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Hi, I'm brand new here........... I am a 'determined' gardener, I think is the best description for me ;) ...... I live in SW OR about 80+ miles north of the CA border...... God's country, in my opinion ............. We have been here since 2003, and have never looked back ( we moved from an area that we lived there long enough to see it SNOW EVERY month of the yr ) ................. I don't have nearly as much ground as I've had in the past, but that's ok, it's big enough for me... We have started raisin' Dorper hair sheep ( the BEST meat) ........ And have recently added our first LDG pup, Txiki Txiki (say 'Cheeky Cheeky', it means tiny baby in Basque ) She is 1/2 Spanish Mastiff, 1/4 Maremma and 1/4 Anatolian Shepard.... She is just 3 1/2 months and weighs 40 lbs ( Gonna be a big girl)..... We plan on gettin' her a 'partner' in this next yr ..( also have my Boo, my 10 yr old Schipperke and a few barn cats) ..........

I have a long suffering husband and 2 children, my baby just started college this yr..... Needless to say, it is a yr of 'adjustment' for me, I've been blessed to be a 'hands on' Mom for 24 yrs .................... My garden, in spite of my determination to 'branch out' tends to run heavy on maters ( I am Tracy, and I am a tomato addict ) I like what I see here and look forward to exploring some more