Exchange of plants
@allknowing (130084)
India
April 8, 2016 8:09am CST
I made two visits this morning. I spent a lot of time looking around their gardens. One of the gardens did have something I was interested in and could get a few plants which they most willingly gifted to me.
I got a visit this evening from one of those who I had visited the morning and they had a feast too collecting cuttings and plants from my garden.
The barter was a happy deal.
I have come to believe that exchange of plants is the only way to have additions in a garden as buying seeds as per my experience is not always successful.
How do you go about adding varieties in your garden?
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@scheng1 (24650)
• Singapore
8 Apr 16
Wow, that is good.
You can learn from their experience in taking care of the plants too.
Gardening is really an activity with a lot of trials and errors.
Sometimes a plant that grows well in one part of the garden just does not grow well in another part of the garden.
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@allknowing (130084)
• India
8 Apr 16
There is never an end to surprises that one gets in one's gardening experience.
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@scheng1 (24650)
• Singapore
8 Apr 16
@allknowing There is never an end to the abundance of produces from the garden too.
I think if you do some research, you will find many edibles in your garden, and some are herbs for common ailments.
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@Marcyaz (35316)
• United States
8 Apr 16
@allknowing
I have had pretty good experience with seeds, not always guess it just depends.
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@allknowing (130084)
• India
8 Apr 16
Most of us here have this experience of not being successful with seeds bought from nurseries.
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@crazyhorseladycx (39515)
• United States
8 Apr 16
i prefer that plant swappin' myself 'n 've done so quite a bit throughout the years - also pond fish, lol. sadly, there's nobody 'round these days to do such with.
these days, i propogate what i can fer my own personal enjoyment. tryin' to get some more bougainvillea rooted't the moment. not that i can plant 'em outdoors such's yerself, but i'm thinkin' 'bout makin' a few into bonsai so they'll not take'p so much room durin' the winter months.
