It says: "Sold" !

Oh good luck with it all, Lori! Has the sale gone through, and are you moving far? At least you'll have time to pot up your plants and keep them out of the way of the buyers.

What's your new garden like?

If I moved house, like you Lori, I would want to pot up some of my favourite plants before I started to show people round. I think were are not meant to remove plants after the sale in the UK.

I think you are right Linda. It's a difficult thing to get right....a good garden can sell a house (certainly helped sell my last house) but on the other hand, you are kind of depending on a garden enthusiast to buy it. I think I would also consider relaying some lawn if I ever moved again, but it's difficult to know what's best and you only need one person to love the garden to sell it. Perhaps i'll just stay where I am!

I think moving is stressful at any time, Lori! But once you get all the "kids" tucked in and settled you can take your time with the household stuff. I learned from many moves that a made bed, a few sandwiches, a kettle & fixings for coffee and a roll of toilet tissue could do for me until the pets & houseplants were stabilised,lol! Just think of it as camping for a week!
Seriously, I am glad all the pieces fell into place so quickly for you. I am sure that you will have a ball transforming your new yard in spring, and will look forward to seeing the photos.
I'll keep my fingers crossed that the snow holds off until January....

Thanks Grammazoo... very good advice which I will certainly take to heart.
Yes, Linda235, but I put at least one of each of my plants on a "reserve" list.
THanks Spritz... we're moving about 150 miles up into the highground! Have had an offer from a family member to keep my plants for the winter...That will be a relief. I can collect them in the spring when I've had time to assess the new property and decide where the gardens will be.
True Karen, I do know that the fact that our yard was pesticide free for the last 12 years was a plus and also that it was different from every other house on the street was also... I've enjoyed it for the time I had here...it is someone else's turn to make it over their way. I'm happy with that.

Hope it all goes smoothly for you Lori....you'll have the winter to make your plans :)

good luck with the move lori and i love your house and garden to, very open, lovely pic :o)

Good luck with your move; it's a shame you had to remove your flower beds & fill the pond, though. I've always enjoyed your photos, but it'll be fun to start from scratch in the new place. I know that my yard isn't to most people's taste, either, & would not be appreciated by most homebuyers! Since it's hard to sell a haunted house with termite problems, I'll be staying where I am, anyway.

thanks Whistonlass and Sanbaz...I'm getting excited about it.
Oh Lauram, it sounds like your home is well loved...since this will be the last move for us, this new place is going to be very special to hubby and I. We'll make it ours and hopefully we'll love it as you do yours. You should see the potential in the front area...for a pond..a perennial garden...maybe even a bridge!

hope the packing is going wel Lori....looking forward to seeing pics of your new garden...:~)

Thanks Sandra...I think our biggest worry is snow! If we could just have a mild December ...then they could throw all the snow they wanted at us! (Gulp!...did I say that?)..hehehe, well as the old song says..."Let it snow..let it snow...let it snow!" but in January, please.

only just found this! and having read your more recent blogs i should think this is a very distant memory ~ i cant imagine you have any regrets.

Lol... bless you Sticki...it is. I saw Spritz's pic of her first tulip, and Sandra's pic of her Daphs...and I felt a little pang....but...I get to go out and search for hidden treasure when the snow is gone here! Wonder where the daphs and tulips are? Found a lilac, a very overgrown currant bush...what I believe to be an hydrangea...a crab apple...and three others which are apples but just what type I won't know til they bud out.
there's at least a half acre of raspberry canes too! wonder if there are any wild strawberry about?

bit like robinson crusoe in a different clime??
i think its fascinating what you are doing ~ we can all have daffodils but we cant all have an adventure like yours ~ im just so grateful you share it all with us; probably interesting for you too ~ to look back at the earlier blogs?

it's hard to explain just how this has made me feel, but your Robinson Crusoe analogy is pretty accurate!...It's like a wonderful gift that I get to open again and again.
It already feels like home. I'm glad you don't mind my rhapsodizing! can't quite believe it myself! lol....

im so pleased you are enjoying it ~ and im enjoying hearing about it!