No cursing here! As mentioned,I took Mymud,and waferred(?)the mesh between coats of it,using two 16 inch steel bowls.I waited 48 hours and just got them apart.First bowl came out OK;but,for the second,outer bowl, I had to hammer the living h--l out of it first with rubber mallet,then with hammer,then it came out.Oh,I also repeatedly dropped the steel bowl on the floor to get to release the concrete/And they came out,with NO cracking at all!Average thickness is around 1/4 of an inch!Unfriggin' believeable.I didn't quite have enough mud to completely do the inside surface,but,it looks good for the future,The outside came out of the mold looking like I'd been polishing it for a while.It shines! So,what does this do for me?Well,makes for lighter fountain bases,that's for sure.I'll probably put an additional coat on the inside for colour,to make sure the mesh,seen vaguely,is completely obscured. Damn,I'm good.And all thanks to you,Laura,for turning me on...to the product! Cheers from here

Have a seedling for the "purple" King Palm, Archontophoenix purpurea. Looking for: Bauhinia yunnanensis rooted plant (not seeds) most anything on my trade list other palm seedlings, preferable small growing rainforest types (not seeds) hoyas I don't have, especially Hoya imbricada shingle plants dischidias philos I don't have (rooted not cuttings unless its a really vigorous plant) Lycopodium ferns (tassel ferns) orchids This is a photo of the seedling, its established in a 6" container and will mail in this container. It has been in there for a few months. It has 3 leaves and a new spear coming out I cannot mail this plant to the following states: CA, AZ, TX, LA, HI, PR I am not trading for postage at the moment I cannot sell this plant

I remember those from when I lived in Colorado!

Great looking plant Donna and well photo'd over the seasons. I had not seen Katherine Lewis before and my first thought was "it looks a bit like June". Off to The Library for more information. According to The Library it's a sport of a seedling of Halcyon. Makes sense given it's appearance. According to the My Hostas Database info it's listed as a sport of Halcyon. So no definative answer but it does originate from the UK and variously described as an improvement on June! Not sure about the last statement, seems I need to added to the list so I can see first hand. Damn list is getting longer and longer, again! Thanks Donna! Dave