shaved, I believe that the cerasiformes and pimpinellifolliums have been used extensively to confer certain attributes into commercial hybrids, particularly disease-resistance. Probably a hybrid like you describe - large-fruited but with the heat and humidity tolerance of the ancient landraces - if it is possible, has not been done because of the large expense vs the small potential market, which would be limited to home gardeners in florida and the gulf coast. Commercial growers do not need anything like that because the winter growers in the deep south and the summer growers in the north both have climate conditions that don't require it. The deep south growers can't compete with northern growers in the summer no matter what so they aren't going to try.

ARS 2010 SEPTEMBER & OCTOBER ROSE SHOW WINNERS By Ronald Schwerdt 10-30-2010 On June 29, 2010, ARS President announced that ARS Rose Exhibitors Forum publication, will be renamed "Exhibitors Quarterly", but no longer contain local ARS Rose show results. As an educational tool, decided to post local rose shows winners, along with arrangement winners when available. Data is derived from ARS sources, not necessarily ARS publications. E-mail rose arrangement winners to: Rgschwerdt@aol.com. TUALATIN VALLEY ROSE SOCIETY BEAVERTON, OR 9-11-2010 Queen of Show-- Grande Amore--Lee, Lon & Riggs, Don King of Show---Impulse-- Lee, Lon & Riggs, Don Princess of Show---Tineke-- Lee, Lon & Riggs, Don Fl Queen---Lavaglut-- Finch, Carl &Carolyn Polyantha Spray--The Fairy--- Parke, Richard & Janis Climber---Fourth of July--McClain, Gary & Cheryl Shrub---Cherries �n� Cream-- Allen, Karen & Merril Austin Shrub--Gertrude Jekyll--Baker, Barbara Mini Queen---X-Rated-- Cavanaugh, James & Nancy Mini King---Baby Boomer-- Finch, Carl &Carolyn Mini Princess---Daddy Frank--Garrison, Stan & Carolyn (M/F?) Mini Spray---Marriotta--Allen, Karen & Merril Mini Fl Queen---Shameless-- Lee, Lon & Riggs, Don ************************************************ PITTSBURG ROSE SOCIETY PITTSBURG, PA 9-11-2010 Queen of Show--Dublin--Oberlander, Dick King of Show---Veteran�s Honor-- Oberlander, Dick Princess of Show---Uncle Joe-- Oberlander, Dick Prince--Gemini--Bishop, Art & Bonnie Court---Moonstone-- Oberlander, Dick Court--Elina--Papale, Georgia Court---Monika--Gipperich, Christina Court---Elle-- Bishop, Art & Bonnie Court---Trojan Victory-- Oberlander, Dick Court---Sweetness-- Bishop, Art & Bonnie Court---Tahitian Sunset-- Bishop, Art & Bonnie Fl Bloom-Monkey Business--Degenhardt, Fr. Gervase Fl Queen--Permanent Wave--- Oberlander, Dick Modern Shrub---Tamora-- Gipperich, Christina Mini Queen---Edisto--McKibben, David & Cil (M/F?) Mini King--Linville-- Oberlander, Dick Mini Princess---Glowing Amber--Howles, Dolores Mini Prince--Liberty Bell-- Degenhardt, Fr. Gervase (M/F?) Mini Spray---Jean Kenneally-- Papale, Georgia ************************************* BUCKEYE DISTRICT ROSE SHOW COLUMBUS, OH 9-11-2010 ROSE ARRAGEMENT AWARDS: "The Columbus Park of Roses"--Elton Smith "Field of Corn"--Elton Smith--ARS Royalty "Franklin Park Conservatory"--Elton Smith The Greater Columbus Conv. Ctr--Gary, C. Barlow "Red White and Boom"--Gary C. Barlow--Artist�s, Bronze Certificate "Highbanks Metro Park"--Lew, Shupe, Silver Certificate "Columbus Museum of Art--Lew Shupe--ARS Oriental Award "The Ohio Theatre"--Elton Smith--ARS Mini Royalty Award "Chief Leathetlips Monument"--Ann Smith, Mini Gold Certificate- "Center of Science and Industry"--Ann Smith--ARS Mini Artist�s Award "Olentangy Indian Caverns"--Ann Smith--Mini Silver Certificate-- Ann Smith "Inniswood Metro Garden"--Ann Smith-- Mini