You know we've had a few surprises in our yard, since we moved in late last summer. Steel pipes, weird bamboo-like things, and ongoing discoveries of yet another outside electrical outlet.
Found another surprise this morning.
I've been eyeing a hosta that is clearly in the wrong place. Weird too, because there are no hostas anywhere else. And this one is a nice one, but jammed under a shrub and up against a fence. So it's been surviving, but looking a little worse for wear.
As I grab an hour here and there to plant a few more things, I've been making a mental note to transplant that hosta to a place where it will thrive and really look great.
Early this morning, I decided to move it. I was in a hurry, so I trotted over there, and started jamming my little shovel around it, to loosen it from its current position. It wasn't easy. That's some seriously packed down dirt, and it's between a hedge and a rose bush, with a tree right by the rose bush, so there are roots everywhere.
I dug and jammed and grunted and pulled and pushed, all the while trying to keep the dirt intact around the roots so it would transplant well. FINALLY got it out of the ground, and hurried over to the new spot to dig a new home for it.
Except...what's this white stuff around the roots? And why is there a broken piece of clay pot stuck to the side? Did the former owners not even take it out of its pot before putting it in the ground?
Silly people.
The white stuff is weird though, kind of foamy, and it looks like there almost isn't any dirt at all .... taking a closer look .... what the ??? ....
Took my gloves off to actually touch the plant.
It's fake.
Surprise!
