First off, I am not a writer and I am not an expert in anything, but I do love adventure and I have a passion for gardening. Blogging is totally new to me but I love to learn about new things and I love to share them and this seems like the perfect way to connect with other people with the same gardening passion as myself. My goal is to share my experiences both from being in the business of owning a garden center to my own personal, once beautiful, but sorely neglected and overgrown garden.
And so it begins...
As we scramble to get the garden center cleaned and prepped for opening (April 19), the "to-do list" written, checked, and completed; I always feel excited walking around the gardens, looking to see what plants made it through this winter "mild that it was" and which plants will be affected by the recent summer-like weather and then that "plunge" into reality with this week's normal temperatures. I am concerned about my old-fashioned hydrangeas whose buds had begun to swell with anticipation of continuing warmth, but will most likely drop off due to the cold, resulting in lovely green leaves and no flowers on my plants. However, I also have the newer variety of hydrangeas, the 'Endless Summer' series that will bloom on both new growth and old growth. So at least I will get my delightful, big, beautiful, blue blooms of summer.
So I invite you to come along on this journey with me as I hop into one of my new adventures...blogging. I would love any thoughts and feedback that may help me succeed in this adventure.
-Sandy
