Thank you Toni. This plant did not have one leaf left on it. I was shocked to see it pull through!!!

I don't know many of them - although some things are easy. There is a Moss/Fungi forum, it is kind of slow - but it's worth a shot. You have to put the photo in the gallery and then I'd put a message on the discussion board for it to let people know to go look in the gallery. Here is a link that might be useful: Moss and other stuff forum

Gesila, how neat of your DH to take the heat if the beautification program is discovered. How about putting up a sign that says Hosta Desplay Garden donated/planted by........ and make it official. Do you have a Keep XX Beautiful up Michigan way? Oh yeah. Someone commented on my thread about the Hosta Shade Structure that "it never happened if you don't get a picture." How philosophical is that!! So where's the Eternal Flame? Never happened? And I was out potting around the garden, in between bouts of rain. Eventually it just opened the spigots and I had to retreat, dripping wet. But I put every last SEED in the house into the ground, including watermelon and birdhouse gourds (not together), summer squash in the front yard by the street, some wild Florida Everglades tomatoes, milkweed for the monarchs, parsley, oregano, chives,--many in the pirogue (double ended fiberglass Cajun canoe)--if not by the street. From about 2pm it has been totally black outside, with the street lights on. Our Civil Defense siren went off at some point, don't know what that was about, and it was coming down like hail at one point, just not tough, but it got really cool. All the wild birds grabbed food from the feeders and disappeared. My parrots on the back deck were very quiet, so when there was a lull in the storm, we rolled their cages up the ramp into the warm area by the dryer for them to get comfy. My potting is over for the day, with the Lakeside Full Tide being the last one to find itself a home. Now to wait for the next spate of orders to arrive, about 15 more in all, which will bring the grand total of unique plants to ----are you ready for this?---136, provided no bonus plants are included.... I cannot wait to get our metal roof so I can relax in a window seat watching the hosta and listening to the rain while reading HOSTAPEDIA, shopping list in hand. :)

That's really beautiful! You should get some great eating from that. To me, that's a picture of autumn prosperity. Well, I have to run, again. Jerreth and hope to head out early, this evening, and pick up an Anatolian Shepherd puppy. Someone picked it up for us in Nebraska and it should be in Bristow by this evening. This little guy should grow up to watch our livestock, house, and my wife when she's alone. So, I'm off to do chores! George