Mary, They sell these netted sleeves through Educational Science and also through Live Monarch (see links below). I have one. If you like the one pictured on the Live Monarch site, let me know and I can mail it to you. :) I am not going to use it so...it is yours for the asking. http://educationalscience.com/merchant.ihtml?pid=6490&step=4&merchantid=4&repid=0amp;passwordstatus=passed http://www.livemonarch.com/teaching.htm tifannytdog@yahoo.com Here is a link that might be useful: Live Monarch site's sleeve (scroll down and it is on the left)

Oh thank you all so much!! Miss sherry, I only have one citrus tree actually planted in yard so far, it was here already and it's a Washington navel dwarf, and thought it was dead after all the freezes last winter and all the cats eating leaves,but recently a few shoots of new leaves started growing out from root, original tree (it's tiny) is all dead wood so idk what's going on with the new stems popping up, they are kind of on side right next to the "dead" stems. I need to plant something and get it established before I get bombarded with eggs next summer! Thanks for the coffee suggestions!! I always have coffee around so will try tomorrow!! Thanks again everyone!! So far looks like all of the cats are okay with the lime, had a few that wandered around for a few hours, I guess looking for lemon leaves. Lol, I had one 5th instar a while back, moved him indoors to feed him older satsuma leaves and leave new growth on lemon for the little cats, he had just molted into last instar, and anyway, moved him in, he didn't eat satsuma leaves or the orange leaves I tried and then he made his sling and pupated, never even purged, never ate one bite after molting last time, but he eclosed just fine and flew right off after a couple hours!! Guess he just didn't like change! �;-) I swear there must kit be a ctrr

~~~ and increased blossom drop and BER problems. In fact many commercial growers do what is called dry farming for those reasons. ~~~ Hmmm. This is one of those "takes all kinds" moments. I am finding that younger plants (or could it be cooler temps?) do suffer BER more when more moist but the plants are growing so, I can't deprive them of it too much. Older plants, seem to get it more if allowed to dry out too much. I also find that heavy fruit setters, excluding cherrys, are more suseptable as are unpruned plants and those in smallish containers. This yr. only plants in 8gal and smaller have suffered BER so far with 2 exceptions. One German Queen (she was finiky last yr too but the taste, Oh my!) tom in a 2 cubic ft. container and for the first time I remember I had to toss a half doz from one inground plant, Health Kick. Health Kick is in my "gorilla site" and virtually ignored ... no pruining, almost no suplemental water or feed. As to the prunng, I've just about convinced myself and will be sharing some photos that show that moderate amounts of pruning are beneficial if you want early fruits. Purdue has already shown a size increace. No, its not a lab grade test. Some of it you'll have to take my word and some extrapolation made. Numbers are not in question, pruning reduces numbers but to me, even though less flavorful than those when the heat comes, early tomatoes are valuable.

You did a great job polly929. It's funny how kids of different personalities/ages take in and process information. My own DD was starting middle school that year, and the school was opening later in the month due to renovation construction on our middle school building. I was at work that day, so DD was with my MIL and my nephew at SIL's house. After seeing just the first few minutes of network coverage (we had all conference room tvs on in the office), the first thing I did was call my MIL to ask her not to tune in at all. I didn't want my DD watching wall to wall coverage. Just didn't think it was a good thing. It was hard enough as an adult to watch. Long story short, I guess curiousity got the best of MIL, and she turned and kept the television tuned in... The issue for me with DD watching was more of the fact that there wasn't any filter. Coverage that day contained none of the warnings when that coverage is now replayed. No warnings that material may not be suitable for children, or is of a sensitive nature for some. We watched real time coverage of some horrible things. People who chose to jump from windows of the buildings rather than face burning to death. These people knew they were going to die, but thought jumping was a better way to go. Those images are forever burned in my memory. A beautiful fall day, I can even remember which suit I was wearing, every single detail of that day is still with me. By the time I could get to SIL's to pick up my DD, which wasn't all that long after my call. Our local office closed around 11 a.m., and by 1 p.m. I was answering DD's questions. Never in my wildest dreams would have imagined those questions that I would have to answer. Sure, DD was going to be a 6th grader, but it was too much to watch. DD's good friend lost her father that day, a Cantor Fitzgerald employee. We talked alot about that in particular. Why? was the biggest question from my DD. It is hard to explain "why?" to a child. The oddest thing of all IMHO, is that our school district did NOTHING, no moment of silence, no acknowledgment at all on the 9/11 anniversaries, despite the fact we had kids in attendance throughout the district lost loved ones. Go figure? I once asked DD's middle school history teacher, who happened to also be her guidance counselor, why this was. He explained that the district felt it was up to the parents to handle telling their own children about the event. Apparently, they didn't want to say anything about the event, for fear of a backlash from parents who totally shield their children. I don't agree that we shouldn't tell our kids when bad things happen. I think we should share an age appropriate amount of information, welcome all questions, and deal with those questions on an ad hoc basis. Polly, I will be thinking of you and your friend & her family on Sunday. It is comforting to have your closest friends to lean on, especially on a day that marks...