Oriental, Mini Bronze Certificate "Dublin Irish Festival"--Elton Smith--ARS Princess Award "Ohio Statehouse"--Gary C. Barlow--Duchess, Gold Certificate "City Lights"--Gary C. Barlow--ARS Duke Award "German Village"--Ann Smith--ARS Court of Etiquette Award "Italian Village"--Ann Smith--ARS Mini Court of Etiquette Award Ohio: The Buckeye State--Gary C. Barlow ****************************************************** LOUISVILLE ROSE SOCIETY LOUISVILLE, KY 9-18-2010 ARRANGEMENT AWARDS "Everything�s Coming Up Roses" "Red, Hot, and Blue�--Ann Jacobs--Royalty, Bronze Certificate "Anything Goes"--Donna Tarrant--Artist, Gold Certificate "Stars in Your Eyes""--Mary Hext--Oriental, Silver Certificate "Strike Me Pink"--Paula Williams--Mini Royalty Award "Take a Chance"--Mary Hext--Mini Artist-Silver Certificate "Summer Garden"--Mary Lindle--Mini Oriental, Bronze Certificate "Curtains Up"--Charlene Head--Court of Etiquette, Gold Certificate "That Old Feeling"--Paula Williams--Mini Keepsake "Thanks for the Memories"--Charlene Head--Large Keepsake ************************************************* LANCASTER ROSE SOCIETY LANCASTER, PA 9-18-2010 ARRANGEMENT AWARDS: "Roses in Quilt Country" "Winding Walk"--Nancy Redington--Royalty, Gold Certificate John Siganaino trophy Florance McNeil trophy Benjamin Williams� trophy "Peaceful Hours"--Jane Singer--Oriental Award Tangled Lines"--Curtis Shipman--Artist, Silver Certificate " "Odds & Ends--Nancy Redington--Duke Award "Lost and Found"--Patricia Bilson--Duchess, Bronze Certificate "Flower Fields"--Patricia Bilson--Mini Royalty Award "Twist and Turns"--Gustav Banks--Bronze Certificate "Shadows"--Nancy Redington--ARS Mini Gold Certificate Rose Schartzkopt Trophy "Memory"--Gustav Banks--Mini Oriental, Silver Certificate "Treasure Box"--Jim Redington--Mini Keepsake "Ladies� Wreath"--Nancy Redington--ARS Rosecraft PHOTOGRAPHY: One Bloom--Andrew Hearne Rose Spray--Tom Mayhew Open Bloom--Julie Saurbaugh Mini/Min Fl Bloom-- Tom Mayhew Mini/ Min Fl Spray-- Tom Mayhew Rose Garden or Activity-- Bill Kozemchak Abstract or Impressionism--Bill Kozemchak Rose Arrangement-- Tom Mayhew ********************************************** PITTSBURG ROSE SOCIETY PITTSBURG, PA 9-11-2010 Queen of Show--Dublin--Oberlander, Dick King of Show---Veteran�s Honor-- Oberlander, Dick Princess of Show--Uncle Joe-- Oberlander, Dick Court--Gemini-- Bishop, Art & Bonnie Best Open Bloom--Queen Elizabeth--Aumiller, Nancy Fl Single--Monkey Business--Degenhardt, Fr Gervase--(Double?) Fl Queen---Permanent Wave-- Oberlander, Dick Best All Types--Tamora--Gipperich, Christina Mini Queen---Edisto--McKibben, David & Cil (M/F?) Mini King---Linville--Oberlander, Dick Mini Princess---Glowing Amber--Howley, Dolores Ht Rose in a Frame-- Moonstone-- Degenhardt, Fr Gervase LG Rose in a Bowl--Moonstone-- Degenhardt, Fr Gervase Mini Rose in a Frame--Butter Cream-- Consigliero, John (M /F?) Mini Rose in a Bowl---Hot Tamale--Papale, Georgie Mini Spray---Jean Kenneally--Papale, Georgie Most Fragrant--Chrysler imperial--Bishop, Art & Bonnie Mini/Min Fl Open Bloom--Autumn Splendor--Dotterway, K. Best White--Moonstone-- Oberlander, Dick Best Yellow--Elina-- Bishop, Art & Bonnie (ly?) Best Orange--Monika-- Gipperich, Christina (ob?) Best Pink--Elle-- Bishop, Art & Bonnie (pb?) Best Red--Trojan Victory-- Oberlander, Dick (dr?) Best Mauve--Sweetness-- Bishop, Art & Bonnie Best Apricot--Tahitian Sunset-- Bishop, Art & Bonnie (ab?) 6 Specimens--Consigliero, John Mini Cycle of bloom--Peach Delight-- McKibben, David & Cil Mini English Box--Linville-- Howley, Dolores Artist Challenge-- Howley, Dolores Small Sweepstakes-- Howley, Dolores