Brandon7, that sounds very condescending. I know a lot about gardening, but not trees. I took the best bits of info and put a reasonable idea on how to fix the tree. Also, currently I have two jobs and no time to take pictures and do research on what other info you think I should provide. That's why I asked here. If this tree didn't mean anything to me I wouldn't have taken the time to cut off every limb with a handsaw then roll the tree off the dogwood, and bruise up my legs so bad that people gave me funny looks at church. I did this in remembrance of Christ, I was taught growing up that this tree symbolized His crucifixion and after what the storm did to my family and I, I needed a personal resurrection of knowing I could actually do something about all the bad events that had happened. Thank you for the luck, but I've got a loving God that will teach me what I need to do to care for His creation.

Don't waste your time ladies and gent.... She knows her BF is a deadbeat and she supports him. I wanted to say the same thing so badly. Life together, Quirk stated "you get to see how your partner parents. Not how they say they plan to parent, but how they actually do parent." Why are there not enough clues for you? It is all these types of things that happen over time you get to see and scrutinize to determine if this is the kind of person you want to plan a life with. What you are doing is deciding you want a deadbeat dad for your own child(ren); you are deciding that for your own children, you want not only a deadbeat dad but one who is emotionally abusive to them and to you; you are deciding you want a man who is so controlling you stay confused most of your life and there is no way you can possibly do anything right because he finds something wrong with everything (the subject of his daughter is only the tip of the iceberg); you are deciding you want a man who does not consider your time, your feelings, or your existence as a human being who deserves any kind of respect; you are deciding you want a man who use his passive/aggressive tactics to constantly keep you feeling guilty and make you think you are the one always in the wrong; you are deciding you want a man who will bad mouth you to your children, family, and friends. You are not special. You only fool yourself into thinking you are because you are the person with him and you just loooooove 'im. But when the two of you break up (unless you take his abuse for the rest of your life), you will see him do the exact same things he has done to his ex and his daughter. With each of your subsequent posts, you make clearer the things you stated prior. I don't know why we have to pull your teeth because some of the initial posts have lacked information we would need to in order to satisfy what you expect from us. They also made you look like the bad guy. A little of that part I still question but really think those circumstances were created out of your desperation to finally do something that pleases him - a man who cannot be pleased. But this is getting worse by the word. Sylviatexas had him pegged from the beginning. LOL I should have known better than to second guess her. There is nothing to figure. There is nothing to try an remedy. There is nothing to talk to him about to try to straighten out. The only thing for you to do is decide to stay (all the things you are deciding you want) or go. But that was never your question, was it? You already said you don't want to leave. Therefore, I hope you are able to eek out a happy life and smile through the misery.

I do get chilies nine month of the year as a rule, because I stagger planting them, and early spring is my only down time - like right now :(, although I have a few that are ready to pick from some old plants. I threw some tomato seeds in with one of my old chili plants, and now it is overgrown with tomato vines, which already have green tomatoes on them. I plan to do some repotting this afternoon. My indoor temperature is always above 70 during the day, but we allow it get down to 66 at night, if it is cool enough outdoors. In warm weather, we cool it down to 68 at night. I have a terrarium in the garage that used to house a couple of iguanas (which I gave away), and it has a heating element in the bottom of it. Perhaps I could use that next year for starting my seeds. I could probably set it up in the guest room, but that is on the northeast side of the house and does not get as much light. I guess I could get a grow light to go with it, however. I really do want to be able to start seeds myself and am willing to put the effort into it, since many of the plants I cannot find as plants.

Both, is what I do for all of mine. I let mine soak in water prior to repotting, so that my plants are fully hydrated. Then I take my garden hose and spray away all of the old soil. This works great because I can blast away all of the old soil with minimal root damage. The high pressure from the water doesn't harm the roots, and it helps to untangle them as well. After I'm finished repotting them, I gently spray them down until I'm certain all of the soil is hydrated. Plus, it helps the soil to settle down, too. From there, I just let the excess water drain away and move my plants back to where I keep them. I just spent the better part of the past two days repotting many plants. All of them get the same treatment, and I've never encountered any adverse issues from it. I still have several plants to go, and they'll all get repotted just the same.