Hi & welcome to Gardenweb! I'm in central AL, just N of the FL border. In case you hadn't found it yet, there's also a "LA/MS" forum, and one called southern gardening, as well as general "annuals" and "perennials" forums, and some types of plants have their own forums.

So what kind of gardening is your main thing? I dabble all around the gardening map, so to speak, but true loves are house plants and tender perennials masquerading as annuals, shrubs. Trying to free-scape our rented house by multiplying the existing plants and borrowed cuttings, lots of elbow grease, patience, trading. Deciding where to put stuff by eliminating the glut of weird corners we were sick of trying to navigate with lawn mower and weed edger.

Welcome to our insanity
It is always great to see another Mississippian here
Feal free to share your garden knowledge
Charlie