Well, for garden areas, it might be worth it and not as costly as imagined: Their analysis showed the oil to be effective at killing the weed even at low concentration. Only problem is the researcher didn't say WHAT concentration. I also looked up the cost of lavender oil on the internet and didn't find any sites other than those selling perfume oils for aromatherapy -- I'm sure their markup is not insubstantial, though that might be true of almost any place you could buy it. I just thought it was an interesting alternative to RoundUp, which, for those who aren't opposed to using it, is now proving to be the boost for more resistant weeds where it's used. IOW, the weeds are beating it! Here is a link that might be useful: Weeds becoming immune to RoundUp

Nice report Ryan! I'm really hoping to find a few of the finds u made today, such as the Mississippi Green, Marbled Salamander, or Bird-Voiced Tree Frog, before the season ends. I really wish I had a car, or even a bike down here at SIU, being right on the edge of the Shawnee Forest! I'm just dying to get out to some places and start looking!

The problems are probably coming from the food makers that are adding vitamins to cereals, juices,(calcium) Ensure is 1 big vitamin drink etc. So if you take a multi, eat vitamin fortified cereal & have an Ensure or similar drink you are getting 3 vitamin pills. A number of other products & even vitamin pills such as calcium have added zinc, vit.D3 or magnesium added ,to them so you get some more stuff added to doses you already took. Things like V8 Fusion have a number of vitamins. They are even adding chloride to multi -vitamin- I think most people get too much salt so don't need another dose of chloride. But if you eat oatmeal each day & live alone you are not likely to get all the vitamins & minerals from your food as you would have to fix meals with at least 2 veggies,some fruit etc. Well, most seniors I know don't get all the daily fresh fruits & veggies so a single vitamin pill might be best for them. asking a dr. about supplements is rather waste of time, some take several themselves & others never do. Many drs. aren't too healthy themselves. Also if you are very healthy they lose business. Drs. call it politics- I call it their paycheck!

I thought of your dinner on Friday night and wondered how everything went, and which dessert you chose. Never dreamed you'd offer a smorgasbord of desserts. Glad your event was a success, and I'm glad your guests liked the sour cream lemon glazed cake. I especially appreciated how easy it was to make, and that it should be made in advance, taking the stress away from entertaining the "day of". Congratulations!