carolina kate, i hadn't done the cuttings yet but will try to stick some in the next week or so for you so that if we have a later one i may have something rooted for you! and if not, it'll only be about 6 weeks or so til seeds.... hope you feel better soon! crossing fingers it gets all the wind and the worst of the rain out of its system, at least during our active times. sure will make things easier for all of us!

Paula, I'm bringing cookies too because when I was at the store this afternoon (likely while you were posting that you picked up a tray of cookies, lol), I was hungry and cookies sounded good. : ) I'm also bringing a big bowl of mixed fresh fruit. I bought red seedless grapes, green seedless grapes, pineapple, strawberries and 3 kinds of melon. Of course, I'm bringing Tim, door prizes, $$ for the potty and a few plants as well. I won't list every type of plant I'm bringing, but there's 8 flats of plants so far, including: -- about 100 tomato plants (representing virtually all the varieties on my 2014 Grow List) --five kinds of sweet bell peppers---mini bell peppers that mature to yellow or red and full-sized bells that mature to red, orange or yellow --the smallest hot pepper plants y'all ever will see but they are only a month old and fully hardened off---just tiny. They are mostly jalapenos (Early Jalapeno, Gigantea, Grande', Big Guy and probably Biker Billy), There might be an Ancho Gigantea plant or two in the flat of hot peppers. --some herbs, including Smokey Bronze Fennel, Florence Fennel, "Vierling" Dill for sure and some sort of basil, I think...and maybe some parsley --some flowers, including Outhouse Hollyhocks (mixed colors), Rose Mallow, Lion's Tail (tall, mint family, orange flowers) and Balsam. --A flower used more like an herb, specifically as a tea plant. It is Hibiscus sabdariffa and the calyx's from its flowers are used in tea--they put the Zing in Red Zinger tea. I mostly grow it just because it is a beautiful plant. I won't know until we load up the car in the morning if there's room for more flats of plants, but if there is room, I'll cram in some more plants. Looking forward to seeing everyone and so happy the severe weather won't start up until the Spring Fling is over! Dawn

BELL COUNTY MASTER GARDENERâÂÂS SPRING PLANT SALE SATURDAY, MARCH 23, 2013 7:00 a.m. -1:00 p.m. Perennials, Vegetables, Herbs, Succulents, Roses, Trees FREE INFORMATION BOOTHS BEEKEEPING - TOOL SHARPENING COMPOSTING - RAINWATER HARVESTING KIDS CAMP -ASK A MASTER GARDENER LOCAL VENDORS MASTER GARDENER BUILDING AND GROUNDS BELL COUNTY EXTENSION OFFICE 1605 N. MAIN STREET BELTON, TX 76513 Check out website below for list of available plant and be sure to arrive early. We always sell out early. :-) http://txmg.org/bell/ This helps us purchase materials for our training and educational efforts,demonstration garden plants and materials, and other miscellaneous items. No funds are used to pay volunteers nor are these funds used for anything not related to our mission. We would like to thank you for your help to support horticultural education efforts in Bell County.

Just walked through the greenhouse and the plants look good. It looks like it will be a good sale. Of course more plants in pots is the last thing I need right now. As for the fire ants, get two bricks... Just don't stand to close to the mound. LOL!