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1. What is your first name?

2. What is your favorite overall plant and why?

3. What is your favorite tree and why?

4. What is your favorite shrub and why?

5. What is your favorite perinnial and why?

6. What is your favorite annual and why?

7. What is your favorite vine and why?

9. What is your favorite houseplant and why?

8. Do you garden organically?

9. How long have you been gardening?

10. How long have you owned your current home?

11. Do you compost?

12. What is your favorite insect and why?

13. What is your favorite bird and why?

14. What are some of your other interests?

15. Do you have pets/livestock? What are they?

16. Do you live in the city, in a suburb, or in the country?

17. What is the biggest problem you've had with gardening?

18. Where have you found the best/most information about gardening?

19. Are you addicted to gardening?

20. Post your favorite gardening pic!

1. What is your first name?
T.J.
2. What is your favorite overall plant and why?
Agave Cactus- because it is amazing when it finally blooms after a long long life
3. What is your favorite tree and why?
Live Oak- because it lives so long, it is resistant to pests, it is an evergreen, and it makes a great shade tree
4. What is your favorite shrub and why?
Texas sage- because it is evergreen, it blooms all summer, and it's foliage is beautiful
5. What is your favorite perinnial and why?
Lavender 'Munstead'- because it looks, to me, like a miniature Texas sage
6. What is your favorite annual and why?
Crimson Clover- because of it's unique flowers that are so beautiful
7. What is your favorite vine and why?
Passionflower- because of it's intricate flowers, of course!
9. What is your favorite houseplant and why?
Kalanchoe'Chocolate Soldier'- it's very pettable
8. Do you garden organically?
yes
9. How long have you been gardening?
2 1/2 yrs
10. How long have you owned your current home?
2 1/2 yrs
11. Do you compost?
try to but the birds eat it
12. What is your favorite insect and why?
Praying Mantis- they guard my plants and they look so cool
13. What is your favorite bird and why?
House Wren- they are so curious and whimsical and they eat bugs
14. What are some of your other interests?
hunting, playing harmonica, hanging out with friends, bird watching, spending time with my daughter
15. Do you have pets/livestock? What are they?
yes-1 dog, 8 chickens, 5 guineas, 2 turkeys, and 2 goats
16. Do you live in the city, in a suburb, or in the country?
suburban country
17. What is the biggest problem you've had with gardening?
lately it's my birds scratching around in my beds
18. Where have you found the best/most information about gardening?
right here on Dave's Garden!
19. Are you addicted to gardening?
yes, I would go crazy if I had to stop!
20. Post your favorite gardening pic!

broncbuster, I want to know why you didn't do the questions,,hmmm....
1. What is your first name?...melva

2. What is your favorite overall plant and why?..roses because they make me smile and they smell good.

3. What is your favorite tree and why? Fraser Fir, because they are gorgeous, and they smell good. I wish we could grow them!

4. What is your favorite shrub and why?...spirea because it is so frothy and pretty...Bridal Veil is the one I mean.

5. What is your favorite perinnial and why?..Cone Flowers cause there are so many kinds and they are so tough.

6. What is your favorite annual and why?...Cosmos because they are so hardy and have so many colors

7. What is your favorite vine and why?..Clematis specially the alpine Jaqueline de Pre

9. What is your favorite houseplant and why?..Fiddleleaf Fig I love them, no reason really and I can't keep one alive

8. Do you garden organically?..pretty much, except for ants, I hate ants!

9. How long have you been gardening?..since I could walk about 50 years

10. How long have you owned your current home?..about 15 years..

11. Do you compost?..not really

12. What is your favorite insect and why?..Lady bug because they eat aphids, I hate aphids!

13. What is your favorite bird and why?..Cardinal because of its color and song

14. What are some of your other interests?..reading

15. Do you have pets/livestock? What are they?..I just have a cat, and a turtle

16. Do you live in the city, in a suburb, or in the country? small city

17. What is the biggest problem you've had with gardening?...weeds!!

18. Where have you found the best/most information about gardening?..internet and daves

19. Are you addicted to gardening?..yes!!

20. Post your favorite gardening pic

Can't post a picture now....will later

1. What is your first name?
Feels weird giving it out on-line

2. What is your favorite overall plant and why? It's a tie. Roses and salvias. Along with the usual reasons just amazed by the diversity of both theses.

