Re: Different States
Hi Margaret and all,
I've lived in several different states over the years, but
only gardened in two of them. My enchantment with gardening
began in Connecticut. I had a plot in front of the living
room window approximately 12 feet by 4 feet. I dug it all
out, used compost from a friend to amend the soil, and
removed about 1,000,000 rocks and used them to border the
bed. My "garden" that summer was beautiful, well worth all
the sweat and broken nails and arguments with rocks. But I
needed more, and proceeded to help a friend of mine with her
garden. More sweat, more broken nails...and, yes, more
rocks!! This time, we made a stone wall. Ah, but whenever
I visit that friend, I see the garden I helped create, and
remember the comradery that went into it.
Two years ago, my husband and I moved to Michigan. What JOY
when I set my shovel to earth and .......... no rocks!!!!!!
Silly me, I thought this stuff I was digging in must be
perfect. I didn't add any amendments to the soil. Guess
what.......this "perfect" soil in April and May, becomes
nasty brick like clay come July and August. And you know
what? (go ahead, you can laugh) One visit back to
Connecticut we gathered and brought back.......ROCKS!!!!!!
I just couldn't imagine a garden without them!!
The way I overcame my ignorance of the area's soil problems,
as well as the "well, I could grow this back home, why can't
I here, it's the same zone" problem, is I participated in a
Michigan Master Gardener class. One of the things I
discovered was how much I still have to learn, but at least
now, if we move again, I'll know enough to ask questions and
get soil samples BEFORE I put that shovel in the earth.
Maybe....you know, I just can't resist that.........
Lisa
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