Well folks, the time has come. I have to move house.

Moving house is usually frustrating and tiring enough on its own. I've spent the last week rummaging through a quarter of a century worth of accumulated... stuff. I've sorted and culled through papers (taxes, car rego, insurance), books (from comics to uni law texts), sporting goods (why do I have so many golf balls?), musical instruments (an accordian? I don't recall buying that...) and assorted stuff from my childhood (ZOMG space lego!). I've spent my first weekend off from work since october boxing stuff up. I've made umpteen trips to Bunnings to buy more plastic crates to store everything. I think I'm nearly ready to move all my stuff.

However, being a bit of a cacti freak, there's a spanner thrown in the works. How do I move all of this:



Stay tuned to find out...

um...very carefully? lol, keep us posted

Styrofoam boxes, I have many pots packed into those in anticipation of moving

I have all my smaller cacti in wire baskets, it ensures airflow under the pots and also makes them very easy to move around.

re the accumulated stuff. It's the only thing that keeps me from moving elsewhere! And I would need a truck just for the cacti collection and then i wouldn't trust anyone else to do it.
Keep us updated, will be interesting.

My heart goes out to you - the last time I moved 2 moving men got seriously thorned despite my warnings of how to carry them, and then my Dad did his back in lifting one at the new location.

Actually that one has been stuck on a chair at the bottom of the stairs ever since.

I recommend for the bigger ones you use one of those little trolleys they use to move fridges with. Even if they aren't that heavy, it still protects from the spikes.

LOL oh dear.... Well at least there doesn't seem to be any plants there there that are too big. Let us know how you go!!

Step one: Round 'em up.




Step two: Load 'em in.




Step three: Roll out...

As for these ones:




...You're gonna need a bigger boot.

This one wanted a window seat...

Good work bro!
nice view you used to have, green looking.
i like Mornington penninsula, where abouts are you moving to?

BTW nice pereskiopsis shrub. i see what you mean when you said in the other post about growing it just as a specimen plant. post if it flowers.
come on... someone has to get it to flower in Aus!!

Well, I was based in Mount Eliza, but I'm shifting to Langwarrin. Not as leafy and green, but more sunlight for my collection...

Load a few more up...

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Once they're at their new home, the site is prepared:



(In other words, dig a bloody great big hole in the ground, and ensure good drainage with a heap of scoria)


...And before you know it, the little devils are making their own way to their new home:

Looks great Lachy. It must be stressful for the plants and you to be moving but they look happy now. I can wait to see that bed in a couple of years.

Looks wonderful Lach Keep us posted on the growth