Texas Gardening: Good to know ya!, 1 by TxTurqoize

TxTurqoize wrote:
1. What is your first name?
Melanie :)

2. What is your favorite overall plant and why?
I love any and all Salvias...tough, gorgeous and drought resistant.

3. What is your favorite tree and why?
I love Live Oaks and Cedars...ok, that's two....lol. Again, tough and tenacious!

4. What is your favorite shrub and why?
I would have to say that pinon and purple sage are my favorite shrubs. I can't pick just one! I just find them gorgeous and they smell so wonderful. :)

5. What is your favorite perinnial and why?
I absolutely love 4-Nerve Daisys. They bloom all year around...even covered in ice!

6. What is your favorite annual and why?
I actually don't grow annuals. But if I had to choose....petunias?

7. What is your favorite vine and why?
*sigh* Wysterias are my all time favorites. Such lovely blooms...and the vine itself is so pretty.

9. What is your favorite houseplant and why?
For me personally, it is my old diffenbachia....I've had this guy for a long long time....he'd never make it with my hard scrabble natives outside, lol.

8. Do you garden organically?
Yes....but I get a bit more serious when fire ants come around. That is the only thing that will make me get some poison out of the garage.

9. How long have you been gardening?
Ever since I was a small child and could pick up a hoe. I come from a very long line of farmers/gardeners from both parents.

10. How long have you owned your current home?
About 2 1/2 years.

11. Do you compost?
No...I don't really have the space.

12. What is your favorite insect and why?
I love spiders of all kinds...but my favorites are Jumping Spiders. They're a treat to watch...as THEY watch the world go by and check everything out.

13. What is your favorite bird and why?
I love mockingbirds...for their sweet songs.

14. What are some of your other interests?
Amateur photography, reading, drawing, arrowhead hunting and hiking.

15. Do you have pets/livestock? What are they?
I don't have any pets.

16. Do you live in the city, in a suburb, or in the country?
I live in the suburbs of San Antonio...at the base of the Hill Country.

17. What is the biggest problem you've had with gardening?
Fire Ants!! Nut Grass! Dollar Weed!

18. Where have you found the best/most information about gardening?
Josephine, lol. :)

19. Are you addicted to gardening?
Of course I am, lol.

20. Post your favorite gardening pic!