Large Sweepstakes-- Degenhardt, Fr Gervase HT/Gr Judges Award--Mike Wrightstone Mini/Min Fl Judges Award--Donna Smith ************************************************ LODI-WOODBRIDGE ROSE SOCIETY LODI-CA 9-18-2020 Queen of Show--Jennirene--Sievers, Maryanne King of Show---Looking Good-- Sievers, Maryanne Princess of Show---Gemini--Devencenzi, Rita Fl Bloom--Summer Fashion--Sievers, Gigi Fl Bloom--Honey Bouquet--Young, Traci Fl Queen---First Kiss--Laughlin, Paula Polyantha Spray---Lady Reading-- Sievers, Gigi Dowager Queen---Mme Boll-- Sievers, Gigi Victorian Award---Francis Dubreuil-- Sievers, Maryanne Climber---The Impressionist--Ackerman, Eleanor Classic Shrub---Bouquet Parfait-- Sievers, Gigi Mini Queen---Bee�s Knees-- Sievers, Maryanne Mini King---Sam Trivitt-- Sievers, Maryanne Mini Princess---Heather Sproul-- Sievers, Maryanne Mini Spray-- Heather Sproul-- Ferraro, Jen Mini Fl Queen---First Choice-- Sievers, Gigi Mini Fl King---My Inspiration-- Sievers, Maryanne Mini Fl Princess---Whirlaway-- Sievers, Maryanne *************************************** PORTLAND ROSE SOCIETY PORTLAND, OR 9-19-2010 Queen of Show--Signature--Cavanaugh, James & Nancy King of Show---Pop Warner--Parke, Richard & Janis Princess of Show---Helen Naude-- Cavanaugh, James & Nancy Court---Signature--Finch, Carl &Carolyn (same Variety as Queen?) Vase of 3 HT--Signature-- Cavanaugh, James & Nancy Open Bloom--Melody Perfume-- Finch, Carl &Carolyn HT/Gr Spray--Snitzler, Margaret 5 HT One Variety--Fame-- Cavanaugh, James & Nancy 5 Mixed-- Cavanaugh, James & Nancy HT Cycle of Bloom--Aromatherapy--Curtis, Dave & Eilene 3 One Color Class-- Parke, Richard & Janis HT Colorama Challenge--Riggs, D. & Lee, L. Portland Gold Medal-- Cavanaugh, James & Nancy Large English Box--, Parke, Richard & Janis Large Rose in a Bowl-- Signature-- Finch, Carl &Carolyn Rose Portrait-- Signature--Garrison, Stan & Gladys Fl Queen---Lavaglut--Baer, Richard & Charold Fl King---Gene Boerner--Snitzler, Margaret 3 Fl Sprays--Lavaglut--Parke, Richard & Janis Fl Competition-- Finch, Carl &Carolyn OGR--Rose de Rescht (1880) -- Finch, C. & C. (OGR-Prior to 1867?) Rose Hips--R. rugosa alba--Wolford, Annegret Polyantha Spray---The Fairy-- Parke, Richard & Janis Victorian Award---Rose de Rescht-- Finch, Carl &Carolyn Climber---Candy Land-- Finch, Carl &Carolyn Shrub--Stretch Johnson-- Finch, Carl &Carolyn Austin Shrub--Leonard Dudley Braithwaite--Finch, C. & C. Mini Queen---Erin Alonso-- Cavanaugh, James & Nancy Mini King---Miss Flippins-- Cavanaugh, James & Nancy Mini Princess---Sam Trivitt-- Cavanaugh, James & Nancy Mini Spray---Dancing Flame-- Finch, Carl &Carolyn Mini single-Neon Cowboy--Burge, Judy Mini Competition-- Cavanaugh, James & Nancy Mini Cycle of Bloom--Jean Kenneally--Minten, Bernie &Mary Mini Rose Box-- Cavanaugh, James & Nancy Mini Fully Open--Captivation-- Baer, Richard & Charold Mini Colorama-- Cavanaugh, James & Nancy Floating Mini--Abby�s Angel-- Riggs, D. & Lee, L. (M/F?) 5 Mini�s--Miss Flippins--Cavanaugh, James & Nancy Mini Bowl-- Cavanaugh, James & Nancy Mini Rose Portrait--Seattle Sunrise--Finch, Carl &C. (M/F?) Mini Rose Palette-- Cavanaugh, James & Nancy 3 Mini�s--Kristin-- Parke, Richard & Janis Mini Fl Queen---Butter Cream--Allen, Karen & Merril 3 Mini Fl--Peter Cottontail--Allen, Karen & Merrill Novice Fl or Cl--Ludwigshafen am Rhein--Jayne, Mary Ann Novice HT--Artistry--Gallucci, Pete Novice Open Bloom-Dream Comes True--Friar, Tom Novice Mini--Happy Thoughts-- Gallucci, Pete Junior Best Mini--Irresistible--Metz, Molly ROSE ARRAGEMENT AWARDS: Olympiad--Hervie, Molly--Oriental Design Lavaglut--Finch, Carolyn-- Modern