Any way...Even before I made the decision on the garden my daughter had already checked out a butterfly book from her school library. First book in the new school, Mama is proud. She mark the pages that had butterflies that live in our region and then made a list of plants for hosting. Yep my girl. We are researchers. We love to write things down and then I lose said paper. That is why I made the blog.
Research is important! It is important to know what plants are invasive, if they will prosper, are they waterwise?
The first Internet stop I made was Lady Bird Johnson Wildlife Center. I used this all the time back in Florida. By the way it is just up the road from here!!!! Spittin' distance as my Dad used to say. So much information for native plants for all your gardening needs. Of course the Internet has a wealth of information on gardening but this is just up the road.
Next I looked up some local blogs. I have to say and, it maybe the population difference, but folks here are more of the bloggin' type. Garden blogs are kinda like reading someones garden journal. It's first hand experiences that will really help me figure out this new area. Now I feel like a blog stalker because I am reading all kinds of past blog post to get a feel for gardening here.
Finally my favorite the library and book store stops. Always a wealth of knowledge found between the covers of a good book. Ok, just FYI there is a place called Half Priced Books. I have no idea if we had one in Florida but there is one in my area. I am in love.
From here I have a pretty good idea of what I would like to do. I am also very please that some of my favorite plants are native here also. Spiderwort, Coneflower, Mistflower, Phlox, just to list a few special flowers to grow here. Now just to get them all.
Good luck gardening everyone!
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