My Peace Lily

Today we have a guest author, David Wallace.  David is the son of Mother Chic and brother to Debbie and Julie.  We are thrilled to have him share and thrilled to have him here with us after having quadruple bypass at the age of 45.

I decided it was time to transplant the Peace Lily in my kitchen window again! I’ve had it since I was in the hospital 6 years ago for bypass surgery. It was in a little basket with some other things, and no bigger than a Dixie cup. It has been transplanted twice before and is now getting it‘s third pot. It grows like crazy and blooms every year in the spring. It is a reminder of how grateful I am to be here.

Transplanting a plant is pretty simple, but sometimes I seem to procrastinate getting it done so I am pretty sure this plant is root bound.   To start I got the amount of soil I needed from a local nursery. Of course you need some kind of new pot to put it in. I got lucky my Mother gave me a beautiful pot as you can tell from the pictures. I just love it and am looking forward to it being in my kitchen window to see everyday. You also may need a couple of tools. I only needed a little flower shovel for this job.

To start we made a little work space in the garage and laid a trash bag down to catch the dirt droppings. Surprisingly I did a pretty neat job! First I removed the plant from the old pot by running the little shovel around the inside of the pot to loosen and then it pulled right out. Wow that part was easy. The last time I had let it get too root bound and didn’t think I would ever get it out of the pot short of breaking the darn thing. Next I put some soil in the bottom of the new pot and then adjusted that until the plant was just at the top of the pot but not above the rim. Then I simply filled in around the edges of the pot, tamped it in firmly so the air would get out of the   soil. Now I just need to put it in my window and give it a little water.

Oh yea I forgot you should always clean up your mess afterward and put everything as you found it. Well that’s the way my dad said you should do it.