Creative Design Julia Child--Fleck, Judy-- Traditional Design Fleck, Judy Modern Traditional Design Ruby Pendant--Fleck, Judy--Mini Oriental Design Pierrine--Fleck, Judy--Mini Modern Creative Design ***************************************** COLONIAL DISTRICT ROSE SHOW VIRGINIA BEACH, VA 9-25-2010 Queen of Show--Gemini--Smith, John & Cherlynn King of Show---Affirm-- Smith, John & Cherlynn Princess of Show---Dublin--Smith, John & Cherlynn Court---Randy Scott- Smith, John & Cherlynn Court--Moonstone-- Smith, John & Cherlynn Fl Bloom--Sheila�s Perfume--Jones, Howard & Sara Fl Bloom, Single--Betty Boop--Grass, Lynda & Steven Fl Queen---Lavaglut--Price, Mike & Eve Polyantha Spray---Snow White--Rankin, Gary & Monica Dowager Queen---Souv de la Malmaison--Rankin, G. & M. Victorian Award---Precious Dream-- Monroe, M / M Bruce Classic Shrub---Pink Grootendorst--Monroe, M / M Bruce Modern Shrub---Fair Bianca--Klassy, Diana Mini Queen---Joy-- Rankin, Gary & Monica Mini King---Renegade-- Rankin, Gary & Monica Mini Princess---Mobile Jubilee-- Rankin, Gary & Monica Mini Court---Breath of Spring--Hearne, Andrew Mini Spray---Soroptimist International--Grass, Lynda & Steven Mini Fl Queen---Shawn Sease-- Rankin, Gary & Monica Mini Fl King---Shameless-- Rankin, Gary & Monica Mini Fl Princess---Butter Cream--Smith, John & Cherlynn Mini Fl Court--Abby�s Angel-- Rankin, Gary & Monica DISTRICT CHALLENGE CLASSES: J. Horace McFarland Memorial Trophy-- Smith, John & Cherlynn J. Benjamin Williams Miniflora Trophy--Howard & Sara Jones, Colonial District Members Trophy--Smith, John & Cherlynn Charlie Bell Hi-Lo Memorial Trophy--Smith, John & Cherlynn L.L. Lilly Memorial Trophy--Peggy Scott Ralph S. Moore District Trophy-- Rankin, Gary & Monica Denver Ray Memorial Trophy-- Smith, John & Cherlynn Wheeler McFadden, Jr Memorial Trophy-- Smith, John & Cherlynn Griffith Buck District Trophy--Annie Fleming **************************************** TENARKY DISTRICT ROSE SHOW MEMPHIS TN 9- 25-2010 Queen of Show--Pop Warner--Manderson, Tammy King of Show---Veteran�s Honor--Bingham, Peggy Princess of Show---Moonstone--Manderson, Tammy Court---Artic Circle--Toevs, Frank & Jeanne Court--Louise Estes-- Toevs, Frank & Jeanne Court--Cajun Sunrise-- Deck, Joanna Court---Raphaela-- Toevs, Frank & Jeanne Court---Pope John Paul II--Glover, Laverne Court--- Gemini--Jacobs, Robert Fl Bloom--Trumpeter-- Bingham, Peggy Fl Queen---Playgirl-- Deck, Joanna Dowager Queen---Eugene de Beauharnais--Wear, Don & Terry Victorian Award---Rose de Rescht-- Wear, Don & Terry Climber---Berries �n� Cream--Wear, Don & Terry Shrub---Gardendirektor Otto Linne-- Glover, Laverne Mini Queen---Best of �04-- Glover, Laverne Mini King---Fairhope-- Manderson, Tammy Mini Princess---Bee�s Knees--Baird, Larry & Connie Mini Court---Soroptimist International-- Bingham, Peggy Mini Court---Nancy Jean-- Baird, Larry & Connie Mini Court---Odessa-- Bingham, Peggy Mini Court---Breath of Spring-- Deck, Joanna Mini Court---Arcanum--Jacobs, Robert Mini Spray---Incognito-- Bingham, Peggy Mini Fl Queen---Whirlaway-- Bingham, Peggy Mini Fl King---Dr Troy Garret-- Bingham, Peggy Mini Fl Princess---Lady, E�owyn-- Deck, Joanna Mini Fl Court--Memphis King-- Glover, Laverne Mini Fl Court--Ashton--Wear, Don & Terry Mini Fl Court--First Choice-- Bingham, Peggy Mini Fl Court--Butter Cream-- Bingham, Peggy Mini Fl Court--Brand New Girlfriend-- Deck, Joanna Mini Fl Spray--Foolish Pleasure--Rogers, John & Ray ARS National Rosedale Bowl--Deck, Joanna DISTRICT CHALLENGE CLASSES: J. Horace McFarland Memorial Trophy--Bates, Michael & Mary Ralph Moore District Trophy-- Deck, Joanna Mack & Maybeth Blackburn Award--Peggy Bingham Roy & Florance Graff Award--- Bates, Michael & Mary Robert & Glenda Whitaker Award--Frank & Jeanie Toevs Charles Dawson Memorial Award--Larry & Connie Baird Lester Smith Award---Bates, Michael & Mary Whit Wells Award--Joanna Deck Dr. H. R. Rumble Memorial Award--Peggy Bingham ROSE ARRAGEMENT AWARDS: Traditional--"Yellow Herons"--Ray Hunter--Royalty & Gold Modern--"The Chandelier"--Ray Hunter--Artist� & Silver "Saffron Tower"--Connie Baird--Bronze Medal Oriental--"Niijima Floaats"--Lori Emery--Oriental Award Special Classes--"Sunset Boat--Mary Ann Hext--Princess Rosette "The Moon"--Denise Thorne--Duke Rosette "Blankets in Black"--Lois Sloan-Best Novice "Blue Marlins"--Mayre Parr--Best Judges Mini Modern--�Walla Walla"--Denise Thorne--Artist�s & Silver Medal Mini Oriental--"Amber Cattails"--Connie Baird--Oriental & Gold Medal ***************************************** ALBANY ROSE SOCIETY ALBANY, OR 9-25-2010 Queen of Show--Signature--Cavanaugh, James & Nancy King of Show--Veteran�s Honor-- Cavanaugh, James & Nancy Princess of Show--Let Freedom Ring-- Cavanaugh, James & Nancy Fl Bloom--Daybreaker--Parke, Richard & Janis Fl Spray---Single--Eyepaint--McClain, Cheryl & Gary Fl Spray, Double--Rainbow Sorbert-- Parke, Richard & Janis Dowager Queen---Rosa rugosa--Wolford, James Shrub, Small--Graham Thomas--Finch, Carl & Carolyn Shrub, Large--Alba Meidiland--Castle, Emery & Betty Climber---Fourth of July- McClain, Cheryl & Gary Mini Queen---Giggles-- Cavanaugh, James & Nancy Mini King---Nancy Jean-- Cavanaugh, James & Nancy Mini Princess---This is the Day--Sitton, John Mini Spray---Dancing Flame--Smith, Dennis Mini Fl Queen---Butter Cream--Baer, Charold & Richard ************************************** CLEVELAND LINCOLN SELBY, NC 9-25-2010 Queen of Show--Here�s Sam--Whitt, Doug King of Show---Touch of Class--Wright, Fred & Barbara Princess of Show--Randy Scott-- Wright, Fred & Barbara Court---Cajun Moon-- Whitt, Doug Court---Desperado-- Whitt, Doug Court---Gemini-- Wright, Fred & Barbara Court---White Success-- Whitt, Doug Fl Bloom--Hannah Gordon--Arthofer, Bob & Judy Polyantha Spray--China Doll--Myers, Robert Dowager Queen---Green Rose-- Myers, Robert Modern Shrub--Orangeade-- Myers, Robert Climber---Night Out-- Myers, Robert (F?) Mini Queen---Nancy Jean-- Wright, Fred & Barbara Mini King---Best of �04-- Wright, Fred & Barbara Mini Princess---Joy-- Arthofer, Bob & Judy Mini Court---Chattooga--Lundburg, Bob & Sandy Mini Court---Ty-- Lundburg, Bob & Sandy Mini Court---Bee�s Knees--Simpson, Henry & Stephanie Mini Court---Orange Classic--Myers, Don & Mary Mini Fl Queen---Shameless-- Arthofer, Bob & Judy Mini Fl King---Dr Troy Garret-- Arthofer, Bob & Judy Mini Fl Princess---Foolish Pleasure-- Wright, Fred & Barbara Mini Fl Court--Abby�s Angel-- Wright, Fred & Barbara Mini Fl Court--First Choice-- Simpson, Henry & Stephanie Mini Fl Court--Unbridled-- Wright, Fred & Barbara Mini Fl Court--Whirlaway-- Lundburg, Bob & Sandy ************************************************ NCNH DISTRICT ROSE SHOW (Additions) OAKLAND, CA 9-25-2010 Rose Arrangement Awards: "Pot of Gold"--Jennifer Galli--ARS Royalty Award Lucia Morgan District Trophy "Rainbow�s Reflection"--Lesa Lane--ARS Oriental Award "Violet Mist"--Eilene Chun--ARS Silver Medal Certificate "Rainbow Room"--Betty Ann Cassina--Etiquette, Bronze Metal "A Pocket Full of Rainbows"--Jennifer Galli--Mini Royalty, Gold "Radiance"--Lesa Lane--Oriental Award, Mini Silver Certificate "Rainbow Bread"--Jennifer Galli--ARS Mini Court of Etiquette "Double Rainbow"--Eilene Chun--ARS Mini Artist Award "Rainbow�s End"--Elsina, Dean---ARS