Hi Everyone!
For several years we did a Who's Here thread every year, and since it hasn't been done for a couple years now, and I keep seeing new names around here, I'm gonna start one this year so we can all get a better feel for who's hanging out around here!
So this is the 2012 Role Call for ALL Rocky Mountain Gardening Oldies, Newbies, AND Lurkers! We hope all of you will come start new threads with your questions and comments, and help answer other people's questions or comment on their posts to keep The Friendliest Little Gardening Forum in the West active and helpful.
Everyone, if you come here frequently--or just occasionally, please let us know you're here! Let us know where you're located--state and town, and if it's a big city area like Denver or Salt Lake, tell us roughly where you are in the urban area. It's always fun to find out there are other posters somewhere near us, and knowing where people are can definitely help when responding to posts!
And tell us a little bit about your gardens and what type of gardening you do. Veggies, perennials, annuals, trees, bushes! Pots, in the ground, raised bed, soil, water, sun conditions! What do you like -- what do you do--what do you WISH you could do? It's fun to hear about other's gardens and gardening efforts, and it can give us all ideas--and encouragement to keep on keepin' on with our High Dry Gardening!
I'm on the far north end of the Denver Metro area in Thornton. This will be my eighth summer in this house, and after many years of living in a rented house it was wonderful to have My Very Own Dirt--even if it is heavy Colorado clay! Little by little I continue to do what I can to improve the soil! My yard is small, but I squeeze in as much as I can and I'm totally addicted to perennials, so, with limited space I always vote a few things out each year so I have room to try new things! I also grow veggies in an Unfortunately Small garden that's somewhere between 200 and 225 sq. ft., and is on the east side of a two story house, so has limited sun--not the best conditions for veggies, but I'm not gonna give up! I'm not too into trees and bushes, though that's not because I'm not interested in them, just because I don't have enough space to plant any! Would love to be able to plant some fruit trees and other small fruits, but that's not gonna happen, unfortunately! I'm also big-time into composting--the Easy Way! Throw it all on a pile and Let it Rot! Of all the things I've bought to add to the soil since I moved in here, my Homegrown Compost is far-and-away the best for helping the soil!
I've been gardening in the high-desert of Colorado/Denver since 1964, and while it does lack the lush black soil of northern Illinois where I grew up, it WAY more than makes up for that with the wonderful dry climate, the almost daily sun--and all the friendly folks in the Rocky Mountain area! Denver is Home, and I can't even imagine ever living anywhere else again, most certainly not in the Humid Midwest--even with the good soil!
Who else is here these days? Belly up to the bar and sign in, even if you're determined to remain primarily in Lurkdom!
And--hopefully--this thread will wind up getting pretty long, so if you have specific gardening questions or comments in addition to telling us about yourself, please start a separate thread where there will be lots of room to answer them or post comments in reply, and since your questions/comments are FAR more likely to be seen when they're put in a separate thread, you will definitely get more replies and information about whatever you're wondering about. If some of you who rarely post or only lurk are hesitant to start a thread because you don't know how people will react to what you think is your "dumb question," please know that on RMG the ONLY dumb question is the one you don't ask! If you don't know the answer to something, it's NOT a dumb question! So bring them on! That's what we're all here for!
Enter and sign in, everyone! We're all glad you're here!
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