Desperate Gardens
Garden Diva Doreen Howard certainly comes up with some good ideas but her latest website Desperate Gardens, http://www.desperategardens.net/Home_Page.php, is one of the best and funniest!
For those of us who are true plant-a-holics this is a must see website. While it is still in its early stages of development, one can certainly relate to growing their tropical plants in their bedroom for those of us who do not live in a tropical climate but wish we did as well as taking your plants with you when you move!
I’ll never forget when we moved here. I had been digging plants for weeks and taking them to my mother-in-laws for safe keeping. We had 16 people and numerous trucks and vans. We spent three days – from about 8 a.m. to approximately 2 a.m. moving in. Most of that time was spent hauling plants that were being dug up from the previous yard. I sent them here bare-root, stacked on top of one another and layered them in mulch until I could get them planted!
If you have ever married a fellow plant addict and then gone through a divorce you certainly know the plants can cost more than child support! Judges look at you a little strange when you ask for custody of the plants but as we all know some plants can cost $200 to $300 each!
I can testify to getting pineapples and citrus to produce fruit here in Indiana. I can also testify that it is possible to get Theobroma to set flowers here in Indiana. Many tropicals will bloom and fruit if given the proper care even as houseplants!
Be sure to check out Doreen’s newest venture and sign her guestbook! Tell her you heard about her site here at Exotic Gardening!
Sheri
Filed under Fragrant Flowers by on Sep 23rd, 2007. 
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Sheri Ann is such a darling to tell you about my new site, and I agree with her that moving tropical beauties takes grit. I don’t mean shrimp and grits! I’ve gritted my teeth more than a few times when movers and spouses have showed their ignorance about what it takes to move a plant. Like, don’t let it freeze, or cook inside a wardrobe carton at 120F for five days on the road in a sealed metal van!
Come visit me again, honey; my Southern hospitality is always there for you. I’m about to tell the world how that rat Georgio finally met his in a Wisconsin apple orchard. Of course, the police investigation was horrible. Those Northern detectives just don’t understand that a real lady wouldn’t resort to murder with her bare hands. It would ruin a manicure!
Love, M’Liz