Jim Johnston wrote:
Has anyone tried to move an existing asparagus bed to a new location and
been successful in that venture? If so, do you have any tips & tricks to
share?

We're moving to a new home and I'd love to take my aspargus bed with and
re-establish it in the new location. The bed consists of about 100 crowns
ranging from 3-6 years' maturity.

Thanks ahead of time for any advice you might offer!


If you've already sold your old home, the asparagus bed belongs to the
buyers unless it was specifically excluded in the sales agreement. If that's
the case, and the new owners don't want to give you their new asparagus bed,
it doesn't matter how practical or impractical the transplanting would be.
Depending on whether you take the asparagus before or after closing, you may
find yourself guilty of theft and/or not meeting your contractual terms --
especially if the new owners were looking forward to their new asparagus!

When gardeners move, it can sometimes be heartbreaking to have to leave
things behind. When something is planted in the ground, it becomes part of
the real property. It's no longer is personal property. You need to think
ahead, and put it in the listing that x, y and z will not be included in the
sale, and then you have to also make sure that the offer from potential
buyers includes that exclusion as well.

The new owners may not care. They may not even notice. But if they notice
and care...

--
Warren H.

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