3. What is your favorite tree and why?
Weeping willow, what can I say, I like to watch them sway.

4. What is your favorite shrub and why?
Viburnums, their bloom means Spring has arrived.

5. What is your favorite perinnial and why?
Salvias

6. What is your favorite annual and why?
This year zinnias because they looked good all summer.

7. What is your favorite vine and why?
Hyacinth Bean, pretty color leaves and blooms

9. What is your favorite houseplant and why?
The ones that live

8. Do you garden organically?
Yes

9. How long have you been gardening?
Off and on all my life (four years in current garden)

10. How long have you owned your current home?
Almost 8yrs

11. Do you compost?
Yes

12. What is your favorite insect and why?
I have a mild interest in them all

13. What is your favorite bird and why?
Barn swallows, they makes nests all over the house and porches, feel like they are part of the family. Wrens too, just not as many.


14. What are some of your other interests?
My family, jewelry and metal fabrication, painting, sculpting, work, home remodeling, wood working, music, books, antiques.

15. Do you have pets/livestock? What are they?
Cows, 5 dogs, 2 cats, chickens, gold fish and what ever is in the box

16. Do you live in the city, in a suburb, or in the country?
country

17. What is the biggest problem you've had with gardening?
When I want something that does better in the North

18. Where have you found the best/most information about gardening?
Daves, books, observations around the neighborhood

19. Are you addicted to gardening?
During the growing season

20. Post your favorite gardening pic!
No pics at work

1. What is your first name? Mitch

2. What is your favorite overall plant and why? Iris... dont know

3. What is your favorite tree and why? the Oak

4. What is your favorite shrub and why? Evergreen Sumac - love this one never needs watered and looks good year round here.

5. What is your favorite perinnial and why? Any - that will take the Texas sun

6. What is your favorite annual and why? Zinnia - they come back by themselves

7. What is your favorite vine and why? None... dont like vines much.

9. What is your favorite houseplant and why? No house plants

8. Do you garden organically? Try to

9. How long have you been gardening? from the time I was 4 or 5...

10. How long have you owned your current home? 4 years.

11. Do you compost? try to

12. What is your favorite insect and why? butterfly.. love the color

13. What is your favorite bird and why? any - really any

14. What are some of your other interests? family, scripture

15. Do you have pets/livestock? What are they? none

16. Do you live in the city, in a suburb, or in the country? suburb - I guess?

17. What is the biggest problem you've had with gardening? Rabbits...

18. Where have you found the best/most information about gardening? Josephine

19. Are you addicted to gardening? too much

20. Post your favorite gardening pic! This is my yard this spring..

1. What is your first name? Kim

2. What is your favorite overall plant and why? hoyas because their flowers are so intricate and smell good and they are so diverse

3. What is your favorite tree and why? crepe myrtles because they bloom all summer

4. What is your favorite shrub and why? I'm not sure....do lilacs count as a shrub? I know they don't do well here, but in Ohio I loved them because they were so fragrant in spring

5. What is your favorite perinnial and why? salvias because they can take sun, heat, and drought and still look great

6. What is your favorite annual and why? cosmos because they look great anywhere and butterflies love them

7. What is your favorite vine and why? passionvine because I love all the gulf fritillary butterflies in my yard

9. What is your favorite houseplant and why? ok....hoyas here too

8. Do you garden organically? I try

9. How long have you been gardening? since I was old enough to help my mom

10. How long have you owned your current home? don't own one yet

11. Do you compost? no, not enough room in my little yard

12. What is your favorite insect and why? butterflies because there are so many different beautiful kinds

13. What is your favorite bird and why? hummingbirds because I love how they flit around the feeders

14. What are some of your other interests? music, reading, whatever I can find time for when I'm not studying or in the lab

