Gail, I am interested in your daylily seedlings I have the new enchincea's and also new lily bulbs plmk which daylily seedling you have aval

The near whites with gold ruffled edges sound heavenly.I also love any with darker eyes! Altho, I don't have anything on your want list, I will be watching the end of season sales for plants your list. I would love to trade with you.!I am going to be re-vamping my yard this fall and daylilies would be a wonderful addition. Would be happy to pay extra postage, if neccessary.Thanks. Dee

Petalpatsy - what do you mean by growth medium? I see your seedling bed is on a steeper slope than mine, so maybe it won't be as dire as my hubby predicts. (The more daylilies I have, the less he likes them.) Why do you suggest greensand? What are the benefits of it? How close do you plant your baby seedlings? Would 12" be O.K.? I planted about half of last year's seedlings that close, and now I've got to move them. The other half I spaced at 2' intervals and they have really multiplied, although they are just a year old. The bed is 30' by 100' - a little much for me to handle with a fork. Cynthia, I do like that U-Bar fork - that looks like a great idea - haven't seen one like that. greenbean, thanks for the info on the San Angelo bar, because we do have some bare spots on our clay hill upon which nothing will grow -- not even weeds. BTW, I used to live in San Angelo, too - many years ago. My dad was the resident engineer (Corps of Engineers) over the construction of the SA Dam and Reservoir. We lived out by the site. I remember the tarantulas, and especially those little red velvet spiders that used to come out after rains. I've never seen them anywhere else in Texas. I also remember my mother sending me out in the winter to hang the wash on the clothesline. The bed linens and towels would be frozen stiff within a minute or two. In the summer, there were no ACs back then, just evaporative coolers. Our local landscaper returned my call today -- he told us to scarify the plot with the teeth on a box blade, running it in all directions, including diagonally. He said that had to be done first, before using a disk. My helper got that done this afternoon. Now I have a nice big garden spot with very black gummy soil. He also told me to add gypsum. I hope it doesn't rain before we can get it disked.

I just finished bringing in trays and trays of seedlings from the greenhouse, especially all those Daylily seedlings that I started from seed! Yesterday I turned the heater on plus covered the plants with layers of sheets. Well holy s****, the digital thermometer said -8C, at least there was no frost! Right now they are all warm sitting on plastic sheets in the living room, they look perky but they sure didn't look happy when I opened that door to check on them this morning. I did leave the root/bulb plants in there and covered them up good since those are pretty hardy. It looks like this cold front is going to linger for awhile yet!!! Sharon