MK I am in zone 5 in northern Ohio. I have Triple Crown, Chester (for 7 years), Illini Hardy, Prime Jan (2nd year from Nourse)and last year added a Nelson's and Borderland Beauty from Fedco Trees. Last year, I had the best production from my Triple Crowns and Chesters ever. I was ready to replace them because of the lack of production from the freezing off, but last year must have been a milder spring with no late frosts, because they were very productive. I am going to give them another year. I am not a fan of the Prime Jan for our area thus far. The plants have been vigorous, but the ripening is very late and don't get enough berries and then frost hits and there are still blossums and unripened berries.

Gabe's liver transplant was a huge success. He was only in Children's Memorial for 6 days and then at Kohl's House for 3 weeks. The doctors told us that rejection is rare as long as he takes his meds. The problem has been all the viruses and stuff this winter because his immune system is so low. He catches every bug that comes along, which is pretty much what the transplant docs at Childrens said he would struggle with. My husband was tested to see if he was a match for a living donor, but he had a vein that was in the wrong place, so Gabe had to wait for a donor. He received a whole liver from a little 4-year old boy. That's about all we know. We thank God that someone made a sacrifice through their pain for us. Kids are amazing....he had the surgery on Friday 3/16; was only in intensive care for 24 hours; and was taken off all pain meds on the following Monday. He was shouting the roof down about being hungry and asking the doctors why they didn't have any food in that hospital and demanding a Happy Meal. Kids recover so fast. We met a parent there who had donated a kidney to her child and 2 weeks later was still in a lot of pain from the surgery. Kids really bounce back quick. Thanks for asking. -t

Buff, go to photobucket.com. Create an account (it is free, and they don't spam). Create an album. Upload your photo from your computer. Once you have uploaded, it will ask you to give it a tag, just click "Save and Continue". Next, you will see your photo, and there will be 4 boxes underneath the photo. Click in the box marked "HTML Code", it will copy the text automatically. Come back and paste the text in the Message: box here. Your photo will be displayed. Since Debbie has always been such a good sport, and this has been an amazing week, I have decided to play. Chapel on Lykavittos Hill, Athens, Greece, June, 2006.

Same here, been ordering from them for years and have never had a problem with William Dam Seeds, they give you a fair amount of seed, price is right and germination is great! I too usually email my order in and you can or they will phone you for your credit card information when their ready to ship. McFaydens is affiliated with McKenzie Seeds, IÂve never had any troubles with their seed or bulbs, however IÂve never bought live plants from them, so I canÂt give an opinion on that. Welcome to the Far North Forum, Triple_b!