15. Do you have pets/livestock? What are they? 1 dog-Jasper, 2 cats-Ivy and Sebastian

16. Do you live in the city, in a suburb, or in the country? suburb

17. What is the biggest problem you've had with gardening? lately-grasshoppers.....grrr, and no rain

18. Where have you found the best/most information about gardening? here on Daves!

19. Are you addicted to gardening? now that's a silly question....of course!

20. Post your favorite gardening pic! well...I have many, here is one of my latest

1. My first name is Patricia.

2. My favorite plant overall is the daylily. It blooms in a wide variety of colors and over a long period of time. By choosing rebloomers, I have blooms during times of the year when many other plants are resting. Daylilies are also very tough and can take the horrid conditions Texas weather frequently inflicts upon them. Sometimes I think I have lost one, but a year or two later, it comes back.

3. One of my favorite trees is the southern magnolia. We have one in our yard that came from Georgia years ago in a trade. It started as a twig about a foot tall and is now making a real tree. I love the scent of magnolia blossoms and hope to have my own some year. My other favorite tree is the live oak. We have many in our yard and in the pastures at our ranch. They are beautiful year round and are long lived. So far we have been able to treat for oak wilt in town and have no problem with it yet at the ranch. I grew up in Midland and Lubbock, so nearly any tree could be my favorite tree!

4. My favorite shrub is the Georgetown Tea rose. It is about eight feet tall right now and about to be covered with big, fragrant pink roses again. It rests very little and grows like a weed!

5. My favorite perennial is the tall bearded iris. I love them for their beauty and hardiness. They do come in almost all colors of the rainbow and are nearly indestructible. Salvias run irises a very close second for me. I have lots of both in my front island bed, the deer-proof bed.

6. My favorite annual is the marigold. This explanation is beginning to sound repetitious, but marigolds are tough! They also reseed very well, so even if the spring is too busy, too wet, or too dry, there will be marigolds blooming by early summer.

7. My favorite vine is still to be decided. I like hyacinth bean and moonflower vines, but I have others that I am just beginning to use: passion flower, clematis, coral vine, crossvine, cape honeysuckle. Too many new ones to choose a favorite this soon!

9. My favorite houseplant is a ficus tree that my husband gave me as a pot plant in 1991. There were really several small trees in the pot, so I divided them. The main tree is about eight feet tall now.

8. I garden organically unless I encounter harmful bugs or diseases on plants. :>) I do try to use organic products on veggies and in the greenhouse because of the large toad population. The floor is rock on sand, so they have hidey holes for the winter.

9. I have been gardening for about 33 years.

10. We have owned our current home for 7 years.

11. I did compost until I found a place to buy compost very reasonably and in large quantities.

12. I like bees because they are good pollinators. Last spring, however, they lost points because they spent all their time at the rosemary and ignored the fruit trees.

13. My favorite bird is the barn swallow. They do make messes on the porches, but while they are here from mid-March until mid-September, we do not have mosquitoes. They are pretty, and I love to watch the little ones growing in the nests. The swallows become so unafraid of us that they swoop up under the porches and right over us as they are vacuuming for small insects.

14. Besides gardening, I enjoy my horses and cattle ranching. I used to read a lot, but I have not found fiction lately that holds my interest. I have lots of craft ideas for when I have time, but I am wondering when that will be. We’re thinking about a few trips to parts of the country we have not seen, but we have made no concrete plans yet.

15. We have five cats, one Great Pyrenees dog, two paint horses, and Simmental beef cattle.

16. We live inside the city limits of a very small town on 1.5 acres. There are a few neighbors, but none too close. (The horses and cattle are in the country).

17. There have been several big problems I have encountered with gardening: frequent droughts and extremely hot weather, weeds, deer, and having less stamina than I did when I was younger. Turning what was a rocky hilltop in a pasture just a few years ago into a garden has been a bigger challenge than I expected. I am bringing in a backhoe this winter.

18. The best information I have found about gardening has been from books and the internet, including Dave’s Garden, of course.

