Today became moving day, at least for one of my Agaves. I finally spent the last hour and a half sawing, hauling, and re-planting and trimming a mid sized Agave attenuata.

Originally I placed the small Agave pup near the bottom of the driveway slope where it grew to a pretty large plant. At the time I did not realize how large these Agaves can get. 

This Agave has probably been in the ground since 2010. That is when I first started removing lawn from the narrow areas flanking the driveways. Shortly after planting my previous neighbor planted a pesky Mexican feather grass right next to the Agave.  Accessing the Agave had become a challenge for me to the delight of our local snail population. 

Now that I am more familiar with this type of Agave, I can place the plant in a more appropriate place where it has room and I can watch and remove snails before they damage the large juicy leaves. Below I show how many leaves I had to trim due to snail damage.  For me learning plant size and placement has been one of the hardest lessons to learn in gardening. At least now I "bite the bullet", gather my pruning saw and shovel, and my re-purposed dock trolley and get to work.

Occasionally the transplant fails but more often the move is successful. I am sore but satisfied this latest move will be just fine.