Thanks for the responses yall. For those of you who are looking at my list for the purpose of picking roses for dry areas, the ones that are doing amazingly well are the must haves: Sombreuil Baronne Prevost Cecile Brunner Teasing Georgia (Daivd Austin) Reine De Violettes These roses have not blinked an eye. And I am shocked at the constant growth and blooming of Baronne Prevost. Truly a beginners rose!!! But, Teasing Georgia must go down in history as one of the greatest modern imitaters of an OGR, and in such an unusual color. Sombreuil? I just think it is the Sir Anthony Hopkins of the rose world - one class act! And, Reine des VIolettes? The fragrance makes it give Madame Isaac Perriere (She didnt make it) a run for the money But, if you live in a dry alkaline soiled area, go with these as well, you wont abuse them like mine were: antique teas like: Monsier Tillier ( a mack truck) Duchesse De Brabant - amazing amazing.... or chinas like Mutabilis on a northern wall (requires some water)and Old Blush And, all you beginners should get yourselves a Belinda's Dream rose, even though it is not an OGR. Hope this helps. Its just my opinion! Also, in answer to questions, Pauls Himilayan Musk was one I had great hope for. But, it was 4 yrs old and just getting started on its cluimb. A very very slow starter....If you want instant gratification and flowers, better go with Cl. Cecile Brunner - the everblooming variety , if you can find it. And, the only noisette I grew was Crepuscule,and it was gorgeous! And, I had it in a shady spot on the wall of my house. I have a beautiful photo of it if anyone wants to see it. It did not make it. Noisettes do well in the south, but they are tender roses.

Mossy, such true natural beauty! Peach Blossom, is an English Rose that has'nt gotten as much attention as some others. But it looks like it deserves a place in more garden's, 'cause WOW!!! The delphiniums's are out of this world, with my favorite color. You grow them like they do in England, where you want to sing, 'cause they are so pretty. Love the contrast of colors, between the butterfly and delphinium.

You might want to consider a worm farm system. These systems can allow you to manage you compost and worm production in a more systematic way. I suggest avoid the smaller systems you find at large chain stores. These smaller kits don't seem very well equipped to deal with the large amount of green compost waste generated by typical households. I suggest for the average household, you consider a domestic worm farm system in the order of 240 litres capacity or more, that works on the never fill principle. As well as producing what they call worm castings or 'worm poo', which is basically like refined garden soil, worm farm systems also have the ability to produce liquid worm concentrate, that can be diluted with water and used as plant fertilizer. Worm farm systems are a very environmentally responsible way to manage green waste. There are certain food waste that should not be place in worm farm systems, ( such as citrus fruits and peels and other acidic food waste etc.. ) however worm farm systems can handle most other plant based food waste, like vegetable scraps, banana peels etc... These worm farm kits usually come with worm farm care instructions to guide you through the process of establishing your worm farm. Regards, WormsRUs www.wormsrus.com.au Here is a link that might be useful: WormsRUs - Worms & Worm Farm Systems

Nappy... your guess of about 600 (euro per pound) is probably close however that is not too many for a 13 gal container. I started with two 27 gallon bins, about 2/3 filled and put about 3000 (red wigglers/euros mixed) in one bin and 5000 in the other. That was no where near high density. In the first four months the numbers way more than quadrupled without issues and last month when I added two more bins and split the populations the density was WAY more than what I'd started with in the original bins but know this, I did supply prodigious amounts of food continuously, and a generous part of it were powdered grains and other high protein items in addition to fruit and vegetable pulp. Before I ever introduced any worms into the original bins, I'd had the bins prepared already with the bedding of coir/peat and added soil/leaf compost and buried 10 pounds of juiced pulp under the bedding for about 3 weeks to get the microbe population started and so when the worms arrived in the mail I just dumped them into the bins and they had an immediately available food source from day one... and plenty of it. Within 2 days I found many of them burrowing through the middle of that pulp pile so I assume they were eating... it soon turned into a huge mass before the week was up. Your worms may be wandering out of the bin due to lack of a sufficiently ready food source. Yes, try to get some leaf litter in there or open a can of pure pumpkin or creamed corn or cooked spinach (packed without salt) and put it under the bedding and see what happens over the next few days.... you'll need to wait until a mass of worms begin mobbing it before turning the light off... in any case continue to keep the lid off the bin. Somehow I missed it that you've only had this worm bin set up for 2 days! (which should make it 5 days by now)... Worm bins are an ecosystem that will take time to develop so be patient and give it a week for the worms to settle in. Remember their whole environment was just radically changed and so it will take a few days for them to adjust.... just adjusting to the pH of the bin could take a few days...