Thank you granite, for posting my pictures for me. I wasn't sure how to do that. THANKS! :) Thank you all again, for the super nice comments on the garden and my children. mid_tn_mama, as a mommy, it always so wonderful to watch your family work together, play together, and learn together! I love your "friendly competitions" idea, I will have to remember that. Thank you. And yeah, we are expanding a little more. We are going to grow blackberries along the chainlink fence, grapes over the arbor, a bed full of strawberries, a box of potatoes, and trellis some "icebox size" watermelons and cantaloupe, 2 dwarf blueberris in a long pot, raspberry bushes in the landscape along the wooden fence, and more tomatoes in pots. Also, we plan on planting a few fruit trees in our backyard, were just undecided on which kind. Bonnie, yes we did put the beds together and set the boxs in first, then laid fine gravel and pavers around them, to help support the boxes. So, the boxes go down quite a few inches. Jim, my kids and some neighborhood children are so excited and looking forward to gardening this year. I was so tickled last year at what fun the kids had with the garden. We have lots of kids in the neighborhood, and the children loved coming over and help water, watch the things grow, find bugs and catch the bad ones, learn about pollination, and eat! There were so many kids who had never been introduced to many of the veggi's we grew, so it was satisfying to let these children discover and enjoy fresh vegetables. Plus, we had the little ones over to cook/bake, we made mini loafs of zucchuni bread (which they shared with their parents), and chocolate cupcakes with zucchuni! They really enjoyed that! :) And Shot... My husband would love his own baseball team! But, I think eight is enough for us. *wink* hee hee hee... THANK YOU ALL AGAIN!!! Gardening is Great! And its all about sharing!!! Sharing the fruits of our labor with family, friends, and neighbors. Sharing our photos, stories, and knowledge, here with our fellow gardeners at gradenweb. Thank you all! I've learned and been inspired by all of you! :) HAPPY SPRING! HAPPY GARDENING! Keep Smiling, Amy :) Here is a link that might be useful: My Family Webpage

Dear Anna and all, Gosh...I'm afraid to post anything anymore. I was so excited about getting my last bulbs of the season, and in such great shape...and with my 2 bulbs that were "surprises" as per the website...I had no idea that someone's feelings would be hurt. Anna, I'll be happy to share some Germa babies when they get roots! Sales happen all the time and usually I'm the one that shops on Tuesday and the big sale is announced on Wednesday. In their emails, I think (I'm not sure) that RC was letting people know that the end of the shipping season is fast approaching. I can't defend their timing of the addition of the surprise bulb(s) for an order of a certain size. For once I got lucky...and again, I'll send you Germa babies if it's possible to send them to Canada. Sigh..... Kristi

Oh my gosh! Those numbers are incredible! We released our first today and it was such a rush. hadn't intended to raise one. But I'd been outside about to pull up my milkweed because I hadn't seen a single Monarch. When I bent over there was a Monarch cat eating away.....and only 4 inches away was a black swallowtail cat in the clutches of some bug that was sucking it's guts out. So I had to save it! Dell

Hi Bob. No, I have no reason other than I have little left to offer. I posted pics because I thought it might be helpful. I tried to be fair to the flower and give them consideration for their potential. I did not post pics of flowers that did not bloom well due to immaturity of the plant. Some were not mature but they were still really nice. I also finally got to the point where I think my pics are good enough to post. It only took me 15 years to learn how! Bob, my new seedlings are all done, and most cultivars have bloomed. There are a few that haven't, but they are new. I did want to post up a really good Gary Colby because I consider it to be among my very best. It is new for this year. It was thripped and too immature to post a pic. I am not fond of pics that show a poor flower. Heck no! Being offended is my hobby!