I have Barred Rocks, Light Brahmas, Speckled Sussex, Rhode Island Reds, Buff Cochin, Danish Brown Leghorns, White Crested Black Polish, Australorps and Golden Seabrights. My favs are the Barred Rocks, very sturdy and hardy birds, the chicks are very bold and are the first to try new things, sit on your lap, fly on your shoulder etc. The hens lay well and are very easy to tame and do not fight much even when confined in winter. The Danish Brown Leghorns are a bit skittish, Brahmas, Cochins and Australorps are all very calm beautiful birds, Polish are a lot of fun, we call them our Ârock stars, Speckled Sussex are sweet birds but get bullied the most and the Seabrights have a lot of attitude, the roos that is. One RIR used to be called Attila when it was a chick but has since stopped ambushing other chickens. I like them all and want to try some Buff Orps as well, maybe next year.

Already have tons of edibles and flowers yet am not complete-are we ever? smile..still in need of a few more, that's a lot of Yard Long Beans Red Noodles, Cukes National pickling, Giant White Hyssop, Tithonia ( Mexican Sunflower) Torch (red), this is it for now. Have fresh : Kale-3 kinds, collards, Verbena, Salvia Coccinea Coral Nymph and Lady in Red, Salvia Red ( Splendens), plus have more-let me see your wants-might have some, hope to make a good trade, have a good day, Bea

Sherry, I don't think anyone has mentioned Lobelia. It is a low plant that reseeds itself, about the height of Alyssum. The particular variety we had when I lived in the California Central Valley is a very dark, intense, blue with bronze/green leaves. It's great in a pot with something else, as it will trail over the side, and its color just sets off colors next to it, especially apricots, creamy yellows, etc., but actually lots of other colors as well. It's best (IMHO) as a companion, because just on its own it's low, and the flowers are small, although there are a lot of them. You might like to look at it in a nursery - it also comes in a lighter blue and a pink, but neither of those two did for me what the dark blue did. I don't know how it would do in Florida, but it did fine for me in Merced. Now that I'm in Sacramento, I'm going to plant some in a few pots that I can place among my roses in their bigger pots. I think anything bigger would overpower my potted roses, which are still pretty small. By the way, Mlle. Jeanne Philippe is finally hitting her stride (I remember that we both bought that at the same time, although I think something happened to yours). She has all these little, pale apricot buds all over her. Happy planting... There is just no stopping you!!! Laura

Lisa, I just got a new guide this week, and it is Feb 23 at 3:00 pm est. I also got the kit that they had. I had gone to a Creative Memories party and I really enjoyed doing a page then. I wish I could go through all my pictures and redo everyone. It takes alot of time though. I will enjoy this BB! I really enjoy scrapping!