Hi tim01824 and welcome to GardenWeb. I don't think you're going to like what bpgreen has suggested; however, it is the combined wisdom of the ages as compiled here at GW for the past decade. What he is suggesting is different from what you read in the magazines, books, and what you hear from the experts, but it is what works for the home owners that write in here. It is becoming more common to see people writing in here to say, "I finally raised my mower and WHAT A DIFFERENCE!" We have also seen, "I started to follow the 1-2-3 cultural practices and all my weeds went away. My neighbor's crabgrass grows right up to my lawn and stops at the border!" Bpgreen has the 1 and 2 laid out for you with watering and mowing. Number 3 is fertilizing. I fertilize with organic fertilizer on the federal holidays because they are easy to remember. I live in the pretty deep south so I start with Washington's Birthday. Next is Memorial Day (coming up), 4th of July, Labor Day, and Thanksgiving. If you use Scott's, you can skip the 4th of July because the chemical stress on the grass in the heat is too much. Daily watering is the single reason you have thatch (again, wisdom of the ages). A one-time app of too much fertilizer will not result in thatch. As you start to cut back on watering frequency, watch the grass carefully. Your roots are very shallow from the daily water.

I'm afraid I can't take credit for the photo. I should have given attribution. It looks like the photo may have been taken by Mike Darcy. I'll put the link to the original website below. Yes, they are pretty, but I wonder how much that has to do with knowing they're good guys! Strawberryhill, what beautiful plants and glorious color. I remembered from a previous thread your recommendation of Calendula to attract beneficials. When I was seed shopping I found myself attracted to the fall-colored varieties, so I bought a pack of Touch of Red. If I like those I'm going to try a variety called Sunset Tones, and Vesey's has a variety called Victorian Sunset. I started a few of the Touch of Red. They're very slow to get going so I wish I had started them earlier. In my hot climate Calendulas are recommended for growing in the fall and winter, but I'm going to see if I can keep them going through the summer. I bought Alyssum seed, too. :-) Touch of Red Calendula by plant-world-seeds.com Here is a link that might be useful: Lacewings by Mike Darcy

WOW what a great find, I can't tell you what to do about the eggs on the leafs, I'm new to raising cats. I have been looking and looking for monarch cats and have only found 4 and one died, but our first one came out of his cyrisalis this morning. on the other hand we have had plenty of BST cats. good luck with all the eggs michelle

trinity, we don't know what day the transfer will be. They wont check my embryos until Saturday. If they're good enough quality, they'll let them continue to grow in the lab for 2 more days to take them to a blastocyst stage, which is the farthest stage before they hatch out of their outer lining and implant into a uterus. This is the best you can get in a lab created embryo. So if they look good and decide to let them go the extra 2 days, it will be Monday. But I wont know until Saturday. It's pretty likely that it will be Monday.