In regards to Louisiana_botanist and anyone else interested in the effectiveness of Mosquito Barrier... I purchased two bottles of this to help combat the army of mosquitos that we had just in our backyard. The first application I added a little more of the product than needed but we had severe mosquitos. The product claims to also repel fleas and ticks which is a plus since we have two dogs. I applied the stuff with a sprayer following instructions and sprayed entire yard and some of the tree near our patio. Once you apply it, your yard will smell like garlic for an hour or two so be sure to spray it in a way so you don't step on the grass that was just sprayed (I sprayed it walking backwards) so I didn't track the smell in the house. The next night we went to see how well it did, surprisingly enough it worked well. Instead of getting bit 8 times while constantly moving around for 2-3 minutes, I didn't get bit at all for 5 minutes while even standing still but I did see at least one mosqutio while out. It lasts for a good while so long as there isn't a heavy rain or you water the lawn more than once a week. General application would typically last 2-3 weeks for me due to needing to water at least twice a week and/or rain. The "barrier" tends to be breached by a few mosquitos as each day passes until they increase in numbers where you notice them again and need to spray a second application. Since I used to live in New Orleans I know how bad mosquitos can be there but I would say you will definately see a difference after using this. The cause of my mosquito problem was due to a neighbor with a water fountain in the backyard that had lots of standing water. Now that they have let it just dry out, I have 1/10 the mosquitos I had before and haven't needed to spray anything in over a month.

Often problems with some foods labeled as "organic" are found. That does not, however, mean all foods labeled "organic" will have problems. There are people that have no business selling what they sell as organic that do so anyway, just as there are people that sell you other things that are not what they are supposed to be. There are also some people that make claims about "organic" foods they should not be making, which does nothing to convince many of us long time organic gardeners/farmers that what we are doing is wrong and should be changed. Foods grown without being heavily dosed with strong pesticides are better for you unless they have disease pathogens on them. There appears to be enough concern about the Genetically Engineered food that Europe limits where it can be grown and requires foods that are to be labeled, something we, in the USA, are denied.

I must apologize that some plants are just in bags instead of pots since it started raining on me this evening. Also, I am bringing: celadine poppy wineberry (like a raspberry) Black Pearl pepper (I think) for people to take pepper pods for seeds. In the truck are the following for each person: april_h_o/April - Oakleaf hydrangea (just ripped out of ground), Euphorbia (mole plant) naked ladies (red spider) burwoodbelle/Pat - Lotus, Lenten Rose (sorry no Luxury Lace) Columbia Stock/Wanda - "pardon me" "Siloam Double Classic" Connie - amsonia huebrechia (sinced you asked nicely) grape hyacinths (please put me on the list for "Black Stockings" for the next swap and we'll figure out what I can bring you) new-gardener123 - redbud tn_veggie_gardner-grape hyacinths Hope I remembered everyone. See you in the morning! Evelyn/Irisaddict

Thanks again for all of the recommendations. I will be trying many of them in the years to come, but at this point I have narrowed my list to the following: Guajito: - Mexico - Md season - Medium fruit size and medium/heavy load , pear tomato, to 7cm long, sometimes nippled, red, meaty.intermediate. Italian Paste, Large: is SSE tomato #1547, pole habit, 92 DTM, and came from Mary Ann Billera's grandmother according to the SSE 2006 Yearbook. Opalka: 90 days. Meaty pepper-shaped fruits deliver a rich, sweet flavor that makes exceptional sauces. They are also tasty fresh. Indeterminate vines. Orange Banana: -85 days. Lycopersicon esculentum. Plant produces good yields of 4" long by 2" wide orange banana shaped tomatoes. Tomatoes are sweet and very flavorful. Used in salads and gourmet dishes. Also used for making a nice orange sauce. Excellent drying variety. Indeterminate. Perito: - 70-80 dtm, indet, reg leaf, with droopy foliage typical of many open-pollinated heart/plum/paste types. Produces 6-10 oz red plum tomatoes. Brought to the states by Matt Perito, originally from Italy in the early 1900's. very prolific sauce/paste type Rio Grande: - 80 days, Very large, blocky pear-shaped tomatoes are borne in profusion, making for large harvests to turn into tomato sauce, paste, or juice. Deep red fruit is about 4 inches long. Vigorous plants are well adapted to extremes in temperature. Determinate. I plan on 2 or 3 plants of each as myu family loves salsa(Fresh and Canned). Dean