Keepsake Award "Rainbow Tapestry"--Elsina Dean-ARS Rosecraft Award "Somewhere Over the Rainbow"--Barbara Gordon--Judges Award Special Classes-- "Aurora Borealis�--Eilene Chun--Duchess, ARS Gold Medal Earl Parson�s District Trophy Robert Martin District Trophy Best Arrangement in Show "Reading Rainbow"--Jennifer Galli--Mini Princess, ARS Bronze "Rainbow Girls"--Lesa Lane--ARS Princess "Rainbow River"--Dave Shaw--ARS Best Novice Charles & Elaine Cochran District Trophy ************************************************ AUGUSA ROSE SOCIETY AUGUSTA, GA 10-2-2010 Queen of Show--King Kong--Blankenship, Paul & Charlotte King of Show---Here�s Gert-- Blankenship, Paul & Charlotte Princess of Show---Marlon�s Day- Blankenship, Paul & Charlotte Court---Veteran�s Honor--Snellgrove, Delores Court---Rosie O�Donnell-- Blankenship, Paul & Charlotte Court---Hot Princess-- Snellgrove, Delores Court---Cajun Moon-- Snellgrove, Delores Court---Louise Estes-- Blankenship, Paul & Charlotte Fl Bloom--Pete Musser--Blankenship, Paul & Charlotte Fl Queen---Poulsen�s Pearl-- Blankenship, Paul & Charlotte Polyantha Spray---Verdun--Boland, Linda & Ken Dowager Queen---Marchesa Boccella--Blankenship, P. & C. Victorian Award---Pink Pet--Reeves, Millie Climber---Night Climber-- Blankenship, Paul & Charlotte Mini Queen---Joy--- Blankenship, Paul & Charlotte Mini King---Best of �04-- Blankenship, Paul & Charlotte Mini Princess---Hilde-- Blankenship, Paul & Charlotte Mini Court---Ty-- Blankenship, Paul & Charlotte Mini Court---Nancy Jean-- Blankenship, Paul & Charlotte Mini Court---Carolina Lady-- Blankenship, Paul & Charlotte Mini Court---Emma Grace- Blankenship, Paul & Charlotte Mini Court---Bee�s Knees- Blankenship, Paul & Charlotte Mini Spray---Ina-- Blankenship, Paul & Charlotte Mini Fl Queen---Whirlaway-- Blankenship, Paul & Charlotte Mini Fl King--Memphis King--- Blankenship, Paul & Charlotte Mini Fl Princess---Tiffany Lynn-- Blankenship, Paul & Charlotte Mini Fl Court--Tiffany Lite-- Blankenship, Paul & Charlotte Mini Fl Court--Cooper-- Blankenship, Paul & Charlotte Mini Fl Court--Foolish Pleasure-- Blankenship, Paul & Charlotte Mini Fl Court--Butter Cream-- Blankenship, Paul & Charlotte Mini Fl Court--Power Point-- Blankenship, Paul & Charlotte Mini Fl Spray--Cooper-- Blankenship, Paul & Charlotte ************************************************* NASHVILLE ROSE SOCIETY NASHVILLE, TN 10-2-2010 Queen of Show--Louise Estes--Toevs, Frank & Jennie King of Show---Cajun Signature--Worsham, Lyle & Ruby Princess of Show---Desperado-- Toevs, Frank & Jennie Court--- Here�s Sam-- Toevs, Frank & Jennie Court--- White Success-- Toevs, Frank & Jennie Court---Gentle Giant--Chappell, Bill & Jill Court---St Patrick--Hunter, Ray Court---Hot Princess--Clemons, David & Tammy Fl Bloom--Sunsprite--Bates, Michel & & Mary Fl Queen---Lavaglut-- Bates, Michel & & Mary Polyantha Spray---The Fairy--Plant, Dianne Dowager Queen---Mme Zoetmaans-- Toevs, Frank & Jennie Victorian Award---Rose de Rescht--Garman, Keith Climber---Altissimo--Worch, Cindy Modern Shrub---Quietness--Dollinger, Mike Mini Queen---Joy--Clemons, David & Tammy Mini King---Nancy Jean-- Clemons, David & Tammy Mini Princess---Erin Alonso-- Clemons, David & Tammy Mini Court---Dancing Flame- Clemons, David & Tammy Mini Court---Irresistible--Jacobs, Robert Mini Court---Memphis Bell--Clark, Doyle Mini Court---Sweet Revenge--Baird, Larry & Connie Mini Court---Arcanum-- Chappell, bill & Jill Mini Court--- Clemons, David & Tammy Mini Spray--- Pierrine--Sloan, Lois Mini Fl Queen---Tabasco Cat-- Clemons, David & Tammy Mini Fl King---Foolish Pleasure-- Clemons, David & Tammy Mini Fl