I think I said I wasn't going to Spring Sow anything, but guess what. I did. Today. Not anything "special" like I did last year (the Gardenia and the Bay Laurel, which are still alive and doing well as of this typing). Today I Spring Sowed: Missouri Primrose (because I think DH may have hacked up what was already there with the tiller). Bachelor Buttons "Black Ball" (just in case the ones in my Black and White garden don't reseed...yeah...right) Scarlet Flax (it's red, it's annual...I need some red fillers for the beds. Also hoping it will reseed). Calendula "Pacific Apricot Beauty". Because of the name. And it's Calendula. I might do another Datura (Yellow Angel's Trumpet). But I can't decide. Maybe tomorrow. Linda

Marie--You eat CG? Oh how funny that I picked that plant for you. Beth-- the nursery is in Crawfordsville, IN. here is their web page davidsongreenhouse.com I had one of there catalogs fron 2002 that I had been hanging onto... Thinking sometime I would get there. Thanks all for the good wishes. I DO feel better. If anyone is working on the decision I just had to make about a hysterectomy, let me say "except for the first few days it's been a piece of cake." Of course if they had made a big fat incission it would be a different story, I'm sure. Now I just have to be so careful not to do anything I'm not suppost to do, like digging, pulling, picking things up. The wind blew my banana tree over on Monday morning. After the storm blew over it turned out to be a beautiful day. It drove me crazy all day to not upright the pot and get the top out of the pond. DH took care of it as soon as he got home from work. This has been so much fun and I have so much time on my hands, I would like to do it again. I will make a new post, if anyone wants to do this again sign up there and I will match people up and send out the emails. Come on and sign up on the post JOYS OF HOUSEPLANTS. Happy Gardening to all, Joy

You may be right, I think someone else thought it was a "Sex Link" anyways her name is "Speckie" Her markings remind me of a pheasant. I got her at the local feed and seed store and asked for an assortment of 10 hens not caring what I got. She definetely has if not all a New Hampshire Red, nonetheless. I dont know much about chickens other than I have had this one for about 5 years now and she lays double and on a rare occasion a triple yolk egg- amazing girl!! She had a bad spell today and I found her with her head stuck and she could not get out, she was weak and hurt herself trying to get free. I removed her and now have her in a separate area for the night. I hand feed her today...she was holding her head back up after a few hours so I am hoping tomorrow she is feeling like her self again. If its not one thing its another to worry about isnt it?! lol The triple yolk egg has only happened 2 times and both times this past Spring, ( look like freakin large goose eggs!)she often lays double yolks though, one heck of a nice hen and likes to perch up like 8 to 12 feet up in the trees if I let her. I have to climb up the tree at night to get her down, they dont move once it gets dark ( as you probably know)otherwise its fruitless to try and corner a chicken during the day (for me and my ole hens anyways) We have lots of wild foxes and coons even coyotees lurking the town here, so cant be too careful. Althea the rose doubleably opened even more like a david austin today and then dropped down as it was so heavy and large...simply gorgeous and smell divine. And please do post your pictures of your gardens I would enjoy seeing them. Sure wish I had some good home grown melons to sink into, cant wait!

I should know by now not to open these "Craig's List Doozies" threads without using the restroom first...;) I am howling. That polar bear rug with the zip-off head and that monkey are screamingwithlaughter hilarious, then there is the genuine western table with the cowboy boots. Can't. Breathe. More! More! :D This post was edited by shelayne on Mon, Jan 27, 14 at 14:45