I am so surprised to read about your T&T orders. I did not order this year as had too many plants to place from last year, but have ordered from them for years and had orders arrive in excellent condition. I wonder if they have a new supplier or a major change in staff? Postal problems? I now go to the city every week as well as have a local greenhouse, usually able to find what I am looking for so have only ordered lilies and Irises for the past number of years. The lilies have always been healthy and have some lovely T&T plantings. I did need to have Iris germanica Darkside and Prudence replaced, they were soft and smelly but the replacements bloomed last year ... they are spectacular, absolute beauties so don't be missing out on Darkside! Occasionally one cannot find some of varieties one is looking for so would love to have a few catalogs, I would appreciate the Parkland Perennial catalog address as well as any others you are finding exceptionally good as to varieties and healthy plants. Thanks, Gerry

Ilene, I don't think that is what you are looking for. That squash is more like zuchinni. The neck has NO seeds at all and only the bulb contains the seed. When pulled young you can't see any seeds at all in the entire squash. The flesh is very firm and is a buttery yellow color although the rind is light green. I had three plants in one huge tub and that provided all we could eat. I also made 11 quarts of squash pickles using my extras and a few yellow squash. It is perfect for squash pickles because it is uniform size all the way down the length of the neck of the squash, much like a cucumber. The vine is huge. It went up a 5 foot tomato cage, then down again, and across the yard about 15 feet in each direction. It was already a couple of feet above ground level. I found one squash bug on it and the next day found a few clusters of eggs which I destroyed. Nothing else bothered it all year. The early squash were a little slow to pollinate, but they are so obviously decernable that they are easily hand polinated. I know that some people say that if left on the vine they can be used like winter squash, but I don't think I would like that, and they would be impossible for me to store. In fact, I was beginning to get tired of cooking them. I stir-fried them, boiled them, steamed them, and made squash pickles. I only have a few more commercial seed, but I did make an attempt to save some. I really kind of forgot about saving seeds until it was almost too late, but I let one stay on the vine a little longer, then cut it and saved the seed. Much of the seed looked too immature to me so I just destroyed it, but I did save a few. I haven't tested them, but they look like they will be OK. I promised some to another friend and I don't have many, but I can send you a few if you want to try them. You only need a few plants to feed the neighborhood anyway. Send me your address if you want a few. Carol

Donna I had the same issue with the range being higher than the countertop. The countertop is exactly at the proper height of 36" but the lowest you can adjust the range down to is 36-3/16. My bet is this is a carry over from the older GE frame design where the slide in range top slightly overlapped the countertop. The minimum range height was designed so you could not go any lower and put strain on the range top. The best solution I have found is to use the optional GE stainless steel trim kit. I posted a pic of it in this thread back on Aug 5 , 2018. It's getting close to 2 years since I installed mine and still loving it.

Hey everyone. Thanks for the bingo prize Susan. I wasn't expecting that at all. i just had a great time with the activities this month and actually tried one of the trends. go figure! you are so right about the simple things in life, my kids were like, wow 20th anniversary and you got mom a brownie! we were like - eat it and go to bed - we are tired. your garden bed is coming along nicely, where did you get all that from? was it free or did you order it? My neighbor told me about a service called ChipDrop where local tree services give you mulch/wood chips for free. The only catch is you dont know when it will arrive, how much you will get, or what trash is in it. I think its still worth it and me and my next door neighbor were planning on sharing a load. lets see if we do it... all of those babies i planted earlier this year didn't make it. i transplanted some and they didn't really grow. I did direct sow some outside, but the garden bed is slowly filling back up with grass. any remedy for that? maybe soap and water? thanks for a great swap heidi, even though you seemed to have a very very busy month! i had a great time and learned a lot this month and got some projects done too! i hear you about having the college kid back home, my husband has to go to work but all 4 kids have been home for almost a month now and i am at my wits end cooking and cleaning all day. some days i want to self isolate at a hotel! headed to post the April Swap now! Head on over everybody!