I enjoy ordering from a variety of seed companies for a variety of reasons. The biggest reason is that no once company has all the seeds I would like to purchase. Yesterday I ordered from Value Seeds. They have a great shipping rate, a few seeds that I have been wanting to try, and wonderful prices. I ordered Pineapple Ground Cherries, different variety of dianthus, and an unusual woodland poppy. At .49 to .99 cents a pack, it is a great sale! I am told this is a clearing house for T&M seeds. I JUST LOVE T&M! They have the half price sale and the .99 sale! I did well at both, although I wish I had waited a little longer before purchasing from the .99 sale. I think the pages on sale went from 14 to 49, or something ridiculous like that. Just recently, I ordered from Spring Hill. They sent my order with a nice, personal note AND EXTRA PACKS OF SEEDS! The seed picks were nice too! They obviously based the bonus seed packs on the ones I had purchased. It was a big surprise! I order from other companies as well. A few on EBay have extra large packs such as the butterfly orchid I plant. Also, I zoom around every seed rack in my town. Lately, I have hit Kmart for their Martha Stewart collection. I did not buy immediately, but then realized they discount the seeds from the price on the pack. Still I need some seeds. I don't have Icelandic poppies mixed colors for next year yet. Lol. :-D

Rodney, I miss California when I see a plumeria display like yours! You have an ideal climate for them and they practically grow themselves with only a bit of water and fertilizer needed. IÂm looking forward to seeing pictures of your blooms. I hope all of your seedlings turn out to be showstoppers. The thefts are shocking! There was a gentleman in Southern Cal who posted a few months ago who was dealing with people breaking branches off of a rare plumeria that had been given to him years before by his grandmother. It had been reduced to a single leaning branch growing out of a large stump. I hope he was able to reroot and move what was left of his plumeria. I lived in a gated community in Orange County, so I was able to have plumeria and other expensive plants out front so my neighbors could enjoy them as well. The "ItÂs me, IÂm entitled to ignore the rules and s@#+w you, IÂll never see you again attitude" now so common in Southern California is one thing I donÂt miss about the place. It wasnÂt always like that; now I live in a place where it is still unthinkable for someone to take plants, flowers, and fruits that don't belong to them. Philip

going to be loading my car as well soon, just in case we get some rain - I would like everything to be in there, I have other things I did not mention before - plants that is, that I am bringing too- sure there will be people there who are just starting- and I started doing clippings and now have way too many of some things out here.

Hi Coysmum, If you are free this weekend there is an open house at the 'Covington'. :) I have posted the link to the listing. If you want to check out MLS#7084117 (you could use the same realtor site that I linked to), I believe that is the Leesville, but there are no interior pictures. The Great Room in the Covington felt really nice, but you do need keep in mind that the stairs are behind the fireplace so you will have a traffic pattern there. Hope that helps! Here is a link that might be useful: Listing for Covington