Thanks for sharing Carla, I visited the orchard late August of this year and sampled all their fig varieties. Then I stopped at the Pomegranate orchard and sampled a few but most of them weren't ripe yet. As far as Pawpaw, it doesn't seem to develop its best flavor in California. Did people vote for their favorite? I can't wait to see the results of taste testing. Bass

Don't feel too badly Ribbit/Rabbit. My AZ garden was a bit of a bummer, too. I didn't get much out of it for all the time I spent on it, but if I plant one down here next winter I'll know to get a LOT more soil amendments and dig them down into the sand below. And direct plant rather than start stuff in containers on the south side of the house. Granny Here is a link that might be useful: Annie's Kitchen Garden

One of the most romantic things a man can do is pay attention to what a woman says, does and likes. My husband and I emailed and spoke on the phone for several months before we met. At some point (before either of us had a notion of romance), I made some offhand comment about not caring for florist shop flowers and how annoying it was when a first date showed up with the obligatory (and expensive..a bit of pressure?) dozen roses, and he knew I liked to garden. So when we met for our first date, he showed up with a modest potted chrysanthemum that could be planted in my garden, having remembered also (God only knows when I mentioned this!) that I love chrysanthemums. That one thing put him at the head of the line as far as I was concerned. Six years later he still does it...surprise me with gifts that show me just how much he pays attention to what I like and want. Malna, it sounds like you've got one like mine...I intend to hold on tight, I bet you do too! But I'm puzzled....what are "wineberries", I've never heard of them?

Thank you, everyone! Threegrad...it will be used for a little of both. :o) I'm thinking that I'll need a either a skirted or parsons chair since the legs are so long and thin. The walls will stay Whole Wheat in the bedroom, but the adjoining bath is already painted blue (SW Tradewind). I made the drapes over the weekend from white sailcloth, the blue floral and some funky trims. I'm doing the dust ruffle now out of the other fabric in the picture. It was a little too sheer on it's own, so I lined it with white. Looks pretty good so far, but we'll have to see how it turns out!