Thanks again guys! @BeachPlants (Rian?) (Sorry, not good with names yet) Yeah, winter didnt last long. But when it was here, it was a killer. Literally. Yeah... i sure am addicted XD thanks for the luck in track. My school is the league champions so everyone is going to be against us. Gotta do my best! @paul snow ehh? The closest thong we got to snow was little bits of hail earlier in winter. Lol. Ive only been in snow a few times. @donna yeah, the animals :P my mom like to buy those. The ones in the dirt are manatees. There is also real animals like cats and dogs running around. Its a constant battle between cacts, dogs, and cacti around here. @rosiemarie yeah, its very varied. I had a friend come over once and he was just in awe at the amount of them, as well as the diversity. Im glad i had help with the shelves too. I couldnt have done this by myself. these shelves are actually very handy.

We are 2 days away from breaking the ALL time record for snow days. Almost postive we had 50 days of measureble snow and the record is 52. We where close to also setting the record for consecutive days of measurable snow on the ground. Funny thing is that we aren't much above average. Its been nothing but nusicance snow falls of 1 to 2 inches. I'd rather have fewer and get 6" of snow. I actually love snow and say bring it. Its the sub zero weather that is so painful. Average ~15 sub zero days a year and had 40+ this year. Its painful just saying that.

I LOVE the furbabies!! Cat's do a great job of acting like they have worked themselves into an exhaustion when they really haven't been doing anything but sleeping! I usually have several but I'm down to 2 right now, Merlin the Magician (he does a great disappearing act) and Stinky (referring to his attitude, not a physical condition). The both love the garden! I call them my 'garden kitties' and my garden just wouldn't feel like a garden without them!

That's great. In my garden they have always spread too far out of bounds. I was hoping the current one would stay put,but it hasn't.My soil is good so maybe that encourages it to roam. I could surround it with a barrier I suppose. I see yards where it drifted in and colonised, but grew in a contained area and probably the owners let it stay for the Monarchs. I think that's cool.It starts looking a little ragged in late summer and fall when the lower leaves turn yellow and drop,so I think if you plan on growing it,it would be better to have something surrounding it to cover the bare spot when it starts dropping leaves. It can exude a bit of a tropical look when growing near complimentary plants in the right setting.It's a nice plant,but may need containment in many garden situations.There are quite a few other Asclepius species that resemble A.syriciana in foliage and form that may behave better,but I haven't tried any of them yet. I have a small garden so I really can't allow plants like common milkweed, Jerusalem artichoke, Rudbekia laciniata or Phyllostachys nuda,ECT,ECT, to run rampant. I have grown them all, and run they did.You can usually predict how plants will spread,but A. syriciana will zig zag and change direction and there is no telling where it will pop next.If people want to grow it, that's cool. I would say just exercise caution and plan on some form of containment if you have beds planned out and don't want unplanned elements marring your completed vision.If you have it drift in on the breeze and you don't care that it spreads,and you want to keep it for the Monarchs,well that's a great,noble thing to do also.They need all the help they can get!