oh drat! I was hoping to look in here this morning and "CONGRATULATE" the winner!!! Instead I am faced with more clues! :O well I am not sure where to start, will try to think of some words....... back later! Good luck everyone! Frances

Some flurries here too :( I see a light dusting now, possibility of accumulating 2-4" overnight and should be cleared up by tomorrow afternoon. I'm ready for spring, I want to see all my new cuttings grow and bloom, also my seedlings. Lets have Thanksgiving tomorrow, Christmas the next day, then make it spring again, OK? Shawn

Mike, sorry to hear about your eye. I cringed when I read about your misadventure. I hope you will have a quick recovery. First, your daylilies are not a total loss. I would have done exactly what you did with regards to rust - dig up the worst and throw them out. As for the rest, you can cut the foliage back, spray them (I'm only using a dish soap mixture this year - it can't hurt them or me) and watch them. Some gardeners use chemical sprays. I hope others will post and make recommendations. I prefer not to use them. This heat will slow down the rust. But in the Fall, you'll start to see more rust spores on the leaves. Some of it can be eliminated by removing only the bottom most leaves. Others will need to be completely cut back again - your call. I usually cut every daylily in my garden back to the ground in January. If I have to cut them again during the year...I think about getting rid of it. The third time - they're outta here. They won't do well anyway with repeated cut-backs. I have accepted that there are some daylilies that I can't grow here - they are simply too rusty. I try to note which ones have given others problems and avoid buying them. But sometimes, you never know. On the plus side, I can usually produce enough seeds off of the plant in the first year, to pay for its original cost (but I rarely buy anything over $50). A word of encouragement - some years are worse than others with regards to rust. This seems to be a bad year, probably due to the mild winter. There is an upside to freezing temps, afterall! Best of luck - Kathy

Ginger: The medium Weed Wrench takes a 2 inch diameter trunk, and these were really jammed into the jaws to fit. Most of these had been topped to make them less conspicuous till I could dig them out, so I can't say for sure the height. Since you have a business and mine's just for home use, I'd think you'd need both the medium and large. The instructions say that if a root doesn't come out easily, you're supposed to "pump" the handle, "rhythmically pulling hard, then relaxing the pull." If I'd done what they told me I probably wouldn't have had a problem. But I tried leaning on it with my weight, which is what I had seen my husband do to another one, and that's where I failed. So I'm pretty sure it's a malfunction in the user instead of any problem with the tool not being able to be used by a normal-sized person. I've got a couple of other saplings to pull (I hope tomorrow) and I'll post the results when I've done it. Melanie: You're supposed to have your HANDS in the dirt. You've got them mixed up with your mind... :o)