tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3256128713709836520.post348242013830897611..comments2024-03-29T02:20:02.010-05:00Comments on Cheesehead Gardening: Growing Tired of GardeningHosta Nerdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03391169245975223743noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3256128713709836520.post-46131520978782357692016-03-23T13:59:48.296-05:002016-03-23T13:59:48.296-05:00Originally from the Midwest (Chicago) and moved to...Originally from the Midwest (Chicago) and moved to Wisconsin. Lived there 20 years and now living in Las Vegas temporarily, where it is about 300 days if sunshine but still has definite change of seasons nonetheless. It gets chilly here in winter like an autumn day in the Midwest kind of chilly. Thing is you barely notice the changes until Summer: Three and a half months of three<br />digit temps. I truly believe you could fry hamburgers on the pavement.Point is I wanted a warmer climate. Getting older and the infamous Wisconsin winters were taking its toll. After living in LV Nevada I miss the distinct change and beauty of seasons in the Midwest. Here every day is basically the same and I know I could never adapt to desert life or gardening. So I'm planning to move back eastward, maybe the southeast this time. I miss gardening, the soil, the variety of plant life, the scent in Spring--- everything. This has been a wonderful experience. The weather most of the year is beautiful. The skies and mountains are breathtaking but I'm a gardener who enjoys the wonderful abundance that I frew up with and had in the Midwest. I respect desert gardeners. It's a tough place where water evaporation and dehydration makes it very difficult. I will miss the weather but can't wait to get back to green living!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3256128713709836520.post-14607569408446110612011-11-04T16:46:19.155-05:002011-11-04T16:46:19.155-05:00I get burned out also. It's that time of the ...I get burned out also. It's that time of the year. It's time to scrapbook for me. Then when the seed catalogs start coming in, I just the gardening bug again and start wintersowing. You're normal!Darlenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00246196951019676657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3256128713709836520.post-62155057991267517352011-11-04T01:05:31.895-05:002011-11-04T01:05:31.895-05:00Okay...let me answer that....I also burn out aroun...Okay...let me answer that....I also burn out around now....BUT...now's the time we're supposed to be planting things into the ground but after the extreme summer months, I'm worn out....BUT I don't get a break....so I've learned to relax a little and go crazy in February and March. What's nice about Wisconsin is that you can shut down....but you have to shovel all that stupid snow....my oak trees are about to drop all their acorns....and I'm NOT looking forward to that right now! Yeah...I have those cycles as well:) So enjoy the break coming up:) from mowing lawns and watering flower beds. PS. I get to come home for Christmas!! I'm really excited....tickets were super cheap which was unexpected....so I'll get to visit Wisconsin again. I miss it so much during this time of year.Rohrerbothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02136631378931478644noreply@blogger.com