Princess---Show Stopper-- Clemons, David & Tammy Mini Fl Court--Ghost Stopper-- Clemons, David & Tammy Mini Fl Court-Dr Troy Garret--- Clemons, David & Tammy Mini Fl Court--Seattle Sunrise--Harding, Jim & Starla Mini Fl Court--Jerry Lynn-- Chappell, bill & Jill Mini Fl Court--Louisville Lady-- Jacobs, Robert Mini Fl Spray--Andie McDowell-- Chappell, bill & Jill *************************************************** EAST COUNTY ROSE SOCIETY EL CAJON, CA 10-2-2010 Queen of Show--Marlon�s Day--English, Roger & Madeline King of Show---Black Magi--Mahanay, Bobbie & Carl Princess of Show---Moonstone--Mahanay, Bobbie & Carl 3 HT�s--Kardinal--Mahanay, Bobbie & Carl 6 HT�s--Kardinal--Mahanay, Bobbie & Carl Large Rose in a Bowl--Desperado--Bulman, Gary Large Cycle of Bloom--Pop Warner-- Tiffany, Ruth Picture Frame--Dayna Sawyer-- Bulman, Gary Fl Bloom--Kanegem--Clark, Linda Fl Queen---First Edition--Tiffany, Ruth 3 Fl Sprays--Playgirl--Tiffany, Ruth Polyantha Spray---Anda--Martin, Bob & Dona Genesis Award---R Moschata--Orent, Clifford Dowager Queen--Baronne Prevost--- Orent, Clifford Victorian Award---Hippolyte Jamain-- Orent, Clifford Large Bloom Fully Open--Golden Holstein-- Clark, Linda Fragrant Rose--Rouge Royale-- Tiffany, Ruth Climber---Polka-- Tiffany, Ruth Classic Shrub---Robin Hood-- Orent, Clifford Modern Shrub--Evelyn--Bulman, Gary Modern Shrub Spray--Carefree Spirit--Bulman, Gary Mini Queen---Bee�s Knees-- English, Roger & Madeline Mini King---Heather Sproul-- Mahanay, Bobbie & Carl Mini Princess---Erin Alonso-- Mahanay, Bobbie & Carl Mini Single---Grace Seward-- Mahanay, Bobbie & Carl Mini Fully Open--Wonderful News-- Strong, Kathleen Mini Fl Queen---Powerhouse--Bulman, Gary Mini Fl King---Louisville Lady--Tiffany, Ruth Mini Fl Princess---Whirlaway---Bulman, Gary 3 Mini Fl Blooms--Whiraway--Bulman, Gary Mini/Mini Fl Spray--Tabasco Cat-- Bulman, Gary Mini/Mini Fl English Box--Whirlaway--Bulman, Gary Mini/Mini Fl Picture Frame--Memphis Music--Strong, Kathleen Mini/Mini Fl Artist�s Palette-- Mahanay, Bobbie & Carl Novice, HT/Gr--Johann Strauss--Angel, Cheryl (F?) Novice Mini/MInFL--What a Peach--Angel, Cheryl (S?) Judges Award--Heaven on Earth--Strathman, Akiko ROSE ARRANGEMENT AWARDS: "ABC�s of Roses--Frank Hastings-Ron Hockwalt Trophy "Awesome Art"--Sandy Campillo--Lila Mae Hastings Trophy "Marvelous Music"--Sally Long--ARS Artist�s, Gold Medal "Marbles"--Sandy Campillo--Oriental "Open House"-- Sandy Campillo--Duchess, Bronze Medal "Colored Crayons--Dixie Dahl--Duke, Silver Medal "Line Leader"-- Sandy Campillo--Mini Royalty, Mini Gold Medal "Backpack"--Sally Long--Mini Artist�s, Mini Silver Medal "Origami"--Dixie Dahl--Mini Oriental, Mini Bronze Medal "Sandbox Skills"--Sally Long--Mini Keepsake "Library Books"--Sally Long--Keepsake Award "Flower for the Teacher"--Miriam Yoder--1ST Place "Teacher�s Pet"-- Miriam Yoder--Etiquette Award Judge�s Class, Standard--Helen Baird--1ST Place Judge�s Class, Mini Arrangement--Kreg Hill--Judges Award PHOTOGRAPHY: Rose Portrait--St Patrick--Barbara Lester Rose Close-up--Dairy Maid--Kathleen Strong Rose Art--The Imposter--Barbara Lester People in the Garden--Betty Boop--Marie & Ira Fletcher A Rose Garden--Show Biz, Fame, Fourth of July-- Barbara Lester ******************************************* POTOMAC ROSE SOCIETY FAIRFAX, VA 10-2-2010 Queen of Show--Let Freedom Ring--Borrmann, Ken King of Show---Moonstone-- Borrmann, Ken Princess of Show--Affirm-- Borrmann, Ken Court--- Gemini-- Borrmann, Ken Court---Touch of Class--Powers, Pam Fl Bloom--Playboy-- Powers, Pam Dowager Queen---Rouletti-- George, Kathy Classic Shrub---F. J. 