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About me: I live north of the Wine Country, south of the Redwoods, in other words neither here nor there, sort of like the Twilight Zone.
I have been "challlenge gardening" at my location for 20+ years now - it’s the lowest point of the highest valley, alt. 1795 feet. I get early frosts, late frosts, snow and rain in winter, daytime temp’s of 100* plus - nights at 50* or less - in summer. The rain stops in early May and doesn’t start again until middle October -I grow a lot of native plants, have quit vegetables, because I find it difficult to grow just enough for one - so stick to perennials, annuals and some container plants.
One third of my 6 acres is left natural, the rest is a goat area, a horse arena, a pond and on the East end my house & garden - on the SW side my daughter’s house, garden and horse-barn.Got a computer in 1997, shortly therafter discovered the Garden Web and have been hanging about ever since.

My zone is: NoCal/8
GardenWeb Member: 2001-02-22
Commented: 3 October 2011 ...and some of the scars will be permanent
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Commented: 2 October 2011 Leave it to Douglas Adams to pour cold water over the warm fuzzies - but I still like the idea of elves and faeries, no matter what he says.
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Commented: Quotes 10/1/2011 Oh yes, the leaves are turning, it is dark in the morning and rain is coming, right on schedule. Thank you, West Gardener, particularly for the Dr. Seuss quotes
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