You know you are a garden geek when:
a. you create an Excel spreadsheet to track your garden seed inventory
b. there are at least74 different seed varieties listed
c. that list has 8 different zinnias
d. you have 5 different zucchini varieties
e. you have not even gotten to the tomatoes.
With all due respect to one of the geekiest of hort heads, Carol, of May Dreams Gardens.
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Hi and welcome to Idaho Gardener. My name is Mary Ann Newcomer. I also have several nicknames – the printable ones are M. A. , Auntie Mame , Dirt Diva, Princess Dew Sparkle and Duchess of Dirt.
A native daughter of Idaho, I have been gardening since I was a small child. My grandmother and grandfather were avid gardeners and I was given a 3′x3′ plot for starters. I was encouraged to grow radishes, I believe because they came up in just a couple of days (instant gratification for a 5 year old) and because the first sets of leaves were heart shaped (a message from my grandmother).
I served on the Board of Directors for the Idaho Botanical Garden for over a decade and still work with the Lewis and Clark Native Plant Garden committee and the Garden’s committee for Design Review. I have spent a good part of the last 20 years fund raising for, and promoting the programs at the garden. I chaired the committee that built the Contemporary English Garden in 1997.
Largely self taught, I have an insatiable curiousity and thirst for knowledge, especially relating to horticulture and garden design. I make every effort to attend as many educational seminars/workshops/programs/speakers series as time and money will allow.
I find myself focusing a lot on the concept of ‘genus loci’. It is about honoring the spirit of place. In my case, that means understanding the lay of the land, the weather that comes with it, how to garden and live in harmony with my surroundings.
I am a scout-in-training with Meredith Corporation (publisher of Better Homes and Gardens and 128 other titles). I do garden design in the Boise Valley, teach classes on garden design, and aspire to write a book on the gardens of the Intermountain West.
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Hey, I resemble this post. Check I use an Excel spreadsheet. Yes, there were more than 74 varieties, not including the ‘maters, well maybe it was just 7 kinds of zinnias. Oops, I did grow 5, or was it 6, types of zucchini. But i think I’ve purchased all the tomato varieties, about 8 of them, I think, nearly half of what I bought last year. Hmmm….
This made my laugh Mary Ann. I ordered a ton of seeds the other, and yes, I haven’t even gotten to the tomatoes. Keep on buyin’, I say, spur the economy (at least in seeds). ~~Dee
I thought I was the only one trying to spur the economy with buying seed! I feel much better that I am not alone. I recieved some where in the neighborhood of 2000 seed yesterday.
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