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Plants in my Garden: aloes, plumbagos, gingers, tropicals, veggies
Favorite Aspect of Gardening: being part of the outside
If I'm not in my garden, I can usually be found: reading a great book
Occupation: chief cook and bottlewasher for a very busy husband!
vickymanson
Member Since: 3/18/2008
Last Seen: 36 days, 11 hours ago
About vickymanson
I am in my 50's and have 2 children and one granddaughter, and SHE IS GRAND! My husband Keith and I just moved back to Fl., my home, from Western N.Y. we had 2 horses a beloved dog and 40 acres to tend to. That is where the gardening bug bit me. Keith was a professor at SUNY Fredonia and I, with the help of my horses gardened until I was almost crippled! 2 Years ago, we moved back to tend to my dying mother and Keith's mom lost her husband. He wanted dearly to play again. He is an awsome musician. So we are back, minus our horses of which we have always had and our dog Robbie, he died before our move. Since we now live in the burbs for the fist time in 30 years, my gardening is very different but still my favorite sport! I am happy to know you all!
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I hung out my clothes this morning in hopes it would cause some rain. It is real dry here in central florida. I know my county is about to take water restrictions from 2 days a week down to once a week. This is scary, since I have so many new plantin...
A Frangipani tree for the garden
I bought a Frangipani tree today for $4.00 from a very nice retire d gentleman that sells his cuttings in his front yard. He says it will be a snap. I am sure he is right!! The flowers are used to make leis. It looks like a huge branch with a few lea...
Battling the heat already
My new lawn-less front yard is already reacting to the hot direct sun in the afternoon. Everything recovers after a good deep watering but I am forever trying to conserve water use. I know that some plantings will not make it, even after 3 months of ...
Trying to be patient
I have completed my new lawn free front yard but I must stop going out there to measure every morning! I don't want to make the same gardening mistakes in the past by putting too much in then...POOF... it is too crowded. In another year everything wi...
