dchall thanks for the response. to answer your questions: 1. Absolutely no shade. Full sun all day. 2. I actually don't think there was much nutsedge. I originally used the Image on the portion of the yard sodded by the builder. I had a variety of weeds including some unidentified broad leaf, a fescue like grassy weed, some wild onions, and some others I wasn't familiar with. I bagged up a sample of each, went to the local nursery, and that's what the "expert" there recommended. To his credit, it worked flawlessly. One application had the sodded portion of the yard totally week free. Considering how well it worked I'd like to try it on the newly seeded area. My only complaint was it stunted the grass growth a bit but its come back strong now. 3. The pictures. Sorry, it was pretty sunny today. First picture is the area that's mostly Bermuda and thickening up nicely. If it were all like this I would let it do its thing, mow regularly, and start attacking the weeds with the fall pre-emergent. Here is a picture of an area where the weeds are worse. I'd say about half weeds half grass: Finally a picture of the are where the weeds are worse. Its hard to see in this photo, but there actually is some grass mixed with the weeds in this area. LOL just very little. and another area choked out pretty bad with another grassy type weed: So there you have it. Again, thoughts?? Thanks for the help

Cindy, have you ever ordered from Jack before??? I've always been very pleased with what I get from him as far as quality and size goes. Also if he doesn't have something that you're looking for often times he will try to track it down for you. If this is your first time with him,I think you'll be pleased with the hoyas you receive. Sudee,it's advisable to have an import permit any time you bring plant material to the states from a foreign country or vice versa. Dealing with customs can become a VERY unpleasant experience if things aren't done THEIR way. I do have an import permit to import/export plant material but only use it in cases where I bring in more than 13 cuttings/plants. Many people don't know this but it is legal to have up to 13 cuttings/plants imported into the U.S. without a permit. Over 13 i'd highly advise that you have a permit and a phyto if required. I'm pretty sure that in most cases a phyto is a requirement for any size order. A few years ago I had a shipment of very healthy hoya cuttings destroyed by U.S. customs simply because the shipment was not accompanied by a phyto certificate. All I got was a piece of paper stating that they had destroyed my pest free,disease free hoyas because of a single document missing from the box.

going with all pole beans again this year. new for me this year are maria amazilitei mennonite purple stripe tobacco worm mr tungs annettes italian or auntie vi north carolina speckled long greasy cutshort tennessee greasy back again are grandmas black grandmas brown grandma ginas meraviglia di venezia neckargold blue marbutt a red eye greasy bean from a tennessee lady uncle steve italian uncle steve red i may have to get creative to grow everything on this years list. peas sugar snap oregon sugar pod aldermans the uncle steve red is a variety i thought i lost for good after several years of failure in the U.P. it got resurrected from some old old seeds that i planted to see what would happen. i got about 5 or 6 seeds from a plant that grew. i finally had a successful grow out last year here in the bean belt of michigan in the thumb area. it is ok as a snap bean if picked early. it may be a good shelly or dry bean. i have never had enough seed to try them that way. i have tried a few raw out of the pod, and they tasted pretty good. keith

I will not pick your brain anymore. A dedicated birder at the bird forum [rachel] identified it for me, it's a Black Tern. Not a Unidentified flying object anymore LOL Thanks for playing! Konrad