Weeds and Wellies

Rachel and our attempt at gardening

On Wednesday I went to an all day garden club meeting called " Weeds and Wellies". I met a very nice lady named Marion at the gym. We got to talking and it turned out she did a 6 week motorcycle tour in the USA last summer. One of the people she went with was originally from Richmond, VA and she had actually gone through Roanoke on her tour. We struck up a conversation and from there she invited me to her garden club. I really know very little about gardening but I wanted to meet some people. There were 27 wonderful ladies there. They meet once a month and tour gardens. Of course along the way you stop for tea and a muffin. You also stop at one of the members house for lunch. You bring your own lunch and they provide the tea and coffee. Then later in the afternoon you stop one more time for tea. It was nice to meet some women and have a day out. The gardens we toured were just peoples homes but some of their yards were amazing. One home had an amazing begonia collection. I had never seen so many varieties . They were all colors and sizes. I was sorry that I forgot my camera. We also went to one ladies house that has apple, orange, pear, and walnut trees. She also had other many amazing plants. They tell me you can even easily grow bananas around here. It isn't cold enough for a few things but not many. Rachel has started to get interested in gardening while she has been here, so we decided to add to our vegetable garden. You can plant different things year around. I learned from the ladies what I could plant so we planted lettuce , cauliflower, broccoli, cabbage, and celery. Time will tell if all the many gardeners will rub off on me.