LOL, it does look strangely like the worms had something to do with it, doesn't it? :D I've already run the gamut: dogs, chickens, bunnies, moles... what's one more garden guest, really...? I'm pretty much counting on the likelihood that if ANY of these little baby plants survive and grow, they will get to a point where I start having hope, and then the deer will come to visit. Sigh... Next year, I am building a maximum security prison around my garden before I ever bring the first seed or plant in...

A land line can be a life line in an emergency. If satallites go out during a storm or are blocked, and that happens a lot here, a land line can be an asset. Ditto for when the cell phone company screws up and you need to make an important call. Just get the cheapest, basic service with no extras. I hate paying for crappy landline service too but feel more secure with another option for communicating in an emergency. If you are thinking of getting an alarm system for your home they may need a phone line to hook up to too.

Vladimir,...I would be happy to..I would even meet you some where and just hand you one. It would probably be easier to hand you one that to ship it. If I ship it, the top would have to be lopped off, but if I hand you a pup, it would be without being cut at all. Thanks too for your care... Steven thanks for your kind comments ))) Jersey, thank a million...I am one that hates taking pain meds...But if feels much better without any of them and for that I am excited..I am too young not to put in an implant in..It should be fun. I cracked this tooth and out cause an infection that need to come out( Jinny, I figure why have others spend money for something I have extra of, ...Actually with all the folks I have gotten to know here, I would share any of my plants that allow me....Yes much better..Thank you)) Devsense, no worries..)

If you think that map needs updating, you should get in touch with the administrators. I see in this study, of actual dates of last frost, that in the last ten years four years have seen last frost in mid-May. Not completely clear where on LI this was done. Presumably on the eastern end. http://longislandsoundstudy.net/indicator/early-and-late-frost-indicator/ But my point was that mid-May was a perfectly good time to put stuff outside. If you just put seeds outside, yes, in June things will be kinda tiny. If you have a choice of whether to direct-seed or put seedlings out, that choice turns into one of how big your seedlings are going to be come mid-June. Nothing untrue or misleading about that. Let me say that I do not garden there, but I have friends who do.