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jade by the front door is supposed to be lucky....here's hoping

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When I moved in here I didn't bring many of my old pot plants with me. There just wasn't room as most of them were quite large. I did bring a pelargonium... ...which has since been planted in the communal garden, near a shady tree, and my last three rose cuttings, two yellow and one red, all of which are also now in amongst the other, older rose bushes. I also brought along this jade and three smaller ones in smaller pots. This big one wasn't doing so well after about a week, because I'd had it on the front corner of my tiny porch and someone unknown had kicked or tossed it down the slope of the lawn. It had rolled down quite a way, with most of the soil being lost into the grass, so I plonked it back into the pot, put it back on the corner and started saving for some new pots. various neighbours said it must have blown off in the wind, but as subsequent gale force winds failed to move it, I'll stick with my theory. I'd thought I mig...