I really miss you guys! This is the third day in a row I've been able to squeeze in some time on the computer, maybe I can actually keep up with everyone again now.
Gardening certainly takes some practice, trial and error and such. I've been gardening in some shape or form since I was about 7. My mom put me in charge of a bed of daisies, mint and some annuals then. It was my job to keep it watered, fed, weeded and dead-head the flowers to keep them blooming. I always helped in all the other gardens too though. We had a massive vegetable garden every year. In fact, because of that veggie garden, I'm just now starting to get over my aversion to the smell of tomatoes, heh.
But I'm still intimidated by some plants, too. Chris bought me an orchid for my birthday and even though it's a pretty hardy species, I'm nervous about caring for it, since it's so different from all the other plants I grow. But I figure if I can keep two palms, two large draceanas and a bird of paradise alive in the living room, I should be able to take care of one orchid. The problem is, they seem to be addictive. He got me a book on them and apparently there are 20,000-30,000 species and over 40,000 hybrids out there! The author of the book said his modest collection of 15 or 20 very quickly grew to a grow room of over 1500 in a matter of just a few years.
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on 2007-05-16 04:43 pm (UTC)Gardening certainly takes some practice, trial and error and such. I've been gardening in some shape or form since I was about 7. My mom put me in charge of a bed of daisies, mint and some annuals then. It was my job to keep it watered, fed, weeded and dead-head the flowers to keep them blooming. I always helped in all the other gardens too though. We had a massive vegetable garden every year. In fact, because of that veggie garden, I'm just now starting to get over my aversion to the smell of tomatoes, heh.
But I'm still intimidated by some plants, too. Chris bought me an orchid for my birthday and even though it's a pretty hardy species, I'm nervous about caring for it, since it's so different from all the other plants I grow. But I figure if I can keep two palms, two large draceanas and a bird of paradise alive in the living room, I should be able to take care of one orchid. The problem is, they seem to be addictive. He got me a book on them and apparently there are 20,000-30,000 species and over 40,000 hybrids out there! The author of the book said his modest collection of 15 or 20 very quickly grew to a grow room of over 1500 in a matter of just a few years.