I think the tomatoes and peppers you could put in pots to move. I don't know if the taters and melons would move well or not. go ahead and try to move them and the asparagus. At least you won't have to think about what the landlord would be doing to it! I never tried to move anything. I did take my basil out of the ground and put it in apot because it was too wet. It survived.

Ok, that makes sense. I forgot that every time it turns back on it would continue pumping. duh. The bottom drain is an Aqua Art retro fit bottom drain with 3" opening. It is connected to a black flexible tubing that is really hard (almost w/ a metal coil in it?). It is reduced from 3" to 2" and then runs back to the pump. I had a Sequence pump but that thing sucked (not literally, unfortunately). I had to have it repaired 2x and it was NOT cheap to begin with! It lasted 2 yrs. BOOOO. When it last gave up the ghost, it was 1.5 months ago. I found a hayward 1.5 HP super pump on craiglist for $150. The pond was w/o a functioning BD for about a month. Here is where it all goes downhill. lol So the previous pump was connected to the hose in from the BD and hose out to the bead filter by the black hoses that were connected with a black screw-on style of fitting. They simply did NOT come off, no matter what. The new pump had smaller openings and so the old fittings wouldn't work. We had to cut off the "screw" ends and use compression fittings instead (the black squishy sleeves w/ two metal bands that you screw to tighten). The first day that we turned the pump on and were messing w/ it, the same top fitting popped off b/c it wasn't seated properly (the hose hit me in the head, almost knocked me out from the pressure...lol...bruise on my forehead for 2 wks!). Because of that, I was paranoid and was actually shutting it off at night...just in case something went wrong. (I know, this is a long story lol) Saturday during the day, we saw that the pump was emptying faster than the water could come into the basket and we realized the BD was partially clogged and decided to get in the pond and get it freed up. DH jumped in and pulled it up...cleared it out and then set it up on two large pieces of flagstone so it wasn't directly on the bottom of the pond. (Note: had he not done this, when the disaster happened, it would've drained the ENTIRE pond. Truly a lifesaving decision for the fish that lived in the remaining 6" of water b/c of that flagstone!) Anyhoo, everything was riproaring along at 100mph again and I was checking the basket frequently...not much there. That night was the ONE night I didn't unplug it overnight...I forgot. Small debris plugged up the basket, increasing the pull of the pump, which started moving around the hose on the top of the pump. It was moving enough to pull the compression fitting off and it popped the hose off. The water simply geysered out of the top of the pump until the pond was almost completely empty. SOOOOO...way more than you asked but I have known you long enough to know that you like a clear picture, MIke! LOL I"m hoping that makes the error of my ways clear enough! At this time I am only running the BD during the day and am trying to find screw-on fittings to replace the existing compression fittings. Additionally, I have bungee'd the BD to a crate so it is a foot off the floor of the pond. I have also been partaking of some retail therapy and have a little mass of baby koi in the pond right now. They just came up and started eating food this morning and I literally screamed with delight LOL! I'm not sure how these water bobbermcthingie's work but I *think* the external pump is close enough that if it truly does have a 20' cord, I can put it in the body of the pond and run the cord back to where the pump is. Need to get to the store today and get one to rig it!

So how does one go about finding financing for this endeavor? My husband and I are having difficulties because the few people we have talked about said you are only allowed one move of a manufactured home and they are counting the move from the factory. Our home is currently sitting on a lot in MI so we're paying lot rent, our mortgage and apartment rent in our new state. We relocated for employment reasons and are looking at purchasing land but b/c we already own the home (pay on a mortgage) we are having difficulty cutting through the red tape to get the moving financed in with the home without paying 3 sets of closing costs and getting shut down before we even get started. We've been told that it will cost upwards of 20,000 to move and set up our home on a slab foundation (that's without redoing the drywall). Any advice would be appreciated. This is very frustrating for us.

I know exactly how you feel. I have moved multiple times and I've now given up on any ground garden. Because I don't think I my current house is going to be my forever home, I am growing in large water troughs and it worked pretty well last year. Last year I planted a celebrity tomato in one that is 100 gallons and it did great. It's a semi determinant variety though and only got to be about 4 - 5 feet tall. This year I'm pushing it because I am trying an indeterminate type which gets to be 6 - 10 feet. I would think it would depend on the variety you are growing , whether it will do well in a container. I honestly do not know if MINE will do well or not. Also I don't know if cardboard will last months especially since you have to get it wet. The next thing is Potting soil in a container vs. ground. Ground soil does't do well in containers. I would look at growing the tomatoes in a planter that is large enough for it to grow.