanzrobo, good luck on your moving, and more space for those plants to have baby and grow bigger.
marie

Thanks everybody. I've made some progress. I also have 10 varieties of garlic growing (around 150 bulbs) that I have to protect for the next 2 months until harvest. It's a good thing we'll only be a block away. The blackberry vine has finally reached maturity and will be loaded with berries by then. I'm just praying nobody moves in right away.
You can see the blackberry vine on the trellis and trained all along the fence.
The garlic is in the foreground. And of course the succulent trough, originally built for lettuce. The rest is various veggies and herbs, some radishes going to seed, asparagus... I'm going to miss my little garden. I hope the next people appreciate it. It was all grass when we moved in and I've made the soil incredibly rich.
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