Hey Joe...quite a selection..Very nice plants before the holidays...:) Is your Holly true Holly or common name? Leaves resemble Holly, but thought Holly had white blooms??? Very nice haul. I passed a Good Will twice in two weeks..must have recently opened. Considered going inside, but was in a hurry so didn't get to check their products. Do they sell large pots? 10" plus... Ohio..hmm, there are a few Ebay sellers in Ohio, but can't think of any nurseries.. There is one nursery, World Plants, but can't recall if they're located in OH....www.worldplants.com I'm certain some of my plants came from Ohio, but can't think of any particular place at the moment. Can't even recall which city. Are you saying, you will not order plants via mail before the holidays, but will buy locally? Turkey Days? What about Christmas and New Year's Day? lol Very few nurseries ship after October, and those who do want to get rid of 2012's etc, stock. Remainders are usually discounted. Joe, did you know, once you joined GW, you become one of us? Pods who grow pods..lol, j/k...Happy Halloween. Actually, most plants prefer cool temps to hot, but that depends on how cold. If you start seeing ice on the walls, it's too cold..Then YOU better find a warmer place..lol. Joe, you were very heroic rescuing the little bird..Thank goodness. The neighbors across the street, husband and wife, rang my bell, asking ME to shoo a bird off their front porch..A Blue Jay. I was totally embarrassed for them. Two adult people asking a neighbor to shoo away a little bird! Good, ol' college days...lol.. About plastic..although our windows are semi-new, they leak air. During winter, when temps are -2, a slight draft seeps in..plants on the sills are cold..The cold is a horror to succulents. So, this year, I placed clear plastic on the sills. It might not be 100% effective, but I had to try something. Place a hand near the sill, it's very breezy. They say it's because the house is settling, which may or may not be the exact truth. IMO, the safest windows are the old-fashioned types..With a screen/storm window. Is that the name? lol..Haven't thought about the name in a long time. Two windows opposed to thin, 'gas' panes. New windows are a lot less work, I'll give them that..no painting, and easy to open and close, but new windows are nowhere as protective as the old types. Just my opinion. That's the reason plastic now goes on each window. Nope, can't afford a larger gh..lol.. Believe me, my dream is to design my own house w/attached solarium. Unless I win the lottery................. Next year, if all goes well, I 'might' sell some plants on Ebay..Agaves, 'pups will stay,' 2 Pachypodiums and a huge Pandanus. The Pandanus/Screw Pine has outgrown space. I detest this house w/small rooms...even if I didn't have plants, the rooms are tiny. Thank goodess there's a third bedroom, which is now a plant room..lol. I love Geraniums...what type did you get? Toni

I sent in the "Santorini of Greece" tomato to the swap. After flooding, extremely high humidity, heat, etc. last summer, the Santorini was one of a handful of plants (out of 40+ varieties) that never showed a hint of disease and when everything else stopped producing during the worst of the heat, it continued to pump out tons of fruit. It definitely was the workhorse in my garden and will certainly be considered for another spot in the garden this season. The fruit is ribbed, probably around 4-6 oz. and was meaty like a paste but much more flavorful than most paste tomatoes I've tasted.

The Tv chef was Ellie Krieger. Heres a superfood recipe for Coconut!!! Cheers! Susie Cherry Almond Chocolate Cluster Ingredients 1 cup(s) nuts, almonds, toasted in a dry skillet over a medium-high flame until fragrant, stirring frequently, 3 to 5 minutes and coarsely chopped 1/2 cup(s) cherries, dried tart, coarsely chopped 6 ounce(s) dark chocolate, 72% cacao, finely chopped Preparation In a medium bowl, toss together the almonds and cherries. Line a baking sheet with waxed paper. Melt half the chocolate in the top of a double boiler over 1 inch of barely simmering water, over the lowest possible heat, stirring frequently. Remove the pan from the heat and stir in the rest of the chocolate. Remove the top pan with the chocolate in it, gently wipe the bottom, and set it aside for a moment. Replace the simmering water in the bottom pan with warm tap water. Put the pan of melted chocolate on top of the warm water. This will keep the chocolate at the right temperature while you make the clusters. Stir the fruit/nut mixture into the chocolate. Spoon out heaping tablespoon-sized clusters of the chocolate mixture onto the baking sheet about 1 inch apart. Put them in the refrigerator to set for 15 minutes. Store and serve at room temperature. Serving size: 1 cluster. Nutrient Note: Good source of fiber. About This Recipe Prep Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 5 mins Total Time: 30 mins Contains Nuts Vegetarian Good for Leftovers Nutrition Facts Number of servings: 12 Amount Per Serving Calories: 155 Total Fat: 10 g Sat Fat: 3 g Cholesterol: 0 mg Sodium: 5 mg Total Carbohydrate: 15 g Fiber: 2.5 g Protein: 3.5 g

Lemon Verbena (can grow 6 feet/like a small tree i've read, mine's at 2 feet+, used for tea/food/etc and smells amazing all the time), and Lemon grass (west and east type for tea/thai food), Honey Melon Sage(mainly for the smell, havent had a chance to cook with it) are the only 3 herbs I brought in for the winter. I am already covered on all the novelty/less commen herbs possible that I could find from the last year and a half, now moved onto fruit as you can see, which is more longterm/care/lifetime wise generally. I have about 15 types of mints I will regret planting later im 100% sure but worth the wonderful scents, outside in cinder blocks down the pathway i'm building with 50+feet of flowerbeds and trellis's around the side of the house that has never been used, on month 10 clearing it out from weeds/building plant related/sidewalk), On the left each cinderblock with a different mint to spread down the unwalkable/passable hill full of weeds. thats used to keep anyone from falling down the 20-30+feet and mints/catmint, goji bush,strawberries and kiwi at the with grapes for the trellis's, and right side Saffron bed with a few hundread bulbs now from the previous 50 and that is with animals digging them up to poop in the flowerbed, gotta protect them better. Tulip bed, flowerbed, etc on the right, Somewhere among this and on the porch and other locations, Lemon thyme, golden lemon thyme, with the following basil's - Cinnamon,Lemon, Lime, regular, sweet, Genvue, Box, Purple, Thai, spicy,red, and some others, Lemon grass west and east types. Lavender, couple parsley, cilantro, marjoram, lemon blam, garlic/onion chives,catnip,catmint, Mints - Orange Mint, Apple Mint, Berries n' Cream Mint, Hillary's Sweet Lemon Mint, and Lime Mint, Cotton candy mint - Of those only 2 made it? and none were pleasent overall, was refunded but i've given them a chance outside to smell better. But for sure have/better sources as well peppermint,lemon, apple,sweet,orange,banana mint (lowgrowing) pineapple,spearmint,chocolate,Kentucky Colonel, The best of something,curly, and at least 5+ types i have no idea what the name is, from the botantical/other places. Which are all unlabeled/labels faded/neighbors dog stole labels, or got mixed up, and all mostly near each other I have the seeds for that watermelon, moon&stars and some others. I didnt get any of those to fruit this year, I just found a watermelon in the yard yesterday in the monkeygrass, i mistakenly broke it and it fell out of the monkeygrass when i was digging it up yesterday, smelled so sweet, but it was cracked in half with dirt in it from the shovel. Random event actually. It was a yellow watermelon. I don't really use the herbs for food mostly for smell. Gotta love a breeze from any direction most of the year and get a good wiff of delightful mixed aroma of various plants. I did make some tasty applemint chips by mistake trying to dry them in the toaster oven, actually pretty tasty. This post was edited by JGlass on Wed, Dec 17, 14 at 12:32