Ok, here's one for you, my plants will be 2 years old next year, hopefully they'll put on a great show this summer. Guess this plant, botanical and common name please? Sharon

melissa.mmm...thanks SO much for the recipe, they look wonderful...I am going to need the no calorie day after eating them..LOL I think I would like a " no cost " day....could Buy anything you wanted ...just for one day...oh, I am dreaming too...LOL Ok, I dont know if I can type it ALL, BUT I just recd my box, and WOW, did Pixie spoil me !! I recd pond plants..which I am gonna surprise hubby with for his pond. A cute card with two mystery seeds SEVERAL named cannas, and in PINK, which is my fav plant color.. Lots of great chocolate two little chocolate bunny statues..they are too cute ! a mini greenhouse with pellets to grow my mystery seeds CHOCOLATE MINT GERANIUM, for my choc garden... some Iris and daylilies Shasta daisy and some great recipes and recipe cards... I am so thankful for all of this wonderful stuff to enjoy...thanks soo much !! Oh, and a nunch of seeds... I think I need to send a bit more to my buddy next month, I thought we were to stick to the list...now I know better ! Thanks for making my day !!!

Hi everyone! Dont fall over! I know I haven't posted in a while, lol. Trying to sort seeds for the seed swap I'm in. I've been neglecting the seeds for a long time. But I'm excited about that seed swap! I'm so excited right now, because the sun came out!! It has been absent for too long. I'm so tired of rain, cold and gloom. Our Fall is gone. No beautiful trees, no smell of dried leaves. All of the leaves turned brown and stayed wet on the trees. Then they fell. Not all of them yet, but there are no oranges, golds, etc. ***sigh*** I hope everyone who has been ill is feeling better, if not well! So far my family is lucking out, but it is early in the season. cAROL, that was a nice box you sent to Dan. I hope you get yours soon, too. Have fun with your new flower bed! (just don't work too hard!) Dan, hope that box gave you a pick me up, and your not feeling so tired anymore. Do the cats have the the tissue shredded yet? Cats are so funny when they play! Heidi, I'm not sure what is next, or who is down to host next month. Hi Carmen!! (jumping up & down, wavin'!) Best wishes on your new business!! Wish I lived close enough to shop there! Alana, love your Halloween graphics! Tracy, I hope your Bronchitis is about gone! And everyone else in your family is doing good! To everyone, HI! :0) and have a great day!! Karen

CityMan, Thanks!!! I had a lot of neighbors, and a few people that live in the subdivision over comment as they walk by. At first they were very curious as to what I was trying to do. Once they saw the vision (towards the end of the build) they started to appreciate it more and more. You wouldn't believe the number of people that used to just say hi as they walked by now actually stop and talk to me for 10-15 min about the end goal, type of trees, fertilizer practices, etc. It was quite amazing. I spent the better part of the summer of 2013 doing this job. Many people wanted to know what landscaping company I worked for. When they found out I actually work in IT for the city they were quite amazed. Now to answer your question each circle is 8ft in diameter. Each one is also level from front to back. I have approx. 1 block+cap showing on all the high spots. In areas like towards the bottom of the hill (the low spots) that meant a lot of fill. As I stated the low side is about 3-3.5 feet tall, so minus the 1st block and cap thats about 3ish feet worth of fill. In areas where I just have one block showing (the high spots) what I did was dig down about 12-14 inches, remove and replace that soil with my topsoil+Scott's+Compost/Manure blend. It ended up being all mixed by hand layer after layer. People asked why i didn't just get a truck full of top soil delivered. The reason was I haven't had good luck around here with quality soil. And usually after a year or 2 the soil becomes compacted and if not watered constantly turns very hydrophobic. This mix can be dug by hand, and when i say hand, I can take my hand and start digging with just a little effort, or easily dug out with a shovel. When I was first working I had 2 nectarines planted towards the bottom of the hill inside the first circle. I went to transplant them at the beginning of the 2014 season and let me tell you this..... the roots were EVERYWHERE!!! Huge roots and the rootball had easily tripled if not quadrupled in size. In comparison to my Splash Pluot planted at the same time about 8 feet over that I had to move, the Splash was easily dug out by spading around the mulch ring and just lifting out. It hadn't even doubled in root size and both plants started out the same diameter and were cared for the same (minus the soil difference). To me the soil had to be the big difference. I understand that usually members of the peach family grow quicker, but to see that much difference is mind blowing. Now I do have one nectarine to dig up and replace as the top never leafed out and only the rootstock sent up shoots so it will be interesting to see the size of roots on that thing!! :) If you have any questions let me know, and I'm sorry for providing more information than requested if it wasn't wanted. I figured I'd throw it out there for those maybe wanting to know.