Here are some more I dug up.

Big Daddy waiting to get hole dug. Love the colour and how it's standing upright.

Anyone else doing any digging? Show 'em here if you like...or start your thread. I know I'd be interested!

Good job! You dug up some big ones. I bet a lot of them were heavy. That is a lot to get done in one day. Pat yourself on the back! Thanks for taking pics along the way. I forget to do that.

If your back could handle all that in one day it's cast iron. You must have worked from dawn til dusk! I've got two trees to plant soon so my digging days are ahead of me. I think I'll make that my project for my grandson's visit- plant expensive trees in the middle of July.

I think I would've considered making that wheelbarrow a planter after digging up all those hostas. *Thinks to self* "Yeah, we'll just leave those right there for now." That's a lot of work!

Kathy, I suffer from a chronic backache and I'm too thick in the head to have that stop me! I started after lunch and kept doggedly at it. You know the feeling of "I've gotta get this done" I'm sure, judging by all that you accomplished on that beautiful property of yours. Enjoy having your grandson around and helping with the grunt work! :) What type of trees will you be planting?

MTB, got a good chuckle out of "yeah, we'll just leave those right there for now"... still in the barrow basking in sun for another hour but still firm, feet in water. I'm taking a day off from hard labour, lol.

I really enjoyed seeing them dug out and to admire their size and form. I just wanted to leave them like that! What a thrill it must be to people such as yourself, Kathy to have so much room to grow hostas in. Obviously I have much more....way too much more... than my property can handle! Which is why I started pots...so I wouldn't have to quit accumulating.

What fun is gardening when you can't look forward to the latest and greatest in perennials each year? ;-)

You got me thinking, Jo. I saw two hostas I would like to move. Wolverine (hit by frost) and Luna Moth. I always thought you should relocate plants in early Spring or Fall. Whadda ya think? You have a lot of energy for an "old bird". LOL Why, am I laughing - I'm your "older" sista. Great job! It's always fun to play in the dirt, eh.

Well, dear sista!.... those two times are certainly optimum time to move, propagate etc but I procrastinated knowing the labour involved. There is nobody lurking in the bushes (like the little guy from Laugh-In) waiting to pounce on us when we do things out of the norm, so have at it now if you are comfortable with it, lol! I did the deed yesterday because we had two cool days and nights in a row instead of intense sun beating down.

Seriously though, since you are in a warmer climate, I sincerely hesitate to offer a suggestion....but since you asked.... ;-)

Keeping in mind how much water your plants require in your climate, they will very likely have something to say about it, lol via serious wilting no matter how much you try and drown them if you move them now. Even taping them up to support the leaves won't help that much since the roots will be interrupted in their job of pumping water to the leaves. ( LM is beauuuuudeful! Wolverine is equally a hunk! and I see only two frost bitten leaves. Beautiful plants.)

Our nights are still rather on the cool side here and there but temps. are rising again. I think I did it barely in time. As a matter of fact, I just noticed very recently that my very handsome Guacamole Don got nipped with cold a few nights ago when we had very hot day then plummeted to 6 degrees C for the night. A few leaves are affected. :(

From one old bird to another, (love that, rotfl) It's totally up to you - if it were me I'd be looking at weather breaks where there is lots of rain scheduled and/or cooler temps for longer than two days, for example. If you decide to wait until later, I'll be there with you, mucking in the dirt through our virtual reality, ok? :-)

Better idea!....mix yourself a nice cool something or another, make yourself comfortable, and ponder the issue for say, a couple of months. ;-) Hugs.

Your right, Jo I shouldn't jump the gun. The weather is really tooooo warm here. Temps in the 80's. Much rather sip on a tall glass of ice tea for now.

I know.... I know! I should be moving a bunch but where the heck will I put them? My whole areas are overloaded with plants with only about 2 spots they could possibly be moved to. That is what happens when one gets greedy when placing orders on the internet, sales at local nurseries and then the sale one in the fall that we just HAVE TO HAVE. I have no more energy to dig up more lawns and I too have chronic back trouble and never know when to stop until I crawl back to the house almost bawling lol. My husband is no help when he states I should quit sooner but do I listen.....NO. What a bunch of old fools we are! So much fun though lol

Seems every time I turn around here, we are getting rain. I want to dig in the dirt, not the mud

Push that rain south, Sue. I could use some.

tj

You got a lot done in one day! I've been working all day too. Planting new purchases, moving a couple, planting some that were potted earlier this year due to vole damage. It is such a good feeling of accomplishment when its done. Too bad I have sooooo much more still to do! Too tired to take pics tonight, but soon. Really enjoyed yours!

Faye, we are old fools because we suffer to have fun! Lol

Sue- pray may the heavens move the rain to Tj's!

Wendy, hope you are ok now from the fall and that injuries sustained weren't too serious. At least if we fall in the garden, we only squish some plants.. That Francee you dug up for your daughter is a beauty! Any idea if she will divide it? Thank you for the photo of SM! I just love the looks of it - it kind of reminds me of Oscar the Grouch, lol! So much going on with those leaves! What was your attraction to it? Mine is the fact that it is so ........ well, unusual I guess and the colour.

Thanks hostahosta! I still have two I need to do. Marilyn Monroe has outgrown her spot (a back breaker too) so now it's a decision of a). do I divide her and leave half there (after waiting for her to leap) or b) leave her intact and trade places with another. One of my little NOIDs has outgrown its britches and is pushing June around....can't have that! That's an easy decision - out it comes.

