Thanks to hostarookie for keeping the count & doing the Excel spreadsheet! Posts through 9:45 am on 4/29/11 are included here, others will be included next time. Please post any corrections & we will work on them! Zone Wars Total: 17,910 Please post here with your current TOTAL count. Happy sowing! Zone 4 = 1129 Zone 5 = 6568 Zone 6 = 4402 Zone 7 = 4740 Zone 8 = 1071 Please click on the link to view the Zone Wars Spreadsheet Game on! Zone 6 = 4402 Zone 7 = 4740 It has been previously announced that containers sown on Winter Solstice Dec 21 - May 1 count for Zone Wars. You can celebrate May Day & sow containers! You have until midnight of Sunday, May 1, your local time, to sow containers that will count for Zone Wars. Any containers sown on May 2 do not count. Please post ASAP. You have until midnight on Wednesday, May 4, to post your final total count. Winners will be announced shortly thereafter! Gardenweb uses Eastern Time for the time stamp - sorry West Coasters! Midnight May 4 should be GMT -4. Any post dated May 5 on will not count, as we will need to wrap this up & move on to our seedlings! Happy Sowing! We've enjoyed being your counters! Signed Hostarookie & River

Wow! That is one spectacular collection!!! Question for you. What is the plant in photo #16? (One with red speckles) I have had one for at least 10 years who is reluctant to bloom, but very big and healthy. I don't know what it is, however, so am waiting to be surprised, but am getting impatient. Do these take forever before they bloom? It gets morning sun and a lot of light. Perhaps not enough light?

Wednesday, May 20, 2009, 7pm-9pm @Camilla Room, Harry P. Leu Gardens 1920 Forest Ave, Orlando, FL 32803 FREE to the public Growing Culinary Herbs is this months topic with an overview of varieties, cultivation tips, and where to get plants from locally. Bring your favorite recipes, perhaps a tasty sample, and any plants, cuttings, and seeds to share. As always, bring any surplus from your garden to share, treats for the tasting table, and plants and gardening supplies for the raffle table. The meeting is free and open to anyone interested in organic farming, foods or products! Arrive early at 6:30pm for socializing, food, and beverages. Afterwards we continue the discussion nearby at Ethos Vegan Kitchen from 9-10pm.

Oh thank you loves2cook. It's good to hear that these little postings can be of help. There are some wonderful books and blogs on food photography, some more technical than others, and certainly better than what I write here. I'm trying to keep it simple for now, and haven't mentioned words like aperture, shutter speed, ISO, so as not to frighten anyone LOL....at least not yet! SharonCb