I am a gardener with dirt under her fingernails and more ideas than I could bring into being in five lifetimes. I caught more than learned gardening from my grandmother and our neighbor Both of those grand old ladies took me along on their gardening adventures blessing my curiosity and nurturing my love of beauty. My gardens in Texas, Arizona and the Midwest have ranged from a pot on an apartment balcony to a one acre yard. I know a lot of what not to do and a bit of what works for me. My current garden is in zone 7b(Texas, USA), sandy soil with lots of rocky, dry shade.