Introduction? Here we go...1st, I've never joined anything online, so if I blunder-let me appologize ahead! I am stumbling my way around this website kinda like helen keller! (thats how I am learning about my new property here in South Florida too!) I've just relocated from Indianapolis, IN. Let me just tell you that I am way over my head in this overgrown tropical jungle. In Indy I spent all of my time running my business (which had nothing to do with gardening). Any free time was spent with my husband (the ultimate outdoorsman)camping, traveling, enjoying car racing...It was Indy my friends,...the racing capitol of the world.
When we decided to relocate, we wanted property (which is so difficult to find in So. Fla.), and ended up purchasing what 20 years ago was probably a beautifully landscaped paradise. Over the years, 2 owners and several renters later, the land has overgrown into a tropical JUNGLE!
Since I am not working (outside of my home) I have been cutting thru the property (literally)and discovering gods wonder! It is fun and kinda scary! But I've found that I love it - even though I can't identify a thing!!! We have so many different palms, exotic
plants, citrus
trees, flowering bushes... it is so fascinating to me. I know my new neighbors probably think I am a dork - they may see me out in my yard with a book of palm
trees in one hand and a glass of wine in the other - staring up into the canopy of palms & pines trying to distinguish the different types! Well, if my neighbors CAN see me, they've got to be pretty nosy considering that the overgrowth completely secludes our property! Ha ha
So, thats it, that's why I joined, I need help and alot of it! I have decided to maintain the "natural" look by recycling the fallen pine needles into mulch, creating a great border for my
flowers and next I want to create some natural pine pathways thru the property. I am looking for any suggestions to promote a park-like setting.
Well, I've gotta go- It's Saturday and it rained last nite, so there is alot of pine needles in the drive that need to be blown into a pile for mulch! Thanks for reading-C Ya Soon!
P.S. I can identify Poison Ivy now- Thats a good start...huh? Ha Ha