So what were your best finds at the sale? I went with $200...buying and splitting with a GW daff loving cyber friend. Below is a list of the named ones I got. 1 BLB....$5....Ace of Diamonds 9w-r 2 PK.....$7....Chaste........................1w-w 2 BLB....$9....Excitement.....................3w-yyo 2 PK.....$3....Jonquilla.....................no info other than that is the name 3 PK.....$1....Keats.........................4w-y 1 PK.....$1....Merry Bells...................5w-y 1 BLB....$3....New Penny.....................3y-y 2 PK.....$1....Oregon Bells..................7w-w 1 BLB....$5....Owyhee........................2y-p 1 PK.....$1....Pentucket....................9w-gyr 1 BLB....$2....PollyÂs Pearl.................8w-w 2 PK.....$3....Rapture......................6y-y 2 PK.....$1....Sunny Miss...................7y-o 2 PK.....$1....Swift Arrow..................6y-y 2 PK.....$1....Thackery.....................9w-gyr 1 PK.....$3....Twin Sisters.................no info 1 PK.....$5....Boslovick......................11A Y-O $80 so far, and as you can see, they are not really common ones, or at least not to me. The rest of the budget went to packs of NO ID ones for various prices, and various quantities per pack...most 3-7 bulbs. The club had gotten together earlier in the season before digging at a member's house, and had tried to positively identify these NO-ID ones. They weren't positive on the names, so they chose to sell them as NO ID ones, rather than give them an incorrect name. I'm kind of guessing that they likely are not the more common ones, or they would have been in agreement on what they were. I got NOID ones from divisions 1 through 7 and 1 in div 13, with the petal and cup colors listed. I've never met a daff I did not immediately love except Rip Van Winkle and Von Sion...both look like they are having bad hair days. Several members there agreed with me on that one...lol I was at the daff sale alone for over 2 hours, with a member helping me all the while. I think I was their best customer of the day, and they gave me a complimentary Society Membership. Whoo-Hoo! I stopped by the iris sale then for a bit. Their TB were all $3, and the smaller varieties were $2. Not really being familiar with any varieties I was looking for, I passed except for buying just one...besides having already spent my budget. There were georgeous daylily pics posted above the fans for sale. I just looked a bit, and it looked like they mostly ranged from $5 to $10...rough estimate. I was not looking for anything in particular, and was on such a daff high, I didn't buy any. The hostas I did not take in at all. They were potted, and I noticed there were not many left at 11 when I left. It was a wonderful morning, and I was glad I had gone alone. No one other than a daff lover would have been content to wait patiently on me to finish my shopping trying to get as many varieties as possible. Sue

Interesting... Spring is here now... so take some solace in that... I would say normal to maybe a week late... My Dad loves to tell stories of Hard Freezes even till July 4th up in Northern Michigan.... so late springs and cold weather is not totally unheard of... I don't think I could take that sort of Winter weather... but the Summers up there sure are nice... My peaches and plums are mostly all in bloom..... Apples aren't yet, though... My concern is late killing freezes since the flowers are out... Easter is our traditional "Safe" date.... I gotta say... I am thankful that we didn't get another super duper early spring - followed by WAVES and WAVES of Bugs and Disease like last year.... Thanks

I just saw this on the internet, so I checked it out. Oh great, I thought to myself, another thing to worry about! My doctor put me on a low 10mg daily dose of Lipitor 17 years ago and a minimum 5mg daily dose of a channel blocker 13 years ago. 4 1/2 months ago I stopped taking the pills. For more than a year now, ever since my doctor told me my PSA number was slightly elevated and was hovering around 6, I've been making many dietary and lifestyle changes in order to prepare for going all natural. I have cut out dairy from my diet and I now limit my red meat intake to no more than 2 or 3 times a week. I also drink a glass of soy milk every day and a glass of pomegranate juice, along with pomegranate extract, green tea extract, a fish oil supplement, a garlic supplement and a daily low dose Aspirin. I'm hoping these and other changes that I have made will prevent heart disease. I feel great, and I have noticed many physical improvements, including in the bedroom, I won't go into details with that, but let's just say that I'm now doing better in that department than I did when I was in my twenties! I no longer need to take a nap every day either! I also think this earlobe thing is a bunch of rubbish. It doesn't mean anything. My left earlobe has a crease, but my right one doesn't. So what does that mean? LOL Anyway, my advice for anybody is to take good care of yourself, eat well, be physically active, and don't smoke, etc. You should be fine if you do these things. Life is like a lottery at the best of times, so there's no point in worrying about things needlessly, unless there's a really good reason to do it. Oh, and I don't go to that doctor anymore. He was a pill pusher. I've been checking my BP at home, and my average number since last June is 138/82. Not great, but still normal. I expect it to go lower over the coming months as the effects of the changes kick in. My BP has always been at or very close to this number my entire life anyway, even when I was on the pills. It's just the way that I'm built. I'm 54 and I don't have heart disease (at least not that I know of!)

Neil - I really appreciate the hunting spirit, but I think I should stop at 2 Lauii(s). I stopped by my local Lowe's yesterday, and amidst all my whining, they restocked! I took out my phone and went into frenzy mood snapping everything. They had quite a few varieties that caught my eye - Chihuahuaensis, Agavodies x Pulidonis, Neon Breaker, Sunburst. In the end, I caved and got myself a Pachyeveria Exotica 'Powder Puff' for $3. Their bigger size plants were going for $5. (crazy prices, had to talk myself out multiple times before I put them down) Will post a report with pics on another thread. Azt - Looking forward to all your crazy cacti blooms! There were a couple of Mammillaria Gracillis Fragilis bulbs that "happen to fall into my Pachyveria's Pot", so I'm attempting to root them and hopefully grow them.