Ollierose, You don't know how right you actually might be! I have had jugs sitting on my porch or indoors "overwintering" because I just didn't get to them. I have learned (I think), and I may actually only sow 200 containers this year (I'm at 182 or so now. I still have Basils and Zinnias to do...then whatever stragglers I find). Linda

my house has a 2 car garage with each having an individual door. the garage is maybe 24' wide with 2 ~8' doors. i park my Ram 1500 4x4 on one side, my wife parks her impala on the other. no problems anywhere, other than it can get tight trying to get out of my truck on the passenger side. we can open our doors fully and neither vehicle hit the other. if you have to turn into your garage you need a wide door. if you drive straight in/out like we do, a narrower door is fine. our doors to our service bay at work are 12' wide by 14' tall. we pull big rigs in with out a problem. my stepdad though cannot back his Avalanche in without getting all cockeyed. soem people jsut cannot drive! i mean him by that, not any poster here.

Glad to hear all is well. All medication has some risk of side effects. The key is to determine whether the risk of taking the meds is greater than the risk of not taking them. Sometimes that involves some personal judgement and isn't a black and white call that can be made entirely by your doctor.

Kristine, may I ask if your photo (as it is showing) right side up or upside down. I know that rrd is supposedly rare in the pacific northwest. I also have roses with many large thorns as part of your shows. The bend in the cane is disturbing. Do you remember if this cane was soft at all? Was the cane getting thicker as it grew? Where leaf sets equally spaced? How was the shape of the leaves? Was the cane thicker than the cane it grew from? These are a few things that you might take photos of if this should happen again. Our roses can give us some crazy growth sometimes. I likely have removed several canes needlessly. So without being able to see much of this cane, my guess is that I would have removed it as well. This is based on the quick change in the type of thorns. The large thick thorns look great. The shorter thorns at the bend are somewhat odd. I would feel comfortable with removing the cane and letting the bush remain as long as it remains healthy. Right or wrong my roses will grow new canes so I like to err on the side of caution. I no longer remove a rose unless it is infected in more than one place or it grows back sickly after removing a cane. Lets face it sooner or later rrd will be in the pnw. I hope this made sense or was somewhat helpful.