Hello,
I am originally from Indonesia. As a native of tropical climate, I had risen in warm weather and humid conditions. There are only 2 seasons in Indonesia dry season and rainy season in the entire year. The temperature doesn't change much, most of the time are warm. The rich flora of Indonesia includes many unique varieties of tropical plant life in various forms. Gardening in Indonesia is easier compare than other cooler country or even 4 seasons country. Most of the plants in Indonesia stay green in rainy season or dry season. There was an Indonesian old song, the lyric was " people said that Indonesian's soil is a heaven soil, just insert the wooden stick or stone in the soil, and they will become a plant". This song may right, when I was little, My mother used to insert the stem of plant and 2 week later they will grow. She didn't add root hormone or did special treatment, however now days the agriculture information and technology are developed to help the farmers, agriculture business people and gardeners to grow and cultivate various plants.
I left my country in 2003, and lived in Budapest, Hungary Europe for 5 years. Hungary has temperate continental climate, with cold in the winter and hot in the summer. Practically Hungary has 4 seasons spring, summer, autumn and winter. Hungary produces agriculture products, poppy seed is part of Hungarian Cuisine. Most of Hungarian like gardening including my mother in law. She never reads books about gardening or search how to grow a specific of plants. She told me she got the information from the seller, take them home and take care of them, and most her collection are survived.
In 2009, finally we moved to the USA. We lived in Phoenix, Arizona. Due to Hubby's job, now.. we are in Pooler, Georgia.
I have been collecting plants since 2009. I am enjoying "play in dirt", grow plants, read books and do little research about plant that I am growing. I'm learning by doing..
Reading book and articles has changed my life. I am continually learning and have grown more in the past year through my reading experiences. It’s never too late to get a good education. The more I read, the more I realize that I dont know..but then it creates a passion to reach my goal.
Investing in reading materials is wise.
I am officially addicted to collecting plants. I grew everything that I like in the beginning but recently, I decided to collect certain categories of plant such as Low maintanance plant, native plant, rare or unique plant.
Even though, I don’t have a garden or back yard, it doesn't stop me planting and collecting. Since we still haven't settled yet in a permanent place, "Container Gardening" is the best way for me.
There are many ways to do container Gardening. There are 1000 ideas how to grow plants in the container and bring out the beauty of nature through various garden type.
Go green...keep green , save the planet by growing plant.
