G’night gardengirl!
I garden in the frozen north, Minnesota specifically. That would probably preclude our getting together while the hubbies watch the tube. LOL
North Carolina on the coast must be a wonderful place to live. You can grow so many interesting plants in your zone, though I imagine you have some salt issues. I’d be willing to deal with that if I could expand beyond zone 4 or 5 plants.
I admire you, and all of the writers on this thread, that have the creativity and dedication to ‘put the pen to paper.’ Yes, I can be a bit quaint. :)
MMMiinnneessootttaaaa??? BBBrrrr!!
There is not enough money in the world!
NC is great, even with the occassional hurricane, and I’d much rather deal with them than snow and cold. Esp cold. I need 75 year round—that’s the temp where I function best! Course, I take it when I can get it!
We have many of the same problems here with things not growing. Too hot, though. Lilacs won’t do here, and peonies struggle. Lavender is an annual, and you’re right about salt. It’s a whole different world.
The soil here is either an ancient swamp, an ancient sand dune, or an ancient peat bog. The first thing northeners do when they get here is buy a big bag of peat moss and add it to everything. Not good. Our soil is very acidic. Then they get all the lime they can tote and start dumping it out. The native plants here like acidic soil. Then they wonder why everything they plant dies!
And weeds? Y’all have no idea. We have three seasons here—almost summer, summer, still summer, and Christmas. Weeds grow like, well, weeds. We have some doosies.
I had a thought this am about writers—it’s like spandex. The ones who should wear it won’t, because they’ve seen too many people who shouldn’t wear it out in public. LOL
Have a great day! Gotta go to work here shortly—I’ll check back later.