Re: OT: BIO, long

Katie,

Welcome to the group! What a wonderful intro!
I think you'll find there are quite a few "Accidental Irisarians" here. And I 
am really impressed that you adapted so quickly to the tags and intro thing. 
Just a heads up, there is a web page for your region: 
http://www.aisregion3.org/ that has a calendar with interesting stuff that 
might not be too far for you.

Enjoy!
cathy
ais region 19

On Wednesday 18 September 2002 07:25, hutchison7@aol.com wrote:
> What a serendipitious moment, coming across this group by accident!  I look
> forward to learning from all of you; a quick scan through your archived
> posts has shown me how much I still don't know.
>
> I'm the Accidental Irisarian (although not yet worthy, of course, of the
> noun.)  I really didn't mean to have things turn out this way.  I just
> thought, well, my wonderful neighbor's in a bit of a funk, and he loves his
> iris, and a project might be good for him, so perhaps I'll ask his
> assistance in getting a little bed started here on my property.  A dozen or
> so.  I could till a small section in the side field, so he could see them
> from his yard. Not a big deal.
>
> Eighteen months later, I have four hundred.
>
> It's truly been one unexpected event after another.  A friend bought the
> stock from a small iris business in our area.  Could I help her move it?  I
> could take one of any iris I wanted in return.  That became my crash course
> in dividing and planting and checking for rot and borers.  And that's where
> the first hundred came from.  Got the tiller out again, and this time - on
> a hunch - I tilled and prepared several more beds as well.  I helped my
> friend research the iris she'd bought and was introduced to the AIS and the
> registries and many, many websites in the process.
>
> A member of the local society had dug up a quantity of iris for the annual
> sale, but hadn't managed to get all of them labelled in time and didn't
> want to replant them.  Would I like to buy them at a reduced cost?  Er,
> sure.  A hundred more.
>
> The last windfall came about - I promise I'm not making this up - when a
> woman I've never met, who has a problem with compulsive spending, bought
> hundred dollars' worth of iris at, presumably, a club sale in her state. 
> She sent the excess to a friend who couldn't use them, who sent them to
> someone else, who sent them to.....me.
>
> I discovered that not only is my neighbor a knowledgable irisarian, but the
> small dead-end valley in which I live was once home to three devoted
> collectors; the other two, lovely people, have since knocked on my door
> during visits "home" and introduced themselves, expressing their happiness
> that the tradition continues.
>
> Sometimes you just look at the way things fall into place and realize you
> might as well go along with the flow, you know?  I've completely fallen
> under the spell of these wonderful flowers and I look forward to increasing
> my knowledge of them as well as my collection. Due to some health issues my
> husband has, I've recently left a time-consuming job as a high school band
> director and I now teach only two days a week, which gives me time,
> finally, to tend to things properly here.
>
> There are many things that the iris have taught me already about patience -
> not my strong suit - and many more things, I can see already, that I will
> learn from this group.  Good to meet all of you!
>
> katie college
> south central pa
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