Thank you! I'll have to purposely plant some of these next year.

Hi Socks - I set it up myself...well, my six year old son and 12 year old daughter helped a bit...pretty easy. Now, I am definitely not as confident in my ability to get it to pop 'down'...we'll see... I am mostly concerned about squirrels and chipmunks, I think. They just tear into everything around these parts. One summer they used every singly seat cushion on my deck furniture chairs to pad their nests! I really despise them. Maybe they won't be interested in this (I hope). Not sure what to do to keep them away, really. So, I am trying to extend the amount of time I keep a bunch of my cacti and succulents outdoors, rather than jamming them into my sunroom this year. That way, I may try to segue them into a dark dormancy in my garage instead of the sunroom - giving them a deeper sleep perhaps AND freeing up growing space under HID lights in my sunroom. They just wouldn't get the same dry cold in the sunroom that I think I can give them with the greenhouse - maybe end up with better flowering next year, too? By the end of November, I think they will all be indoors somewhere - either garage or sunroom. Then, the snows come...seems so far away with 90s forecast all week for us ;-). Josh - I see what you mean...just hope it doesn't get overtaken by marauding banditos! T

It may still be a little early for the hostas to show up. Don't give up on them yet! If they were alive when it got cool chances are they're still alive now.

What a beautiful anemone, pinkpearls. I love its pink magenta color. Where are you? It must be nice to have spring in February. Posierosie, I believe that you are right. I did not take on gardening until I turned 40. Wish that I had the wisdom to do it early. I am glad that I can still do it now. With regards to the amaryllis, I really do not have any experience of getting it to bloom from year to year. I am still learning. Do you think that the bulb can get to a football size if fertilized that frequently? I bought some "hardy" amaryllis to try. THese are called "sonatini" amaryllis and supposedly can be left in the ground up to zone 6 if covered with a layer of mulch. I will let you know how they turn out.