Look forward to your pics when you've got your energy back. :-). It's fun comparing notes!

Jo, It seems I always go shopping with a list and end up coming home with a few things I've never heard of. Last year I bought Mystic Star a similar looking blue and this year Smoky Mountains. They both remind me of cabbage?? We'll see?

Fantastic Jo, DD and Wendy too. Gardening is good exercise and you have something to show for it beside aches and pains. I have to keep going or I'm afraid someone is going to start shoveling dirt on me. ;-}

Jon

LOL, Jon! Too funny, too true for me too! Use it or lose it. The good thing is that the aches and pains are gone the next day! The pleasure and satisfaction of accomplishment lasts so much longer.

Wendy, funny you mention cabbage. I actually have a small hosta called Cabbage Patch from a hybridizer who sold hostas from his backyard. It is getting tamer as it ages and losing that "edge" it used to have...a gnarly, unruly little cabbage.

I have a Squash Casserole that is languishing in too much shade and a Piedmont Gold that is suffering from too much sun. They're going to trade apartments this fall. I'm planting a Ginko and a Japanese Maplw that I can't remember the name of.

I think you've got a perfect solution for SC and PG! SC takes lots of sun like a champ! I got it predominantly because it did so well for Mocc in Alabama. I figured if it can take all that southern heat, then it's got to do well here...in my sunny yard where shade is at a premium. I marvel at it, and sport Jujen because I think the leaf texture of both is so-so and should burn, but miraculously, it doesn't!

Gosh but that is a beautiful, and big tree! Glad it's not you alone that's planting that one and that you've got help. Both very nice - and expensive choices. May they prosper. They will make nice with hostas. ;-)

Wow! You are ambitious! That is a lot of work for one day but I',m sure it gives you great satisfaction once it is done. I will be facing the same thing next year, I should have done it this year, but now it is too hot and I would rather dig them up when they are just starting to come up.

I am with you Almosthooked, I need to move a bunch but I have no idea where I will put them. I did plant a tree last year but it is still pretty much a tall twig at this point. I am willing to dig up more lawn but I need some more shade before that will be of any help and yet I still keep buying them...

Good job Jo!

Linda ; -)

A helluva days work! Good for you!

What a great job! You have a lot more ambition than me. I had to move a

bout 8 mature plants a couple years ago and it took me two or three days. I actually spend a lot more time doing the "brain work" than the physical work.

Thanks, Linda! You know, addicts are easily tempted... why should we hostajunkies be any different? We will keep buying them regardless, lol.

Thanks, Mbug! :D

Jerry, I kind of lacked the ambition to do it earlier, when it would have been easier without the growth to contend with. It seemed such a daunting task that I kept procrastinating. Then I got into this "just get it done" mantra going on in my head and I was suddenly off my butt and at it.

The thing is, in about a year or two at most, I'll need to do it again - in another section. They are all growing so well! And that is a good thing!

Was checking on FW minutes ago - thought I'd also check on Striptease who is looking good after its move to centre of that bed and up close it is developing some bright colour to its leaf centres. Had no tape, see no droop, no problem! But the water bill this month will hit the roof, lol!!!

At first I thought the bed was kind of blah, not enough pizzazzzzz but then remembered Striptease will become more colourful, Bedazzled will add colour as will Wolverine and Hanky Panky up front. That bed is so sunny for half a day that it can use a bit of muting down. June resides to the right and provides brightness too.

Hard to believe I had FF, GT, JCC and Ginsu Knife all in there! Looked fine two years ago though! LOL Time stops for no one...peony show just about over... hosta scapes, lily scapes, delphinium scapes, etc. taking the relay... almost summer!

That looks wonderful ! I look at mine and wonder where the heck I will put them when I do get the "got to get it done mode" I watered all day, moving from one area to the next ( good thing we are on a well) and then the rains hit and it rained all night. Oh well, rain is way better then sprinkling and maybe washed off most of the calcium from the well water. You do such wonderful planing Jo, as I just fumble along and the odd time maybe luck out!

Your hard work is paying off, Jo. Looks great!! Your Ginsu Knife will be rivaling mine in no time.

Great plants, must have been hard work...Fell instantly in love with Ginsu knife :-)

Nice work Jo. The only thing I have replanted recently was H. Website. It doesnt seem to like the weather down here, so I moved it to a cooler location with better soil (A whiskey barrell planter on my patio). It is now enjoying a home next to Clear Fork River Valley and few Coleus.

I keep waiting for jo to write … 'i'm writing this from my hospital bed, where i am recuperating from back spasms …" kudos jo.

W-wen .. love those gr8 smokies ...

Thanks, Dave, LOL! LOL! You sure provide some great laughs!

Koffman, I need to google Website again - am drawing a total blank. Got a pic handy, by any chance?

DD, not a chance! Yours is a champ in the GK ring. It really stands out in your bed and has ample room to grow.

Faye, thank you...and I wish I had planned better, sooner, but it is fun to rearrange the hosta furniture, isn't it? ;-). When you've had enough of that lovely rain, please send some our way, ok? The last few years, no one is wasting precious water on their lawns to compensate for no rain, even with approved watering according to house number (odd or even) so they are getting crispy...but our hostas remain looking good!