Beginner Gardening: DG Anonymous, 1 by MySharona

MySharona wrote:
Ummmm, ahem, My name is Sharon and I’m and Dave/Plantaholic. This is something that myself, my DH and children have had to come to terms with.

I didn’t realize I had a problem until I bought one little Kalanchoe. Then I found myself in the gardening section of Home Depot looking at plants. Then I remembered it’s all my Dad’s fault! He started it with his plants and orchids when I was a kid. Plants and orchids everywhere…he couldn’t stop, just like I can’t.

Now my DH is an enabler. He brings plants home from abandoned properties in need of rescuing - they go straight to the triage section. He brings them home from his customer’s houses when they don’t want their plants anymore. I have a trash can full of water and canna lilies waiting to be planted…Now I have herbs, flowers, shrubs, orchids, succulents and palms. The list just goes on and on. I can’t quit!!!!!

I find myself taking more pictures of my plants, local fauna and critters (to post on DG) than my family.

My DH complained that I worry more about “those plants” than him. I told him he could take care of himself, my plants, my babies, they NEED me.
If I don’t get to play in the dirt at least once a day I feel sad. It’s my therapy. My motto has become “Why pay for therapy when it’s in my yard”!

My friends, they don’t understand. They think I’m just a silly woman with no life. People laugh at me when I talk to plants and I, too, knock on stranger’s doors asking about their plants.

My DH, the enabler, calls me the Crazy Plant Lady.

So yes, I proudly proclaim that I am a Dave/Plantaholic!! And it’s good to know that I am not the only one!