JACKIE1-25-15 Veronica. I think!
Missy - don't despair. I had a 20 year garden I had to give up. 90% was from friends and family divisions. Almost killed my spirit to leave that place. I thought at least my 20 year effort would continue on. I heard from my neighbor who bought our property last year that they raised the house and plowed it clear. All that's left, apparently, is a blue-bird house they put up by our well. What a charming Christmas message THAT was from them.
Last house we lived in there was no sun and no point in attempting a garden as we never intended to be there long. 7 years later, without a garden.... here we are. With another piece of Eden. Finally. And I started from scratch all over again. Actually the Iris in the picture above, I took from my garden back in NY state. Took them to NC and that hideous no garden area. And they lived. Survived, kind of like I did. I've learned a lot in that process of giving up and retrieving.
Put a seed in the ground - anywhere. We who are gardeners just have to do that. DESPITE whatever. My rule of thumb is - three tries and I give up. If you don't like it in this soil, then it's time to find somebody who does. Point being - if you wait for the perfect conditions, sun, soil, etc, you will wait for your soul's nourishment. If you want perfect, formal gardens - hire the landscaper who puts in the pansies, rips them out for the next perfect growing timeframe.... I don't know. All that pale blue Spring phlox in the pictures above, God planted there. I just let it do it's thing.
Point is - put a plant in the ground. Don't wait for perfection. I'll shut up now.
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