iechris

iechris

Member since: Sep 07 | Years gardening: 2 Organic gardener Folia Helper

I purchased a house with my mother in September 2006. My mother was never a gardener, though her mother was, and my dad got bored quickly. I grew up in a house with no yard, even though we had what should have been a yard. We actually parked the cars where a front yard would normally be. My father had camellias when I was little, but got bored with them and that was that.

When we bought the house, I decided I really wanted to try gardening. I had several friends and a co-worker who were more experienced and between them, all the books I could check out of the library (where I work) and the internet I was able to educate myself some. So far I have done pretty well and I’ve found that I really enjoy gardening. I am very fond of propogating my plants and being able to share with my friends and co-workers. Coleus is pretty easy to root in water, but pot up a cutting and give it to someone and they they you are the greatest gardener ever! I’ve also been given some wonderful plants by friends and co-workers. Almost my entire foundation planting (hollies and lirope) was given to me by one of my good friends who has gardened for many years.

I like taking photos of my yard and writing it up, helps me see what I’ve done and how far I’ve come. I’m obviously also working through some childhood issues related to not having a yard growing up, but I think the gardening is cheaper than therapy! If only I could get my health insurance to pay 85% on a few hydrangeas…

Gardens

  • iechris's Backyard garden

    Backyard garden

    Zone 7b The is the garden in the back yard of my house. The yard is mainly for my dogs to run and play in, so I garden around them. I have 4 foot chain l...

    • 71 plants
    • 200 journals
    • 2 faves
    • 0 comments
  • iechris's Front Yard garden

    Front Yard garden

    Zone 7b This is the garden in the front of my house and along the one side of my house that does not have a driveway. The side part of the garden gets a l...

    • 26 plants
    • 66 journals
    • 1 faves
    • 2 comments
  • iechris's Herb garden

    Herb garden

    Zone 7b My herb garden in all in containers at this point due to my dogs and the full sun locations in my back yard. The full sun in my back yard is not r...

    • 24 plants
    • 27 journals
    • 2 faves
    • 0 comments
  • iechris's Holding Zone garden

    Holding Zone garden

    Zone 7b This is the garden I've created for all the things I've purchased but haven't quite figured out where to plant yet. I have some of these plants sc...

    • 25 plants
    • 23 journals
    • 0 faves
    • 0 comments
  • iechris's Perennial Bed garden

    Perennial Bed garden

    Zone 7b The perennial bed stretches along the back of my house. Time and money dictated that the first year only the right hand side was dug in and plante...

    • 32 plants
    • 67 journals
    • 0 faves
    • 0 comments
  • iechris's please live until spring Indoor garden

    please live until spring Indoor garden

    Zone 7b I don't "do" houseplants, but this winter I am doing them becuase I have plants I just can't let die over the winter. I started this because I rea...

    • 4 plants
    • 6 journals
    • 1 faves
    • 1 comments
  • iechris's Vegetable garden

    Vegetable garden

    Zone 7b My vegetable garden is two clusters of pots in the parts of my back yard that get the most sun. Everything is in pots to protect it from my dogs a...

    • 20 plants
    • 107 journals
    • 1 faves
    • 0 comments

Greenville, SC

United States United States 7b


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I love to grow

shrubs (especially hydrangeas), coleus, basil


Hobbies

dogs, travel, music


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