preamble

i've discovered over the past few years that a love of plants and gardening that I didn't expect or know I possessed. this has been helped along by the fact that my hubby is a landscaper by trade, or a 'professional digger' as some call him. i remember joking with my grandma once long ago about how we both had an unnatural ability to kill plants that were entrusted to our care. well, i'm learning to keep them alive!
(there are, of course, still exceptions, such as the lovely tropical plant that is hardy to 15 degrees that weathered a severe snow storm a month ago and has been reduced to scraggly sticks. but even the fact that i know what the word hardy means denotes some progress on my part (0:)
i love watching plants grow from a little brown speck to a bright, living, beautiful thing. i love working in the dirt and seeing the reward. i love that they fall asleep in winter and awaken again in the spring, even better than last year. i love the peace and rest that i find in the garden. and i love that it's a place for family to work together and create something beautiful.
so i'm starting this brand new gardening blog. it's mainly for me. it's so i can look back and see the transformations that my garden goes through. it's for record-keeping. and it's to keep track of all those long plant names that don't stay in my head very long, so i can remember which plant needs what, and what my favorites are called for next time!
you may find yourself here if you enjoy plants as well. or if you want to enjoy them vicariously without actually doing anything! or if you want to see my hubby's landscaping handiwork occasionally. (i will also be placing a link on here soon to a new blog promoting his services!) in any case, feel free to comment, admire, and please, please, if you have any advice....it is definitely welcome! i am just beginning after all.