Sherrieflower's Profile

I love nature!  I have been gardening nearly all my adult life.  My dad always kept a garden except when we lived in northern Wisconsin where he felt the growing season was too short to mess with.  My husband promised me a "farm" by the time I turned 50 and came through on his promise by moving us to 10 acres in NW IN.  I have mostly sandy loam soil that is more acidic than the clay alkaline soil I knew previously,  I also inherited over 30 blueberry bushes with our property = mmmm!  We have hundreds of naturalized daffodils in our spot of "woods", + bloodroot and a few trillium in bloom in April.

 I am currently enrolled in the School of Natural Healing studying to become a Master Herbalist.  It is so interesting to learn about the medicinal properties of plants!  I am a member of the Master Gardeners in my community + another garden club and the local Prairie Writer's Guild.  I am beginning my 3rd year as Market Master for our local Farmer's Market and have been selling the extra plants I propagate there + veggies I grow in my garden in the summer.  I am starting small hoping to grow a business without incurring debt.  Last year I grew some everlastings and made some wreaths and swags and hope to open up part of my garage as a gift shop and see if I can get people out to my location.

I take lots of photos of my plants in bloom etc.  

I am a mother of a son and daughter, both of whom live quite a distance from us and 1 grandson + another grandchild due in Nov.  Married 35 years this July.  The only pet I have left right now is a box turtle. I feed him the grubs I find while I am digging in the dirt.  Our precious Springer Spaniel passed away Jan. 2006 at 14 1/2 years.  He used to trot up the garden path and make me take a "kissee break" then lay outside on the grass with his nose catching the breezes while he guarded the gardener.  I miss him.

We have a large pond in front of our house and our property is registered with the National Wildlife Federation as a backyard habitat.  We see all kinds of wildlife here and love it!  Deer, Geese, Red Fox, coyote, skunk, possum, raccoon, Great Blue Heron, Kingfisher, just to name a few.