Last summer Jacob and I planted our herb garden in our front flower bed. Edible landscaping being the idea. Also great access to the kitchen to run out for a quick snip of sage or snip or dill. However the neighborhood groundhog liked to munch our parsley...never had fresh leaves just ratty stems.
Once the weather broke the year and the perennial plants begin to emerge from the earth the parsley I never got to enjoy returned and then some.
The plant became three four!
Earlier in the week I came home from work to find a chunk of chewed Christmas cactus in the floor. Holden's dog is definitely an ornery little puppy. I saw the small pot on the end table was now without plant and dirt was sort of all over. After a quick sweep I decided to repurpose the pot and dirt rather than just letting it sit empty in the corner of the basement collecting dust.
These are my supplies. A kitchen soup spoon, the pot of recycled soil, (the plant to be moved or divided of course) and pitcher of tap water.*
*I chose to do this on a morning after it had rained over night. The moist soil makes it easy to use a kitchen spoon. If your soil is very dry you might want to wet down the area...that is if you are using the spoon....or use a spade or trowel.
Use the spoon as a small trowel and carefully dig into the soil. Loosen the roots gently.*
Some of the roots will break but you want to get the main root as much in tact as possible. Shake off the excess dirt.
*If dividing a plant be very careful of the other plants main roots. Sometimes they are slightly tangled and simply close together.
In the pot of dirt I used the spoon to create a relatively deep hole to allow the roots to have ample room.
Next place the parsley in the hole and add a little water move in the dirt gently around the roots on up to where the dirt was before transplanting. Give some more water to moist the rest of the soil. It's now complete and ready to enjoy!
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