Rabbiteye type blueberries can handle our heat, but like a sandy and acidic soil, so raised beds will work best with losts of peat moss,organic matter and compost if you are in a more alkaline soil. In MG class, the recommended varieties for North Central Texas (where I live) are Tifblue and Climax. Other varieties from my book are Briteblue, Delite and Britewell. You need 2 varieties for cross pollination. They don't like fertilizer near their base and no nitrogen fertilizer because it is detrimental to the the growth of berries. Lucy, your county extension agent can probably give you more tips for them. Pam

Thank you all. :) I feel like she was sent to us for a reason and we love her so much. She hasn't snapped at me in almost a week. LOL She still doesn't care much for our pug kids but we're making tiny steps in the right direction. I took a chance on her level of trust in me and cut her hair earlier. She done very! well , much to my suprise. Healthwise, she's on a roll in the right direction. Finally putting on some weight (she was 9 whole lbs @ her vet checkup :( ) , her hair is growing back and her owies are healing. I hope on hope there's a special place in hell for the person that treated her so badly and the more I work with her and learn , the more I hope that person goes there. That isn't neccessarily the right way to think but from my experience and in working with her , I've figured out she was absolutly loved , pampered and trained by someone in her former life and then for whatever reason landed in the wrong hands. I took her to a public event and she socially gravitated toward older gentleman and not even knowing them , sat ever so gently next to them at their feet. I really think she was owned by such a gentleman and then he met an unfortunate fate of some type (i.e. nursing home, facility or worse) and whomever was supposed to care for her in a way he hoped, sure failed her miserably. She lets me work with her , love on her and care for her BUT she truly thinks the sun rises and sets on my husband so she certainly puts more trust in men than women. Lucky for her , he loves her as much as she does him or she'd be in trouble (or I would...LOL). Anyways, that's the Honey update. :) Have a safe and happy holiday weekend everyone!!

measure twice, Im not even sure we have an animal control officer anymore. We had a woman that was taking in some animals for the town at one time but we only have 500 people or less in the town proper. Anyways the woman was quite strange and we offered her a donation one time of some kitten replacement milk and some dog food that our Maltese could not have because she was put on perscription food. We could also see the rather dismal setting she had there and we gave her a cash donation. When we showed her the money she snatched it out of my hand so fast she scratched me. I had a doctors appt. later that day and the doctor gave me a tetnus shot and an ointment for my hand just in case. I never got a tax reciept from her either. lol But I digress... I am sure no one is looking for this cat as it has been hanging around here since winter and for some strange reason decided the other day to come in and visit. We had 3 families move out of the area and the neighbor up the road thinks maybe one of them left it behind. If it does actually decide it can trust me enough to let me pet it it will still stay outside as I see it marking everything and I don't need that in the house so it is free to go where ever. I will have it fixed if I do catch it. We don't need wild kittens running around here. This is a picture of my back yard so you can see we are kind of isolated around here. *hope this works* http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k42/lostnca/p42301882.jpg You can see the wild turkeys in the first one I think. The link is a long view from the patio. Lorie Here is a link that might be useful:

I was so sorry to read that you are going through such a bad time. It is very mature of you to act civilized toward your ex, but I'm with Laura and Lucy: No need to go out of your way to smooth his path; right now your main job is to get yourself through this and set your eyes on a better future. I haven't had your experience, but in 70 years, there have been a few really bad times. And every time, there were joys waiting ahead that I had no idea of. Hold to the thought of all the good things that may be waiting for you once you are over this, and hang in there! I'm sorry that we can't do more than offer our caring, but here's hoping the house will sell easily for a good price and you find a new one that you will be very happy in. Maybe with a nice sewing room? Take good care of yourself and let us know how things go.