Hello all!
I've been a "lurker" for a while, but this is my first post. This site is pretty amazing, and the podcast makes me laugh as I listen and garden at the same time. I am an "intermediate" level gardener who has loved gardening since I was a little girl and we sprouted bean seeds in damp paper towels. My day job is in Healthcare IT, and while I love it, it doesn't provide the simple satisfaction of gardening. I am an obsessive reader and enjoy reading garden novels and new gardening books. One I can recommend right now is "The Unexpected Houseplant" by Tovah Martin. If you have a houseplant addiction (guilty) or want to develop one, this is a great read.
A bit about my garden: I garden in a small town of about 20,000 on a 1/3 acre sized lot. I have done a LOT of landscaping on this lot since it was pretty bare when I got here, with the exception of the Silver Maples (terrible, terrible trees; let no one tell you differently). Since then, I have developed several good sized borders, and two 4 x 4 foot raised beds for veggies. I've also plunked as many trees and shrubs in as I can lay my hands on, and am growing vines up the old clothesline poles in the back. I am an "organic" gardener, meaning I don't use chemicals but I don't stress if others do and am not certified organic. Right now, the garden is super beautiful, and the zinnias, tropical milkweed, sunflowers, roses, and daylilies are coloring up the garden in very cheerful fashion. I have "one of each" itis, and the garden design shows that. My eventual strategy is to have no lawn at all, and eventually, I'll get there.
I could prattle on and on, but should probably wrap this up for today. The weather in my neck of the woods: not TOO bad for August. Temps hovering around 90 degrees, dry (no rain in weeks) so I am watering constantly. I have high hopes that rain will be forthcoming soon, but honestly this has been the nicest summer temperature-wise we've had in some time. Something about the polar vortex. It's made doing garden chores much more pleasant this past month. We'll see how that works out as August is usually the hottest month of our summer.
Goodbye all!
Mariah
(LiriopePisces)
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