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Howdy folks, I'm aighead. I live in Dayton, Ohio, and I'm a fairly new gardener. I'm mostly into flower gardening though I like to try out the occasional veggie, or tree. I bought a house in a city neighborhood that I'm trying to slowly turn into a jungle and hoepfully with a little help from some of the more experienced people here I can make that more of a reality. The wife and I just had our first baby a week ago today (officially a week old here in about an hour [the same time my eyeglasses will be ready!! Sorry that was a bad joke] so yeeha!) So, what that means is with fairly new house payments and a new baby, I have zero dollars and I try to do everything as cheaply as possible. Thanks for letting me be a part of this community, and I hope we can all help each other!
Plants: 72 | From: D-Town, Ohio | Registered: Jul 2006
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Thanks a lot everyone! I'm a bit ovewhelmed by the wealth of info here, but slowly I'll get more into the greenthumb life!
Plants: 72 | From: D-Town, Ohio | Registered: Jul 2006
| Seeded: 72.44.4.251
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hey!...this site'll help you with ALL your gardening needs-trust me on that 1. Enjoy the forum, and congrats!
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hi aighead, Am also from Ohio and though I've been doing the family thing a long time I'm still broke! Hey, I gave up trying to grow what I wanted and figured nature knows best. I learned to love weeds...or native species, as I prefer to call them. Some of them have made quite interesting low-maintenance and low-cost alternatives to landscaping. I find certain things just thrive here and some don't. That's actually what motivated me to visit this site--I want to identify the weed (uh, native species) that I adore. Anyway, if you get on good terms with some neighbors, they may be sweet-talked into sharing some of their plants and such. That too can help the budget. Congrats on the new baby and remember love is the best fertilizer for little ones!
Plants: 1 | From: NE Ohio | Registered: Jul 2006
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Well, I apologize for not replying to this a billion years ago, when all you folks gave congrats for my kid! Thanks for the delightful welcome! It seems like a great community that I hope to find time to frequent! I learn more each time I visit (which isn't as often as I'd like!).
Plants: 72 | From: D-Town, Ohio | Registered: Jul 2006
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Thanks folks! I'm still finding this to be a delightful community more and more each time I visit!
Plants: 72 | From: D-Town, Ohio | Registered: Jul 2006
| Seeded: 72.44.4.102
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...and congrats on the new baby! 
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