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Re: [SG] Welcome <Intro>

From:   Sherryl Sandersfeld [s*@ionet.net]
Hi Donna,

Welcome to our group!  Please post an introduction and tell us about your
garden.

Hi.

I'm in the southwest corner of British Columbia, in the Fraser Valley.
That's USDA zone 6-8.  On five acres of  steep bush around a creek and a
ravine with about an acre of flat garden at the top of the bluff.   It's
surrounded on three sides by tall trees.  Mostly shady!   The exposed side
is south-easterly which is a blessing.

I've lived here for six years and am still getting to know the microclimates
and understand the light patterns.  Six feet can make a bit difference.  I
do a lot of digging up and repositioning.  When I moved here I was
righteously appalled at what I considered to be misplaced plantings.  Now, I
willing to admit that I spent the first five years moving things around to
where I thought they should be and will spend the next five correcting my
mistakes.  But I enjoy it very much.

I don't have anything fancy.  The bush very much wants to encroach
everywhere -- ferns, thimble & salmon & black berries.  I do a lot of
mulching and favor large leafy close-to-the-ground plants that self-mulch.
I'm not very good at remembering botanical names and often get them wrong.
I have a lot of polemonium <Jacob's Ladder> and alchemilla.  Some hosta,
aconitum, aquilegia and anemone.  Lots of rhodos and azaleas.

Thanks to Sherryl for the invitation to move past lurk mode right away.
:-)

Donna
SouthWest BC.  USDA 6-8.
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