My name is Linda and I have been in the garden way longer than I would like to admit. (40+ years) Started as a renter trying her hand at dressing up a cheap apartment. I could grow houseplants with the best of them. My failures were African Violets and English Ivy. I still can't grow English Ivy to save my soul. I moved it to a Rental side-by-side and pots of Petunias and rows of Marigolds. Then I met my husband and it was NUTS. We grew everything we could. Flowers, veggies, herbs, kids, grandkids and now the kids are growing gardens of their own. I am a firm believer in organic gardening anything that will go into you or your kids and grandkids mouths. I love nothing more than giving the box store, nursery, or garden center castoffs a second chance. Taking a blank plot of grass and turning it into something that needs to be weeded and preened, not with a lawnmower. I took a Master Gardener course and learned about soil and diseases and bugs. Fascinating. Did I mention I still can't grow an English Ivy. Then I started taking pictures of the gardens, the grandkids in the garden, (I have a great one of my Grandson at age 1ish trying a potato fresh from the garden. I'm gonna bust it out at his engagement party one day) gardens we visited on our travels. Messed with the photos with some software. Got a digital camera and more software and here I am. Whew, I'm really old. I can't wait to meet as many of you as I can (I still don't know how all these websites work,so I answer myself alot) and learn as much as I can about everything you can teach me. I feel like I have a free pass to 6Flags. "More Flags, More fun!"