I'm starting late in life too. Just retired, had terrible arthritis in my knees - so much so that I had ceased any outdoor activity. I got new knees for Christmas, Sept 24 and Dec 8 and decided that since I love my daylilies, have more land than I know what to do with (88 acres), horses that can produce tons of compost/fertilizer, water from 2 creeks even in extensive drought, and knees that will function as they heal, that I would try my hand at growing and hybridizing some new daylilies, DH and I put in extended water last year, and I got some newer and older favorite daylilies to add to my fairly small collection before my first surgery in late Sept. I bought a nice collection of seeds and Matt Sattemeier of Abundant Daylilies here in Florida gave me a lot of advice one afternoon and offered to help me as the project grows. Great fellow. Again, some of the advice was to get to a daylily club. The help and motivation would be priceless. Best of luck to all of you, I'll keep you busy looking at some of my seedlings and join the ranks of those with something worthwhile to do. Since we have been dealing with cancer for the last 9 years, I thought I would give the cancer patients and their families a chance to name some of them. We will see what happens!