19. I am probably not addicted to gardening, but I do enjoy growing plants. I could give up the work if someone would come in and create the garden I want and maintain it for me.

20. Here's an old daylily showing off in my garden last spring:

1. What is your first name? Dawn (duh, gave it away in my user name.)

2. What is your favorite overall plant and why? Probably crinum, I love bulbs, and these super tough heirlooms live forever, (or something close to forever.)

3. What is your favorite tree and why? Red Buckeye, gorgeous flower.

4. What is your favorite shrub and why? Hmmmm, maybe sweet olive, love the heavenly fragrance.

5. What is your favorite perennial and why? Salvias! Tough, most are draught tolerant and long blooming, they come in just about any color, hummers and butterflies love them.

6. What is your favorite annual and why? Sweet alyssum. You can stick it anywhere and it smells sweet.

7. What is your favorite vine and why? Love vines! I will never be without a Moon Flower Vine, but I think I would have to choose either Corkscrew or Coral Vine.

9. What is your favorite houseplant and why? Don't do houseplants anymore.

8. Do you garden organically? Yes!

9. How long have you been gardening? On and off since forever, gardening seriously the last 5 or 6 years.

10. How long have you owned your current home? 20 years

11. Do you compost? Yes!

12. What is your favorite insect and why? Love the common garden spider, they eat grasshoppers and I hate grasshoppers!

13. What is your favorite bird and why? I think the barn swallow, because they nest over my front door and eat mosquitoes.

14. What are some of your other interests? Family, photography, baking, hiking, reading (when I have time, which lately is rarely.)

15. Do you have pets/livestock? What are they? 1 dog, 3 cats, 1 rabbit.

16. Do you live in the city, in a suburb, or in the country? Country, but city is moving in fast!

17. What is the biggest problem you've had with gardening? Clay soil, resembles concrete!

18. Where have you found the best/most information about gardening? I love to read, but Dave's Garden has opened the doors to so many talented and knowledgeable gardeners.

19. Are you addicted to gardening? Seriously addicted. See this article by Felder Rushing, one of my gardening heroes. My family says that describes me to a T. http://www.felderrushing.net/node/35

20. Post your favorite gardening pic! Can not possibly pick just one, but here is one I took last weekend.

Good stuff y'all! Keep em comin!

1. What is your first name? Josephine

2. What is your favorite overall plant and why? The Texas Star Hibiscus.

3. What is your favorite tree and why? The red Buckeye.

4. What is your favorite shrub and why? Turk's Cap.

5. What is your favorite perinnial and why? Frostweed.

6. What is your favorite annual and why? Red Poppy.

7. What is your favorite vine and why? Crossvine.

9. What is your favorite houseplant and why? Don't keep any.

8. Do you garden organically? Absolutely, 37 years.

9. How long have you been gardening? 38 years.

10. How long have you owned your current home? 39 years.

11. Do you compost? Yes in a major way.

12. What is your favorite insect and why? Butterflies, they are so beautiful.

13. What is your favorite bird and why? the Cardinal, beautiful bird and song.

14. What are some of your other interests? Photography, reading, writing, walking, crochet.

15. Do you have pets/livestock? What are they? Yes one Siamese cat named Angel.

16. Do you live in the city, in a suburb, or in the country? City.

17. What is the biggest problem you've had with gardening? Heavy clay soil.

18. Where have you found the best/most information about gardening? Friends, Books, magazines, websites, especially Dave's.

19. Are you addicted to gardening? Yes, but not a problem.

20. Post your favorite gardening pic! Shoot, I have so many, but this one is really neat.
Oh, in case I didn't make it clear, my favorite color is Red.

1. What is your first name?
Most of my friends call me Suze or Sue, sometimes even Susan. Just don't call me late for dinner. ;o)

2. What is your favorite overall plant and why?
This year (overall), JD's Special C-Tex (tomato), outstanding flavor. At the moment, Sungold, because it is still giving me a decent amount of tasty fruit.

3. What is your favorite tree and why?
I've always liked Live Oaks, because they are just so "Southern" looking and stately. And evergreen.

