I recieved this reply from rareseeds.com and they gave me the following messages: 1/1/08 "Michael, We only sell ground cherry seeds for $1.50 a packet or 1/4 oz for $7.50. Thanks for letting us know I will go to the site and see for myself. Pam" Then on 1/2/08 "Mike, I looked up the link and Jere also checked this out. After reading the responses to this guy from other forum members, Jere decided that he wouldn't worry to much about it. Also, the date is pretty old, almost a year. But, Jere said to tell you thank you very much for your concern about this. There are shysters everywhere it seems. Don't think this guy will get very far with knowledgeable forum members. By the way, we also have a forum. www.idigmygarden.com. Love to have you. Pam" I thought I would post this to prove it once and for all!! ~mike

GLarry, Pls. be careful repeating urban myths. They are NOT highly toxic; they CAN make some folks ill & have caused folks to lose their ability to speak (hence the name 'Dumb Cane'; this goes back to the time of slavery in America). I think I recall the main ingredient that makes this problem is something like oxalic (oxalacylic sp?) acid (causing temporary damage to the inner throat). If they were THAT toxic, they'd cause DEAD people not 'dumb' people. This is partly how inacurrate info. gets spread. (Don't image it's too good for the kitties tho'.) Also, toxicity in plants is quite a relative term, ranging from causing mild stomach upset to causing serious & quick death (like Curari, form of plant extract used by indigenous Amazonian people on their arrow points) & the entire range in btwn.

Earlier this year, I had a dream about tomato vines that were as thick as small trees, with really big red tomatoes on them. I looked it up in "10000 Dreams"--a really good dream dictionary written in the early 1900's, that you can find free online--and it said: "To see them growing, denotes domestic enjoyment and happiness." But then I read the part under the "gardens" section: "To see vegetables, denotes misery or loss of fortune and calumny. To females, this dream foretells that they will be famous, or exceedingly happy in domestic circles." So I thought, great. Too bad I'm not female. Then I remembered. Tomatoes aren't vegetables:) But I haven't had any visions. Just dreams.

Trailrunner, I'm not going to be much help with the beadboard. Home Depot offered two kinds: 1/4" pre-primed for painting, and 3/8" plywood. We bought the 3/8", and it seemed much heavier and more rigid than the 1/4". I don't know the size of the sheets, but I can tell you they were lying flat in the plywood aisle at HD. All I did was pay for them.....my son got them home and onto the porch, and the contractor took it from there. He installed them over the original double-plank (hemlock) construction of my old farmhouse. We used the same beadboard for the ceiling as well. I hope this small amount of information helps. Susan