I have a purple and white heirloom mum (although my aunt never knew the name that has been in the family a very long time if you are interested in a piece of that. I am certainly willing to share. Susan

Kristin:Dahlias should be ok now.My tomatoes are still in the pots in the greenhouse at night and in the process of being hardened off.IN about 5 days or so they will go out.Cucumbers,squash, zucchinis are not sprouting as yet.Planted 3 days ago in the greenhouse. Cucumbers like it hot and zucchinis and squash also.With the weather pattern we are having its hard to plan so I think I am doing ok a bit late with everything this year, but so is the weather too cold...Wishing you happy gardening..Watch for those slugs who adore dahlias...

Comments? I can't get past the fact that you are ordering telepone poles!!! How in the world are you going to get them placed??!! You must take pictures of this process. Wow! I have a small cacao that's around 24"+ tall and lots of branches. I moved mine out of the shade house at the start of winter...in the greenhouse mind you. And it has done quite well. Granted, it is winter with fewer sunny days, decreased day lengths and decreased intensity. Hoping this will prepare it for full blast of summer sun. I was running out of room in the shade house. I could always move it around some larger plants if need be. I think they can tolerate more sun than some people think. Your placement sounds really ideal. They would be protected from the harshest periods. Again...pics pics pics! As for your neighbor's invasives...you could always encourage other types of plants or offer to help remove them for him. Maybe a little education would go far. Then again...maybe not! Could be one of those Cool Hand Luke cases..."What we got here...is failure to communicate". I have a neighbor in back whose very tall pines are blocking out the first rays of my prescious, winter morning sun...which translates as no gas heaters being on! My neighbor hates the trees but says her husband doesn't want to cut them down. I admit to "planting" alternative methods to ridding herself, and me, of those trees. I've even entertained undertaking the venture myself...in that darker, inner self place. I mean, afterall, I'd just be doing her a favor. Right? I'll keep working on her. She wants a garden and with those trees, a garden is impossible. Communication! Communication! Subliminal messages! Communication!

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