Oh dear. I knew I had a little bit of an interest in growing things and I do get very excited planting seeds and waiting for them to sprout, but after reading this particular post, I am afraid it is more serous than I originally thought.........I guess I don't do too much half way. :) I have just updated my seed list from 2009 and have yet to add the seeds I have coming in this year. I do keep the lists on the computer along with the year purchased and where I got them from but that is as far as it goes. I do have lists of every plant I purchase too and my seed lists are organized in Vegies and Flowers/Ornamental. I am very manual too, Peggy. I like to take my list and my binders/notebooks everywhere.....to bed, to my favorite chair, to my neighbours ect. ect. My husband has learned to just expect me to be attached to a few seed catalogues and my friends know me as the Garden Lady. This year I did something different that I am so far enjoying. Every year I purchase a daily minder and my daughter often buys one for me too. I have been giving them away the past few years but decided to keep the extra one I got for Christmas 2011 and make it a garden journal. It is so easy! Some days I just write the weather in it and some of the changes I notice in the yard or that I updated my seeds or ordered some plants. So far it has worked great and then I can just save the books for reference. I might get the 9 x 11 whole page one next year though. :) BTW, I updated my seeds on January 2nd and 3rd but have to re enter the list since I switched programs.:) I think it amounts to an all day job. :/ Ginny Garden

Ilex (Holly). Space a few feet at least from the trunk (that's underexagerating) so it doesn't look funny or ask for others opinons while you're getting ready to plant. I'm going on first hand experience where a screen of these was robust and another large tree towered, actually, from spaces dab smack right in the middle bewteen a pair of Hollies. Dax

ooooo aaaaahhhh, there are some great photos/hostas posted here. moccasinlanding, thanks! I had almost forgotten about posting here. Will try to check things out more often. I just can't afford to want any more hostas -- no space. lol! mac48025, the hostas in the pic are: Montana aureomarginata at top center. Francee to the back left, and Undulata Erromena to the back right. I think that's Heavenly Tiara to the front left of MA, and Dark Star in the foreground. This is the first year that the deer didn't eat Dark Star! :) There's a gorgeous Plantagenia behind MA that you can't see in this pic. :p luuk, I LOVE the single heart-shaped leaf photo!

I love your glass-door cabinet and think it deserves a spot that doesnâÂÂt compete with the fireplace, such as in your âÂÂemptyâ corner (facing fireplace). Any chance that the coffee table or open console could be moved to the corner and re-purposed to hold DVD player, etc.? It could then act as an end table for whatever seating is nearby. As suggested by others, I would try reversing the sofa and loveseat to improve the traffic flow through the room. Since the sofa is higher than the windowsill, I would pull it away from the window and place a high console table behind. Hopefully there is enough room along staircase wall to relocate the recliner. The room is lovely, but to me sees a little heavy on wood. I would consider switching the wooden side table for one with a glass top, and perhaps a substantial glass coffee table that could still function as an ottoman.