Hi Patty, always a pleasure to hear your input. - thank you! The Gold Nuggets pictured are from Four Winds and so i believe on Cuban Shaddock. The Clementines are on Carrizo. The symptoms of too little water can be similar to too much. Essentially, the roots are not functioning properly. I initially thought my issues were related to too much water and phytophthora, but by pulling the GN and later the Clem, i discovered 1/2 the roots with a bit of moisture and the other half bone dry. [the Clem had an additional issue - neighboring tree root encroachment that was taking up the resources]. One of the GN's and both Clems were in the ground, in fill clay, and on a significant slope - so no drainage issue. Pulling that GN out of the ground and allowing it to enjoy constant moisture, food and water brought it back. Moving one of the Clems to another location with water pH of 7.1 and watching it respond gave me that "aha". A key point here is to try your best to asses your specific situation and feed/water/fix accordingly. And BTW, I would like to add that I still leaf-read, but its only one data point! I have noticed that Citrus leaves show evidence of their environment anywhere from 1-7 days [drought tends show more quickly]. If you adjust for something that you see the leaves showing you, it can set you up for some very wild swings in care.... the leaves might be telling you what happened last week!. - Golf is easier because your shot gives you instant feedback! [comments always welcome - just not about my golf game please] Best of Luck - George [edited to correct rootstock-sorry for any confusion] This post was edited by Becauseican on Thu, Jul 17, 14 at 15:43

Amazing picture! Wonder if any of the ones coming to my feeder now are juvie males? I gotta try to get a picture of them in the morning when the sun would be on them and the camera can capture the detail a bit better.

Well, I'll be darned....Long Beach is about half way to New Orleans from here, and it has changed a lot since the gambling casinos came to town, and also since Hurricane Katrina did some urban renewal. Not many people around have hosta to the extent of being addicted to the plants. But the lady at Lowes managing the garden center told me there are always folks buying a few along, and they just disappear into a garden space where they may be treated as annuals. So far, I've had two friends and two neighbors ask to see my garden meaning the HOSTA part. They had NO IDEA hosta could look like this....and now they understand why I had a couple hundred pots tipped over. I'll have to invite them back for the "Hosta Tipping Party" around Thanksgiving.

The bald eagles greeted me for the start of the New Year. I walked past the parking area and up the driveway with the first dog and the screaming and cackling began. It was loud and they had to be close. They were--about 100 feet away and about 80 feet up a tree. An adult--with all its white plumage--and an immature bald eagle sitting next to each other. Another adult had flown off--probably after hearing me open the garage door. While walking the second dog, I heard a crack from a tree on the other side of the house. The other adult must have landed there and took flight again. While on that side of the house, I heard a white-throat singing its song. Then a red-belly called and finally an eagle again. The red-bellies are here all year; the white-throats are here for the Winter as are the eagles. Happy New Year.