It's only human nature to want to keep some of your hard work to yourself. Everyone here does the same. Because after all the work of trial and error, the failures, the final result can actually be quite easy to do once you explain it. As a crafter who attended many craft shows I used to hate it when a customer, usually a woman, was considering buying my work and her hubby would come along and say, "I can make you that" and hustle her away. What I have discovered with great satisfaction with tufa and concrete pots, NO ONE around my neck of the woods says "I can do that" I admit I'm a bad "I can do that person" as well. But when I saw Dena's leaf I was inspired, because at this point there is no way "I can do that":)

KS, I love my duplex; it is in its first year. My shots of it are blooms down low; I can tell yours is "up high" - how large is it, if you don't mind my asking? I was so amazed at the sweet fragrance of the buds. I am really enjoying seeing everyone's shots. Windeaux, frankly, I am staying out of the brouhaha because I don't really care what the rose is. I wish they'd get some of those free-use pics of Redoute's drawings and use those. I hate this to turn into some kind of a competition; I just like to see the fruit of everyone's gardens. But that's just me, I'm sure and others think differently. And, Windeaux, I've only heard Tamara say kind things about you. Gean This post was edited by harborrose on Thu, Jun 6, 13 at 21:28

@ sjs56222 Thanks for the advice and comment about my plants. I found some natural remedies and am going to try those out today if they don't work I will try the Organocide. I noticed ants pouring out of the base of my jalapeno plant when I watered it but I cannot find any aphids. I'm going to spray with a light vinegar solution, sprinkle corn meal (kills the ants) on the soil and black pepper also. Like I said ealier the plants are already looking better. I will post some more photos in a few weeks when hopefully a few of my plants are really blooming. Can't wait! As far as postings pictures. It was a pain. I actually created the post in MS Frontpage and hand edited it in wordpad and uploaded the photos to a personal website (this site needs a easy way to post photos). You could upload your photos to this site: http://imageshack.us and try to embed or just post the link to the photo(s). @ chimayo_farmer Thanks for the info. I was on their website last night, it was wonderful! I should be in school there if I didn't live in Florida, must be great to be around a bunch of chili heads all the time. I'm going to email them some photos and will post any info they send my way.

foodonastump! WHERE did you get my picture? ? ? Seriously, Lou, it sounds like a fun idea, but some people, (me, for example) just aren't real keen on putting much personal info on the Internet. And photos are personal info. . . . Hopefully, others here won't be such a coward as I am. . . Rusty