Post by ozarklady on Dec 27, 2009 13:50:22 GMT -5
Hello forum,
I have been here for a few days, and just realized, I jumped right in to chat and posting, and haven't even properly introduced myself.
I live in NW Arkansas, on the very border of Oklahoma, and Missouri. Elevation is almost 1500 feet. It is hilly, and tree covered red clay here.
Our weather here is a cross, some days it feels like Texas, other days it is truly Arkansas.
We moved here from North Central Arkansas, and I grew up in North East Arkansas. Yes, I have lived in other states, including 7 years in North Dakota. Man, they have beautiful gardens in the far north!
We have acreage, that is heavily wooded, so to increase garden space, is get out the chain saw and dig roots time! The land is rocky, and the soil tends to acidic, even though the water is alkaline due to all the limestone deposits.
We raise milk goats, ducks, geese, chickens and have Great Pyrenees dogs, and a chihuahua lap ornament.
We have always been interested in natural foods, and wild foods. We have never used pesticides nor commercial fertilizers.
To keep the soil on the top of the hill, we use raised beds, otherwise when the trees are removed erosion, would cause my garden to turn to a rock slab.
We bought some more acreage, and it is flat, problem is: It is also tree covered! More lumberjacking, if I am to make it into a garden.
I am a grandma, married for 34 years. I have always been a "hobby gardener", and simply grew what took my fancy. So, you will notice that I am in learning mode as I transition to a serious gardener. I am well-read on gardening and seed saving... notice well-read... not experienced. I have saved a few easy seeds.
Last year I grew: tomatoes, banana, bell and anaheim peppers, broccoli, cabbage, tobacco, egyptian onions and garlic chives. Normally sweet potatoes and regular potatoes grow well for me, not so last year, the regular ones rotted, and the sweet potatoes simply sat there looking at me, didn't die, didn't grow.
I like to cook, keep aquariums, fish, swim, hunt, go 4-wheeling, talk to friends online. And I did alot of seed swaps with members of another forum in 2009, which I will finish mailing off my swaps tomorrow.
I really like all the subjects covered here, and think I could feel right at home. If you don't mind an apprentice in many areas. I have invited friends already and some have accepted.
I have travelled to Canada, Mexico, Germany, France, Belgium, and Holland, I flew over England and saw the white cliffs.
I am not bilingual in the least, so I may need help there.
Thanks everyone for making this site all that it is.
I have been here for a few days, and just realized, I jumped right in to chat and posting, and haven't even properly introduced myself.
I live in NW Arkansas, on the very border of Oklahoma, and Missouri. Elevation is almost 1500 feet. It is hilly, and tree covered red clay here.
Our weather here is a cross, some days it feels like Texas, other days it is truly Arkansas.
We moved here from North Central Arkansas, and I grew up in North East Arkansas. Yes, I have lived in other states, including 7 years in North Dakota. Man, they have beautiful gardens in the far north!
We have acreage, that is heavily wooded, so to increase garden space, is get out the chain saw and dig roots time! The land is rocky, and the soil tends to acidic, even though the water is alkaline due to all the limestone deposits.
We raise milk goats, ducks, geese, chickens and have Great Pyrenees dogs, and a chihuahua lap ornament.
We have always been interested in natural foods, and wild foods. We have never used pesticides nor commercial fertilizers.
To keep the soil on the top of the hill, we use raised beds, otherwise when the trees are removed erosion, would cause my garden to turn to a rock slab.
We bought some more acreage, and it is flat, problem is: It is also tree covered! More lumberjacking, if I am to make it into a garden.
I am a grandma, married for 34 years. I have always been a "hobby gardener", and simply grew what took my fancy. So, you will notice that I am in learning mode as I transition to a serious gardener. I am well-read on gardening and seed saving... notice well-read... not experienced. I have saved a few easy seeds.
Last year I grew: tomatoes, banana, bell and anaheim peppers, broccoli, cabbage, tobacco, egyptian onions and garlic chives. Normally sweet potatoes and regular potatoes grow well for me, not so last year, the regular ones rotted, and the sweet potatoes simply sat there looking at me, didn't die, didn't grow.
I like to cook, keep aquariums, fish, swim, hunt, go 4-wheeling, talk to friends online. And I did alot of seed swaps with members of another forum in 2009, which I will finish mailing off my swaps tomorrow.
I really like all the subjects covered here, and think I could feel right at home. If you don't mind an apprentice in many areas. I have invited friends already and some have accepted.
I have travelled to Canada, Mexico, Germany, France, Belgium, and Holland, I flew over England and saw the white cliffs.
I am not bilingual in the least, so I may need help there.
Thanks everyone for making this site all that it is.