4. What is your favorite shrub and why?
Evergreen - Loropetalum chinense (Plum Delight) http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/56040/ , or Yaupon Holly (various cultivars) because it does so well here under a variety of conditions.

Deciduous - Vitex, specifically Shoal Creek http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/84885/
(which reminds me I should upload a pic to PlantFiles)

5. What is your favorite perinnial and why?
So many I Iike, but my plant of the moment is Mexican Bush Sage/Salvia leucantha, in particular, 'Santa Barbara'.
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/91020/

Knockout roses also rule for our conditions (will take both rain and drought once established), and so does Bulbine.

6. What is your favorite annual and why?
Tomatoes. I love to grow them, eat them, exchange/share information and sometimes ramble on endlessly about them. ;o)

7. What is your favorite vine and why?
Purple hyacinth bean, does well here and is very pretty.
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/59092/

9. What is your favorite houseplant and why?
Snake plant (too lazy to look up the latin name), because it does well even if not by a window, doesn't take a lot of water, and the cats leave it alone.

8. Do you garden organically?
No, by organic gardening standards (technically speaking), but I do think it is important to "feed" and amend the soil with plenty of organic matter periodically.

9. How long have you been gardening?
Since I was a wee one, used to help my granddad tend and plant the vegetable garden (talk about fond memories!). He grew about an acres worth of all sorts of things. So, at least 30 years.

10. How long have you owned your current home?
One year, almost to the day. Used to live in the Metroplex.

11. Do you compost?
Yes.

12. What is your favorite insect and why?
Spiny orb weavers are rather intricate and interesting.
http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=spiny+orb+weaver&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi

13. What is your favorite bird and why?
Do hummingbirds count as a bird? If so, I just love to watch them. Red headed woodpeckers are also kind of neat.

14. What are some of your other interests?
I love to read, but have gotten out of the habit of late.

Playing cards.

Camping (something else I haven't done much lately).

Highly scented candles.

I also love to take long bubble baths. A favorite right now is Amber, from Bath and Body Works, very unusual and complex scent. Nice for both men and women.

15. Do you have pets/livestock? What are they?
Three cats, spoiled to death. They act like affectionate little lapdogs.

16. Do you live in the city, in a suburb, or in the country?
Sort of in the county, technically in a suburb.

17. What is the biggest problem you've had with gardening?
Trying to grow too much stuff at once, and getting overwhelmed with the upkeep and watering!

18. Where have you found the best/most information about gardening?
I honestly can't name just one source. PlantFiles as a general resource (and DG in general), Tomatoville to feed my tomato obsession.

19. Are you addicted to gardening?
Yes!

20. Post your favorite gardening pic!
So many, wouldn't even know where to begin. But see attached for one of some of my tomato harvest from this spring that a friend of mine took.

This message was edited Oct 5, 2007 6:38 PM

1. What is your first name?
Richard
2. What is your favorite overall plant and why?
Roses-fragrance and blooms; nostalgia (my grandmother loves her roses and my other grandparents grew them also)
3. What is your favorite tree and why?
Lilac-fragrance
4. What is your favorite shrub and why?
Camellia-wasn't sure to put this under tree or shrub. Blooms in the winter when most everything else is dormant.
5. What is your favorite perennial and why?
creeping phlox and salvia--both very dependable and thrive in our variable climate
6. What is your favorite annual and why?
basil-great for cooking
7. What is your favorite vine and why?
clematis-blooms
9. What is your favorite houseplant and why?
Do cut roses count.....ok, miniature roses.
8. Do you garden organically?
yes......but must admit that I recently gave in and started using preemergent weed killer on the lawn this year
9. How long have you been gardening?
seven years
10. How long have you owned your current home?
four years
11. Do you compost?
yes, on a small scale..... in a bin
12. What is your favorite insect and why?
butterfly, my kids are amazed by them
13. What is your favorite bird and why?
not sure. Eagle?
14. What are some of your other interests?
golf, football, tennis, fishing, snowboarding, camping, spending time with family and friends
15. Do you have pets/livestock? What are they?
used to have a fish
16. Do you live in the city, in a suburb, or in the country?
suburb
17. What is the biggest problem you've had with gardening?
time
18. Where have you found the best/most information about gardening?
Dave's
19. Are you addicted to gardening?
Yes.
20. Post your favorite gardening pic!
here is a pic from this computer

1. What is your first name? Stephanie

2. What is your favorite overall plant and why? Rock Rose. It blooms profusely all summer long, doesn't have any problems with diseases, and it can take our weather.

