Re: [gardeners] Who's out there?
George Shirley (gardeners@globalgarden.com)
Fri, 28 Jan 2000 13:40:15 -0600
Seana Ames wrote:
>
> Hi again,
>
> Just wondering does anyone know how I would check to see how many people
> belong to the list? Maybe I just missed it in my 1st post but I recall
> seeing a past post where someone said the last time they checked the list we
> had 25 or 30 people. How come I've only seen maybe 6 or 7 people write?
> Are you guys hiding? Who are you guys? Where are you & what's happening in
> your gardens? What zone are you in & are you staying warm enough or are you
> too warm? Just give me all the facts!!!
>
> I'll start.
> My name is Seana (pronounced Sean - a or for those of you who don't know
> Sean try Shonna. I get weird variations all the time everything from Se ana
> to Seena so now you can think of me right.). I am married to a wonderful
> man & the love of my life - Erik. Erik is a Glazier & supervises putting in
> glass in the high rise buildings down town. I only work one morning a week
> now at Sears Portrait Studio. I love the job & just can't seem to give it
> up.
>
> I have 3 children, that we homeschool because we were'nt happy with the
> quality of the education they were getting & 2 stepsons, who visit every
> other weekend. Ages 13,12,2 & 7 & 10. Yes, I know we are entering the
> difficult teenage years. Don't remind me.
>
> I live in Thornton, CO just about 15 minutes north of Denver. Zone 5 they
> say. I live in a mobile home park for now. Denver has become a prime place
> to move & we have had a lot of people from all over move here over the last
> 4 - 5 years from places with a much higher cost of living. It has really
> driven housing & rent costs up. We decided that we would be better off
> living in a mobile home, that costs the same per month as renting a 1
> bedroom apartment, than renting & getting nothing out of it. We were lucky
> to get one of the larger lots in the park. And you know they actually let
> us trade a extra car in as part of our down payment on the mobile home -
> weird huh? I have room to have flower beds & a small vegetable garden. Not
> enough room you understand but at least it isn't an apartment. I suppose
> I'd manage in an apartment though even if I had to have window boxes or
> accost the landscaping in front of the building.
>
> We have hopes of moving to the country in a couple years, where I can really
> branch out. I love flowers & if they have a nice scent I adore them even
> more. I enjoy the vegetable garden but my first passion is the flower beds.
> I have flower%20beds in every conceivable place possible. If I could get
> away with it I would get rid of the lawn entirely & just have little brick
> or stone walkways. It would take care of mowing now wouldn't it. After
> that I suppose I'd have to see if the park has any regulations on planting
> the roof of your home.
>
> We have 2 Italian Greyhounds, 2 nothing cats, and a guinea pig named
> Matillida( it's my daughter, she is a magnet for animals - we would be
> overrun if it weren't for her father cause I never could say no to a
> homeless animal).
>
> For those of you under the impression that we have large amounts of snow in
> the Denver area - that's what the ski resorts want you to think. Denver has
> the perfect climate as far as I'm concerned. We have seasons here. It does
> snow & about every 4 or 5 years we get a doozy, but for the most part the
> snow comes down & is gone in a week at most. Having lived all over the west
> I can say I have never seen snow quite as slippery or sparkly anywhere else.
> It gets good & hot in the summer but it cools off in the evening. The
> only thing I would improve on is the variety in colors in the fall. Yellow
> is nice but add a few other colors for contrast & it is much nicer.
>
> So tell me about you. What plans do you have for your yard? Any
> suggestions on my roof idea?
>
> Seana(-:
> Thornton, CO
> Zone 5
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