Welcome and what a nice way to introduce yourself. I think we can all remember when we were hit right between the eyes with the wonder of gardening,the thrill of seeing our first attempts flourish,the joy of finding new plants and the anticipation of each spring to start all over again. Once you've got the bug it's there forever and so are all the wonderful emotions. You also find your self saying words you never thought you'd utter when a thorn from something you've grown rips your skin,or a groundhog eats up your new shoots. As you stated..it's all an addiction and what a ride it is.

I had a lovely afternoon at Longwood Gardens (Kennett Square) today with a couple of GPers and I could feel the juices flowing. I don't garden nearly as much as I used to but the conservatory today had some awesome stuff and made me think about what "might" happen in my garden this summer.
Welcome to the GP, Ladygreen--No more hiding, you hear me, LOL? We love to talk around here and will be glad to listen to you and "try" to answer gardening questions.

Just so nobody could see those juices.

Welcome, when different aspects of ourselves become aware it expands our perception in oh so many ways.

Welcome, Ladygreen. I too came to gardening late and your description is perfect for those first few steps, gradually growing in confidence. I'm still learning, discovering new plants...it's a constant joy. Glad to have you join us. josh

Yes, what a lovely introduction. Thank you so much for dropping by. Do stay. And keep us posted on your gardening adventures.

Karen

Welcome! I am looking forward to hearing about your successes (and failures) as you dig into gardening. Just because most of the postings at GP have nothing to do with gardening, doesn't mean we aren't gardeners... this forum is rather like leaning on the fence to talk to a neighbor. It's simply that we enjoy chatting about people, pets, places, and ponderings just as much as about chatting about plants.
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Oops, guess I shouldn't have posted something gardening related here, which is for chatting about everything else under the sun. My apologies. Look forward to getting to know you all. Thanks for the warm welcome.

Ladygreen

I love your ponderings, after all, everything here is garden-related, sort of, as most of us look at the world from a gardeners point of view, like: there are flowers, there are veggies and there are weeds, all, even the weeds, serve a purpose, and oftewn they have four- or two legs.

We talk about gardening all the time,but in winter it dies down a little.I think most of us would be long gone if couldn't discuss gardening..it's the tie that binds,plus our dazzling personalities of course.

Frankly, I thought this a very good place to post about how you feel about gardening. We will understand both the ups and the downs.

On a different forum, I got scolded one time (just scolded, not banished) for telling a new gardener that it was okay to shriek when the squirrels dug up her freshly planted bulbs. Sigh. Here on GP, the forbidden subjects are politics, religion and in/direct insults; just the same as if you were at a very nice tea party with congenial folks. And if you want to tell us about screaming at the squirrels, that's okay.