rachael simpson expounded:

Hey Y'all,

Was wondering............

When is the best time to "break-apart" a cluster of hostas? I have two
large clusters of them, and would like to thin them down some and spread
them out.

Mid-August for me around here. Although hostas are tough, you can
pretty much split them anytime. But to be kind, wait til there's a
bit more rain and a bit less sun.

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The update:

I did get the lettuce plants that I had previously asked about. Had my
first salad from it yesterday with supper. Have enough out there, can
possibly have another salad off of it Sunday. Taste great, other than
the fact you can tell it's dry-weather lettuce. As a side note, the
collards taste the same way................

I had my first salad from my mesclun patch yesterday. I ran around
the garden snipping herbs, too, like basil, parsley, salad burnet, and
even a few sprigs of purslane. The D'Avignon radishes are fantastic
right now, they went in, as well as some of the bunching onions I grew
for whatever reason I'm not really sure G Just to try, I guess.
Very tasty, though, and not too hot. The only thing in that salad I
didn't grow were cucumbers and cherry tomatoes. Maybe next week.....

Oh well,

Rain, rain, please come this way
Leave my friends that are Texas way
Oh Lord, let us pray...
Rain, rain, please come this way!

Yes, I'd like a steady inch a week. Of course people in hell want ice
water ;-
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Ann, gardening in Zone 6a
South of Boston, Massachusetts
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