Here is my self introduction. I am Anne Green and hail from near Orlando, FL. I am in school getting a degree to teach high school math or history. We have a largish (compared to newer ones) city lot. The front yard is postage size (triangle shaped lot) and the back yard is large and lush. I have 3 kids, son 16, son 12 and daughter 11. They are the biggest joys in my life. We have a dog, a cat and an aquarium full of fish. I started out vegetable gardening, but to a swift turn to perennials and have stuck there. I have been adding roses to my garden as well as many daylilies in the past few years. I am currently working on a shade garden that is being planted under a big maple tree. So, the garden is mostly being planted in an old leaky canoe. So far Spath and Phyll, my spathephyllums, are very happy in their new home. I have also started planting some vegetables again, with minor success. I hate using chemicals (my hubby is a chemist) and the bugs love this Florida weather as much as I do. They are getting more produce from the garden than I am. Ah well, I have learned ways to keep my flowers going, I will learn to keep the veggies going to, eventually. Anne in FL zone 9b, sunset 26