Californian, New Zone, New To Dave's Garden

Greetings, all! I am moving the end of this month from Sunset zone 22-24, (USDA Zone 10) where I have spent all of my 51 years to date. DH and I will be in Sunset zone 15 (USDA 9b, the zip code search says)once we've moved. I am blessed with a considerable amount (by California standards) of gardening area that will, for the first time in my life, be separate from the dogs' yard.

The gardening area is on a slope and my first impression is that it will want to be terraced over time. From what I saw when we looked at the house to buy it, the area gets sun part of the day, primarily in the afternoon. I'll know more about that in a few weeks. I also noted some apparently native fern growing in the garden area, meaning that I may have more acidic soil for the first time in my life also! There are some iris, not yet blooming, and I'll want to leave those alone until I find out what they look like when they do bloom.

I am excited at the possibilities and look forward to picking some brains here as I attempt to learn what I can and can't do with success in this entirely new-to-me gardening venue! Japanese maples, azaleas, maybe even herbaceous peonies! Oh, the possibilities!

I do note that it appears upon casual visual examination that it may prove to be that the price of living on a hillside is having to do a lot more soil conditioning than I've needed to do along the Los Angeles riverbed, where I've been for the last fourteen years. I haven't actually handled it, but the soil appears a lot less friable than what I've been dealing with.

I'm pretty excited and happy about this move, in case that's not coming through loud and clear! A life's dream coming into fruition for this city gal!

Welcome to Daves Grdndelite,you will love it here!Soon you will have more plants then you know what to do with!Lots of good hearted folk here.

Welcome!! You have landed in the right place...lots of good help to be had here....but not from me...I like to read more than I like to garden...so I read the posts and make friends ...LOL Jo

Welcome, GrdnDelite, and enjoy this wonderful garden.

Welcome ... Glad to have you at DG.

Thanks to all for such a warm welcome! DH and I frantically packing... and I'm sure that ends up being followed by frantic unpacking.

I am looking forward so very much to settling into our new place and having our lives return to something like a reasonable schedule. Right now it's pack, pack, pack! LOL!

Thanks again for welcoming me so warmly! I can see that I am likely to really enjoy Dave's Garden! :)