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It certainly does count to be a gardening wanna be! I think that's the best most of us will ever be! I include myself in that category too because there is so much I don't know and every year I learn something different that works better than the year before.

My hubby loves gardening too, but he's home so seldom, that the lions share of it does fall to me. He's wonderful about helping with the heavy work and would love to have a much bigger veggie garden than I do. I prefer to focus on my flowers. so the veggies are kept to a minimum because I simply don't have the time or energy to take care of it all, so know better than to even try.

As for the flower beds, I plant things thickly because I prefer the way it looks and it cuts back on the weeks considerably. This way I get more bang for my buck and don't have to work as hard.