Thanks for sharing! I wish my African Violets looked so good. Mine are all happy to have lots of green foliage and no blooms. I love lithops! I killed many of them myself. Looks like your clematis are all coming up nicely.

Use Jump Start peat pellet system to start seedlings. Use a 3 Tube fluorescent fixture using power twist 5500k 48" tubes modified to hold an additional 6 CFL 25 watt 6000k lights. Use styrofoam slabs of varying thickness to adjust the height of the seedlings in relation to the lights. When seedlings are 4" tall I transplant to 4" Dot Pots or Cow Pots which are biodegradable using Fox Farms "Light Warrior" planting mix which has ferts and Mycorhiza added. I put the pots on stands in front of my South facing window till I'm ready to plant them.. Nice thing about the biodegradable pots is when I get ready to set out the plants they get planted as well so you don't have transplant shock. When I do plant my seedlings whether it be in containers or the earth I make up a dip solution containing "Biota Max", "Actinovate" and "MycoGrow Soluable" in which I submerge the pots in for 10 seconds, allow to drain back into the bucket and plant.These three products will help protect the roots from disease and help a form symbiotic relationship between the roots and the growing medium to enhance nutrient uptake of the plant. I do amend my grow bed and aggregate I use for my containers with organic ferts and lime in preparation for planting. During the course of the growing season I do add liquid ferts as a soil drench and foliar as well. When growing in containers it is very important to replace the nutrients used up by the plant during the course of the growing season. I also add molasses to the foliar solution as a spreader/staicker as well. For foliar disease control I have had good results using a mix of Actinovate and Agri Fos (EXEL LG) applied during the course of the growing season depending on the weather conditions. Tomatoes don't like wet feet so water accordingly but don't let them get to the point of wilting which will stress the plant which can cause BER among other things. Ami

Joytwo1839, Try not to post two large pictures next to each other, so the page doesn't distort and pull out all the text horizontally. When you create a post, there is a preview page before final posting, so you can see how your creation will look like, and you can make changes to fix it, if you see mistakes like that. Great tomato display by the way... You must have a lot of friends. :o) Yellow Pears in the making Sun Gold ripening Sun Gold just before being devoured

6 people in 586? I'm stunned. Good for them though. for not caving on other decisions. still. dang. I think a lot of companies, say your limestone companies, used to actually build these little houses for the workers. Some places probably made them pay exorbinant rent to live it them, like the coal miners. In Battle Creek where I lived a lot of these little houses were for the workers who worked in the cereal factories I think. I did drive out of my way to go by the original house posted here. It looked fairly nice, tough to do driveby's someone is ALWAYS right behind me. I'm not actually considering this place but if I were, despite the lot size their are neighbors all around including behind and no real screening so it was unsuitable for me. Their big issue is i think that this is for sale right next door. Which would you take for essentially the same price? The bigger house on a slab? or a tiny house with a basement (not a walkout but lets assume its dry). Here is a link that might be useful: house next door for sale