Re: new kid on the block
Congratulations, Hank,
You got bit real bad. For a "new Kid", it sounds like you are doing just fine. Being a Hostaholic is not so bad, however. It may threaten your bank account, but not your liver.
Keep on enjoying,
Phyllis Randall
Oakcrest Gardens
Glenwood, Iowa
Zone 4b
Hank Zumach wrote:
> Hi All--- In response to Gene's questions about my garden---I moved into this home in mid summer 1992. It is located on a wooded, steep, hillside overlooking the Mississippi River. A few areas get, at most, a few hours of direct sun a day. Many areas only receive filtered light. When I moved in I had no knowledge (or interest) in gardening. I decided to put in a few ground covers to replace a weed patch too steep to mow . The rest of the story describes a slow, downward spiral into what I have come to know as "hostaholism". My partner in this whole process, Betty, has kept me going downhill by suggesting new beds and by putting in at least as many garden hours as me. I think the term is "enabler".
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> Anyway, the few groundcovers have turned into about 150 varieties of hosta (with another 50 on this years wish list) and more sane collections of astilbe, pulmonaria, ajuga, cimicifuga, daylilies, sedum, etc. I have something around 225 varieties of companion plants. The plants are in various beds around our home that total several thousand square feet. We have about 2.5 acres of land, so who knows where this will end?
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> Hank Zumach
> Stoddard, WI
> zone 4
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