Northeast Gardening: Northeast Forum Community Names - 2, 4 by gardenergal17

gardenergal17 wrote:
Hello! I\'m Dana and I\'m in Northeast Ohio. I joined this group about a month ago, thinking that I\'m far enough East, just 4 hours away from the PA line (the Ohio River) to qualify for this group. Anyway, my gardening hobby took off in August 2011, when I decided to carve out perennial beds in our small back yard, in the city, after resigning from my job as a Residential Building Designer, for health reasons. Things have been moving at a slow to medium pace, due to a concussion in 2012, two septic infections (one month apart) after thumb surgery in 2013, and financial constraints, but things have turned around recently, so 2016 is looking promising!

Since 2011, I\'ve installed 10 perennial beds and a pathway, that solves a drainage issue, with the help of the hubby, when extra muscle is necessary (extensive digging and demolition are his specialties!) and I\'ve lost 50 pounds!

I find yard work and gardening to be my therapy, of sorts, and I just get into a mental \"zone\" and the world and my troubles just melt away! I am a \"project junkie\", so it\'s all a perpetual work in progress!

I love Dave\'s Garden! The character of this community is outstanding!!
Happy Gardening, my Friends!