Sharing is the Answer » plants http://sharingistheanswer.com Wed, 23 Nov 2011 05:27:16 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Plant Sharing Helps Your Garden and Community Grow http://sharingistheanswer.com/2009/11/08/plant-sharing-helps-your-garden-and-community-grow/ http://sharingistheanswer.com/2009/11/08/plant-sharing-helps-your-garden-and-community-grow/#comments Mon, 09 Nov 2009 02:31:16 +0000 janelle http://sharingistheanswer.com/?p=83 Every year, my mom, an avid gardener, puts out the word to her friends and colleagues that she is having a massive plant give-away. Her garden seems to get more vibrant every year, but I found out that part of the work of maintaining it is digging up a good portion of the plants annually. A lot of perennial plants tend to grow outward from the center, forming ever-widening clumps, while dying back in the center. This explains why my mint plants all grow to be shaped like donuts, and eventually just look pathetic. What I should do is take the mint out of the pot, divide the soil into four clumps, keep one clump, and give the other three as gifts.

By dividing literally hundreds of plants and giving them away to good homes, my mom gives her garden really good karma. I mean, look at at it:
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I also read a heart-warming story about a woman in North Carolina who grew 2000 vegetable starts to give away, after learning that many local families were struggling to put food on the table as a result of the recession. First, she put out the word on the Internet and got a ton of seeds donated. She started them in small pots, then had an event to hand them out. She gave them to anyone, on the condition that they also share the harvest. Great way to spread the sharing spirit! She literally planted the seeds of sharing in the community – I love it!

By the way, if you want to do something for Climate Action Day, giving out tons of seedlings is an idea!

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