Hi there! I've just found this forum and look forward to meeting you!
Quick background- 43, female, wife and mom. Employed part time as a buildings and grounds worker on a large campus. I've done small landscaping jobs on and off for 20 years, love organic maintenance but am learning to embrace "traditional" methods. NJ zone 7. Certified Fertilizer Applicator, working on pesticide applicator cert. AS in general science. Before this, I worked in heavy highway construction, specializing in bridges and elevated structures, concrete finishing and traffic control.
So I have my primary job, wife and mom, my part time job, buildings and grounds, and I'm starting to pick up clients on the side. I have only one now, but she's a dream. It's a rehab of a property, small but beautiful specimens, 3 ponds, and lots of opportunities. When I work there I feel like I'm in the book "The Secret Garden". LOVE it!
So anyway, I look forward to meeting you all and learning from you and sharing what I can.