virtuesplea

virtuesplea

Member since: Jun 08 | Years gardening: 0

Most of my gardening experience for the past 24 years has been that which I was forced into by my mom. I was never really interested in gardening . . . I liked how gardens looked, but was just not excited about the details of how they came to be.

But then I finally bought my own house just a few months ago, and suddenly it’s all relevant! My house had absolutely no gardens when I bought it, but (with help from my mom and stepdad, Barry), I’m working hard to change that.

Gardens

  • virtuesplea's Frontyard garden

    Frontyard garden

    Zone 7a This is the first garden that I've dug for my new house. At the moment, it's just a retaining wall with a bunch of (but not enough) dirt. The bac...

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  • virtuesplea's Side Garden - Driveway garden

    Side Garden - Driveway garden

    Zone 7a This is where my next garden will be. I plan to start digging tomorrow morning!

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Dover, Delaware

United States United States 7a


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I love to grow

Anything and everything!


Hobbies

knitting, crochet, running, roller blading, computer programming


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