3. What is your favorite tree and why? Any oak tree. They're so majestic and noble.

4. What is your favorite shrub and why? Turk's Cap. Those little red flowers are so cute! LOL Plus the hummers like them and it can stand up to our wacky weather.

5. What is your favorite perennial and why? Coreopsis. I love the color and they bloom all summer long. The little Four Nerve Daisy is also a favorite. It's the first to bloom in the spring and it continually blooms until the first frost.

6. What is your favorite annual and why? Cosmos, they freely re-seed and they're such happy flowers.

7. What is your favorite vine and why? I'm not a vine person...yet!

9. What is your favorite houseplant and why? Don't have real houseplants. The cats eat them. :o)

8. Do you garden organically? Yes!

9. How long have you been gardening? Since I was old enough to learn from my mom & dad, but mostly my mom.

10. How long have you owned your current home? 3 years

11. Do you compost? Yes

12. What is your favorite insect and why? Bees because they pollenate everything!

13. What is your favorite bird and why? I love to listen to the Mockingbirds and Mexican Doves in my trees.

14. What are some of your other interests? I love to read and I'm an avid cross-stitcher. I'm also very active in my church.

15. Do you have pets/livestock? What are they? I have 2 cats. Callie, a tortoiseshell and Hannah Grace, a tabby cat.

16. Do you live in the city, in a suburb, or in the country? I live in a city.

17. What is the biggest problem you've had with gardening? The webworms this year!! They were everywhere and on everything!

18. Where have you found the best/most information about gardening? Dave's has been a wonderful source of information.

19. Are you addicted to gardening? Yes

20. Post your favorite gardening pic

1. What is your first name? Anna

2. What is your favorite overall plant and why? Four Nerve Daisy is tough, will bloom a long time (even alittle in winter) and is easy to move.

3. What is your favorite tree and why? Ginko has elegant fan shaped leaves and is tough. I used to walk to school through a park with many ginkos.

4. What is your favorite shrub and why? Earthkind rose Belinda's Dream has a heavenly scent and lush blooms. Also ArchDuke Charles. See pic at bottom and you know why.

5. What is your favorite perinnial and why? Salvias. Ditto

6. What is your favorite annual and why? White small zinneas bloom nonstop all summer.

7. What is your favorite vine and why? Clematis have lovely blooms and are a sentimental favorite from Canada.

9. What is your favorite houseplant and why? No favorites, anything that the cats won't eat .

8. Do you garden organically? As much as possible. I do use pre emergent and will use round up, especially in sidewalk and pathways. I worry about repetitive strain injuries with manual removal.

9. How long have you been gardening? 16 years on and off

10. How long have you owned your current home? 14

11. Do you compost? yes. I have been known to lurk near grapefruit eating co workers for the peels.

12. What is your favorite insect and why? Butterfly

13. What is your favorite bird and why? Canadian Geese just thrill me when I see them in formation.

14. What are some of your other interests? Family and friends, training my Sheltie pup, Occupational Therapy, core exercise.

15. Do you have pets/livestock? What are they? 2 dogs, 2 cats

16. Do you live in the city, in a suburb, or in the country? Burbs

17. What is the biggest problem you've had with gardening? Not enough strength to lug things around.

18. Where have you found the best/most information about gardening? Handouts at Redentas, Weston Gardens aswell as their lectures, Mary Wilholt's articles in FW Star Telegram and ofcourse all you guys.

19. Are you addicted to gardening? Yes, and thank goodness this forum exists, so my coworkers and friends don't have to fill my need.

20. Post your favorite gardening pic!

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!