Oh man, this is SO old. Get a shovel. Probably wasn't even a hosta, WAY BACK WHEN the original pster was unhappy. Anybody who has a garden of any sort, knows that you just get a shovel and did it up whatever IT is if you don't want it. -Babka

Thank you so much for all your responses "whenever you get a new hosta, divide it immediately and put each division in a different area of the garden.." I would like to, but all of the expensive hostas come to me as single divisions, so they would need 3-4 more years until I will be able to divide them. "Why are you putting the pots in the shed for the winter?.." Because I am in zone 5-6, and to keep hungry critters away. It�s better to be on the safe side. This morning I ran out and replanted my expensive ones in pots. The gravel on the top will keep squirrels away. I would rather be on the safe side and will move them into shed for winter. I like the idea of using hardware cloth cylinders and gravel at bottom of the hole, and will replant the rest directly without pots. I really hope it will work. Thank you for this idea. I use soilless mix and the results are really good� no roots rot, but this morning I also realized that I lost another 10 out of a 2 dozen I purchased and planted last fall. I ran out of my soilless mix and was too lazy to drive for another bag. I had Miracle grow potting soil that I used to plant these 10. ALL of them are gone due to rooting rots, but the ones in the soilless mix are OK. Another lesson for me :( Out of my 0.3 acres the plant beds barely occupy 1/5 of it and I am overwhelmed with all the work that should be done to protect the plants. I do use Kaput vole baits, mouse traps, Cayenne pepper, Ammonium, slug baits ( and a beer sometime) in my arsenal. My husband, who hates gardening, would go crazy when every night I disappeared for an hour with a flashlight in my hand. I browse this forum frequently and looking at the beautiful manicured beds of hundred of hostas, and wonder how the folks with acres of hosta beds and collection of hundred of hostas are able to keep the critters and slugs away�. Dani

Love this. Here are two of mine. For some reason I have picked up the phrase, "dealie-do" for something I don't know that name of. Sort of a riff on "do dad." I have no idea where I got it or why I keep saying it when I don't even like to say it. But I say it so often my friends, family, co workers, students, etc. are picking it up and it is my signature phrase. The second one is a family code phrase. One year we went to the tulip festival in Holland and dad didn't think we needed overnight reservations at a hotel or motel, we could always "find a place." After scouring the entire west Michigan region, we finally ended up in Muskegon at the "Downtowner" which was a somewhat seedy hotel but the worst problem was that the heat was on and could not be turned off for some reason, and it wasn't particularly cold out that spring. Of course the window couldn't be opened very far either, to prevent break ins. It was not a fun night. And ever since, if my dad didn't want to make a reservation or someone said, "Don't worry, we don't need to (take this or that precaution)" we would say, "Remember the Downtowner" which became our "Remember the Alamo" inspirational phrase, albeit to inspire someone to plan ahead better.

Here is an idea. If you see rose rosette in a public place, and can't stop, can't find an email etc. Send them literature through fax. There are free online fax services. I called the nursing home but my calls were never returned, so I sent a fax. I have a fax machine at home so it was easy. If they have an email, send an attachment. This way they can't forget, or ignore what you say. Hopefully they will pay attention. It bothers me to see it in public places, so I have made it a point to take a few minutes of my time to try and do something.