Thanks everyone. I'm far enough behind on posting that the asiatic lilies are just about done and the orientals are starting. SPRINGFIELD CLAN is a big impressive flower and a beautiful clear red color. It took a while to get going here, but has been worth the wait. JOAN DERIFIELD has been very impressive. Great bud count and good increase and I love the flower.

1. How far apart from each other should I plant the 5 lillies? ANSWER ---> Plant them about 1 foot on center, e.g. each stem planted about 12" apart. I like to plant them in a small group instead of a line, so the figure 5 on a dice is what you are looking for, or 3 lilies behind 2). See this picture (if you do not see a picture in your email, go to gardenweb and look on the posting) 2. I plan to kill the grass by smothering it with wet newspaper, then add soil on top the paper, plant the lillies, and cover the soil with cedar mulch. Then, I'll add edging to define the bed. Does this sound like a decent idea? ANSWER ----> Yes, but dont cover the lilies with the newspaper. I have a couple friends who have planted lillies without amending the soil or anything and they have done great, so I was planning on just putting them in the ground. ANSWER --> YES THIS CAN BE DONE, BUT THE LILIES LOVE RICH ORGANIC SOIL, SO MIXING IN A BAG OF COMPOST (AVAILABLE IN BAGS AT GARDEN CENTERS) INTO THE PLANTING HOLE IS A VERY GOOD IDEA AND HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. DIG A HOLE 12" DEEP AND AMEND THE SOIL WITH A 3-4" LAYER OF COMPOST. AFTER PLANTING, WATER THE LILIES IN WELL BY WATERING DEEPLY FOR A LONG TIME. 3. Are Oriental lillies much harder to grow than asiatic? I like asiatic, but I **looooovee** Oriental lillies. They're my favorite type of flower, and I'd love to grow some. ANSWER --> THEY ARE BOTH EASY TO GROW. ORIENTALS WILL BLOOM LATER AND DO NOT MULTIPLY AS PROFILICALLY, BUT CAREWISE THEY ARE JUST AS EASY TO GROW AS ASIATICS. WHY NOT BOTH ?? 4. If I made a bigger bed, would it be possible to plant the lillies towards the rear of the bed and start some zinnias from seed in the front of the bed? YES, BUT ZINNIAS GROW FAST AND MAY OVERTAKE THE LILIES. ALSO LILIES NEED TO REMAIN WITH GREEN FOLIAGE TO IMPROVE THE BULBS FOR NEXT YEAR AFTER FLOWERING. YOU CAN NOT JUST SMOOTHER THEM WITH ZINNIAS. WHY DONT YOU PLANT GROUPS OF ZINNIAS AND GROUPS OF LILIES. THE GREEN STEMS WILL BE NICE ACCENTS. ZINNIA SEEDS YOU CAN JUST DISTRIBUTE AND PRESS INTO THE TOP OF THE SOIL (BEST IF YOU AMEND WITH COMPOST IN THE TOP FEW INCHES). KEEP THE AREA WELL WATERED UNTIL THE SEEDS SPROUT. THEY WILL GROW FAST IN WARM SOIL. WHEN THE ZINNIAS ARE 6-8" TALL AND HAVE SEVERAL SETS OF LEAVES, PINCH (OR CUT) OFF THE TOP. THIS WILL MAKE THE ZINNIAS BRANCH OUT AND BECOME FULL WITH MANY MORE FLOWERS. I think your idea of zinnias and lilies are good. Here are a mix of orientals and asiatic lilies from my garden. Again, if you can not see the pictures in your email, go to gardenweb and look up your post.

I don't have this problem either - like Annie, I'm perfectly willing to get rid of fabrics that have been sitting around for a couple of years. I did this earlier this year, and got rid of about 12 yards of ugly fabrics. Many were the lone fat quarter I didn't like in a bundle of fat quarters, some were yardages given to me several years ago, and some were left-over fairly large pieces, and some were from gifted "scrap bags" from quilty friends. (There's a reason I don't buy "scrap bag bundles", LOL. I offered them up on our neighborhood email first, and a young girl wanting to learn to quilt took all of it. She was going to spend the summer at her grandmother's house specifically to learn how to piece a quilt top. I was both relieved and pleased - my excess of stuff I really did not want to use went to someone who wanted to learn.

The "original" Red Robin had even better burgers!! This was a University of Washington student hangout and the food was good, plentiful and cheap. And the beer flowed!! This was a college tavern that served food long before it was a chain restaurant. I dated the bouncer there for awhile :-) Sadly, I think it deteriorated in both service and food quality once it was acquired and franchised in the late 70's. The prices certainly went up!!