The seat is split across the front,and it doesn't have any type of brace underneath anymore to hold any weight up, it fell in some just with the ceramic kitty in the seat,lol. Wish I could keep it for sitting in,it was a great bargain. But thanks for the nice comments, I think we had a really good day, it was nice to get out for a while.

Okay, Smith Red Valencia is frequently available - I would try calling around your local larger garden centers. Usually Walter Andersen Nursery in Poway or San Diego has it or can get it, same with Armstrong Nurseries - they can usually find one for you. Not sure if Clausen's has them, you can try calling them to see. Lee x Nova is carried by Walter Andersen in Poway, that's where I got mine. Valentine is propagated by Durling Nursery in La Paz/Fallbrook. That is a HOOF, let me tell you, but they do deliver, and frankly, it's worth the delivery charge as they are way, way the heck west of Fallbrook literally out in the middle of nowhere (almost up against the east side of Camp Pendelton). You can also ask them if they ship their Valentine's to a nursery close to you, and possibly set up a special order with your local nursery through Durling's. CCPP allows you to order budwood. You would have to know how to cleft of bud graft, you would have to purchase rootstock, and you'd have to have the ability to keep your grafted trees in a moist environment. Citrus grafting is a little trickier than, say, stone fruit grafting. And, there is a wait of several years before you would see a tree large enough to support fruit. Patty S.

I do the same thing, talk to plants and all the critters around. In fact just the other day I wanted to slip out front just to see about watering the front lawn and there were birds and a squirrel at the fountain getting a drink, I slip back inside but before doing so I told them to go back to drinking and I'll leave them alone for now. When I see one of my baby anoles I try to catch it to show DH how cute they are. I nearly caught one and I told him I just wanted to show him off, didn't work he got away. If one of my plants isn't doing well I tell it fine be that way, I'll just whack you down and replace you. Sometimes I tell them if you live fine if not OH WELL, I did my part. How did we get from Lazy gardener to talking gardener LOL.

When my mother went to assisted living, she refused to part with anything, & her sister rented a storage building to stuff everything into. The sister called me one day & said that the storage building was being emptied at last; she & my brothers & their wives had gotten everything they wanted... so I could come get what I wanted before the rest of it went into the dumpster. This is my family. so I drove down there & sifted through what was left & took some things & found some really old textbooks that were falling apart. I knew they must have been kept for some reason, so I called this aunt, & she hightailed it back to the storage building & grabbed those books. Her mother had been the first girl in their family to graduate from high school; back then, students had to buy their own books, & if you couldn't buy the books, you couldn't take the class & graduate. These were her mother's school books, not valuable on the antiques market, but family heirlooms. My aunt's son now has them. & the moral of this story is... Do *not* let anyone into that garage with the agreement that they can keep whatever they want until you've put your hands on every object in there. & get a friend or family member to be there with you 1) when you're going through stuff & 2) while you're keeping an eye on the people who are cleaning it out.