Re: confessions of an anal gardener... (was leaves and winterizing)

Sandy, 

Your neighbors won't think you any crazier than mine did the first year
I lived in my house.  We had had only 1/4" of rain between the first of
July and the end of September when I decided I wanted to start naturalizing
crocus in my front yard.  Until that time I hadn't bothered to check to
see what kind of soil I had - red clay with a dusting of topsoil!  I spent
the better part of two weekend afternoons crawling around my font yard
trailing 300 feet of extension cord using my 1/2" drill and a two inch
wood boring bit planting my crocus.  And then, just in case there was 
any doubt in their minds, I started mowing my back yard about the middle
of November and spent every dry Saturday and Sunday afternoon on my
riding mower in coat, gloves, stocking cap and wrap around respirator.
I actually finished the first pass of mowing just before spring arrived
and I had to begin normal mowing.  After 7 years, most of them are still
a little mind-boggled at the amount of time I spend in the yard, but they
do like the flowers in the 4000 sq ft of perennial beds in my front yard.

Let'em think you're weird; they'll get over it!

John
jford@runet in the hills of SW Virginia zone 6b

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