dont know what these other people r talking about personally i think you have ruined what should b a perfect conical tree but then then i suppose each to their own

At earthbox dot com you can buy just the container set (without the wheels and trellis system) for about $30 each plus shipping. There are discounts for quantity orders. I rig my own supports with $5 towers from Lowes and they work fine. The larger tan ones are great. They are called EarthTainers and you make these yourself. Find instructions at Raybo's site www dot earthtainer dot org. The advantage to Raybo's design, IMO, is the 10 gallon water tank. The Earthboxes have a 3 gallon water supply, which is fine if you monitor it every day or run a drip hose into the water tube. My plants in the smaller Earthboxes are just as big and healthy as the ones in the larger Earthtainer. Truthfully, I think the EarthTainer costs more like $55 to build, especially if you get the heavy duty cages, which aren't cheap. The two Rubbermaid tubs you use to put it together cost $13-$15 a piece. Anyway, I'm sold on 'em both.

I cut out pattern for wings & tail using her mat with the 1 in. marking on it to get the right size. The tail is 3 1/2 in long way & wide part at top is 2 7/8 in. part that goes on bulb is 1 7/8 in wide. Each wing is 4 3/8 in long & 1 5/8 in. wide. So all you have to do is shape it like she did.LOL I think A red bird would be perfect for Valentine's day also so I have to paint that bulb. The feet should be about 1 5/8 in. long. I'm using pink for white bird & red for red bird. Won't look like Cardinal(my favorite bird) but think it will be cute. Haven't decided on eyes for white 1 but thinking I'll just try several things, beads,pompoms or? WIP Jan

"Breathe. Ex is showing her immaturity. Let her. She's probably not even aware of exactly what she is doing." ditto. I had outpatient surgery last week (laparscopy) and BM found out about it. She called DH that day to say she neeeded to take her DD to the dr. and might need DH to pick SS up from soccer, and then she'd meet them somewhere to get SS---it was her weekend. DH told her he couldn't and she must have pushed the issue b/c he finally said "love is having surgery this afternoon." I was released from the surg. center about 4 pm and I kid you not---from then until about 8 pm, BM called about EIGHT TIMES. It was INSANE. First she called when we were leaving the surg. center---she wanted DH to give her directions to the Shop N Save close to our house, since she had just left soccer practice w/SS. Then ten mins later she called again--she was "lost." Then she called about ten mins after THAT. SS had gotten his pants wet at soccer practice and BM wanted to know if they could come by our house to get pants for him?? DH said no, we weren't even home. Then she called back a few mins later AGAIN wanting to know why SS had only one shin guard on???? At this point, DH got exasperated and turned his ringer off. She NEVER calls this excessantly. Both DH and I know it had some wacky thing to do with me--she cannot stand the thought of DH being with me, or taking care of me---who knows---we cannot quite put our finger on it, but it's some weird jealousy thing. Anyway, DH went by the movie store w/me and then ran into Walgreens to get me some soda--by the time we got home, and settled, she had called several more times, but never left a message. WACKY!!!!! DH just kept his ringer off the rest of the night, and then called SS at bedtime. Sorry to hijack! :)