My addiction started maybe about 20 yrs. ago. We have a tiny little nursery just a few doors down from where we live. I always had tons of perennials. Stopped by the nursery to look for something new to add to my gardens and they had 3 different semps and I got all 3. Went on line to look for information on their needs and came across the SMG website. At the time it was called Squaw Mountain Gardens. I couldn't believe all the different ones available! Think my first orders was for about 30 varieties. I was hooked. Like the rest of you I stumbled across a few forums and then Dave's Garden, where I "met" Lynn for the first time. Then Dave created Cubits where the semp forum really started to take off. Those of us on the forum started trading and that's how my collection really expanded.
Probably the first 10 years I had soooo many semps I couldn't keep up with them. I'd give them away, trade, use them in crafts, and they still needed to be divided. I actually ended up throwing hundreds of them in the field behind our house just to get rid of them. Once Dave created Cubits I thought I'd try my hand at selling them and now have a business more successful than I ever imagined.
LOL Chad, glad you like the markers! The story on how those came to be..... Couldn't find anything for sale that I liked or that lasted. Was complaining to my hubby about that. He happened to have a piece of acrylic sheet laying on his workbench and suggested I use that. They've become wildly popular. Luckily it gives me something to do over the long winter. I made over 6,000 of them last winter and expect they will almost be gone by fall!
I love they way Melissa referred to her addiction as "It's like a drunk finding a bar that is open 24/7 and has free booze." That's so true! I'm super glad to have made so many wonderful friends here and look forward to all the new things we learn from each other.