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Benjamin Williams Miniflora Trophy-- Prabhu, Satish & Vijaya Rose Hybridizers Association Trophy--Clemons, David Garden Web Rose Forum Best in Show--Louise Estes--Clemons, David & Tammy ROSE ARRAGEMENT AWARDS: Overesch Memorial--Jim Herrell Deep South District Challenge--Jeff Hoffman Millie Walters Memorial--Jim Harrell District Directors Mini Fl Arrangement Trophy--Joanne Maxheimer "Sweet Tea"--Susan Waites--Royalty, Bronze Certificate "She Crab Soup"--Susan Waites--Artist�s Award "Mint Juleps in the Blue Grass"--Susan Waites--Oriental Award "Black Eyed Peas"-- Susan Waite--Duchess, ARS Gold Certificate "Shrimp & Grits"--Paula Williams--Duke, ARS Silver Certificate "Tailgating at the Georgia-Florida Game"--Susan Waites Court of Etiquette ARS Princess Award "Charleston Artillery Punch"--Sam Jones--Judges Award "Brunswick Stew"--Jim Harrell--ARS Keepsake Award "Ambrosia"--Diane Snyder--Rosecraft Award "Goo-Goo Cluster--Martha Youmans--ARS Mini Royalty "Hush Puppies"--Paula Williams--ARS Mini Silver Certificate "Mimosas Under The Pines"--Don Myers--ARS Bronze Certificate "Cheer Wine"--Susan Waites-- ARS Princess Award "Mountain Dew"--Memphis King--P. 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Another one-- ...When you attend a professional meeting, and, instead of trading business cards with the other attendees, you talk gardening and composting, and get an offer of leaves from someone who has a great big oak tree in her yard! * Posted by: kdbern Georgia (My Page) on Sun, Feb 9, 03 at 21:54 I can't believe my luck today! I have spent 8 hours mulching and raking leaves to bring home from a friend?s house on a beautiful sunny day, then I find this link and have had the best time reading it. I had even asked my hubby today to pee on the compost and he said I was crazy! I feel like this was such a wonderful day, I can't think of any other way I would have liked to spend it and this definitely was the best way to end it. * Posted by: roselust z10, so cal (My Page) on Sun, Feb 9, 03 at 22:11 ...when you find yourself seated in a chair with a glass of chardonnay in one hand and using the other to hand-pick earthworms from your compost pile during a beautiful sunset, knowing life cant get any better. * Posted by: Okanagan z5-6 BC (My Page) on Mon, Feb 10, 03 at 15:32 Oh I'm glad I found this web site. I thought I was the only wacko who turned the compost for peace of mind, always curious to find out what is going on in there, scavenging compostables everywhere, including the clippings from haircuts and cat-combing, and the dirty dishwater. Now if I can reroute the greywater... A number of people IRL call me "the compost lady" ... but that is not going to distinguish me here, is it? :) ...when your favourite book is "Compost This Book". * Posted by Mountainsong z7b GA (My Page) on Sat, Feb 7, 04 at 11:51 I am going into withdrawal from the compost wacko thread! I tend to be way too serious, so when I first found the thread this fall, and sat there on Saturday mornings reading it and laughing out loud, my family was amazed! Now, stress from my job is reaching epic proportions, and I NEED to connect to other wackos! Where are you? (You know you're a compost wacko if you look for the thread on Saturday morning and are forlorn when you can't find it!) * Posted by: TXDana z8TX (My Page) on Sat, Feb 7, 04 at 12:57 I've been wondering where they were, too! Then I remembered that I consider myself a CW. A few days ago my husband and I drove to a friend of my husband's house. This was the first time I had been to his house and the first time I had met him. Normal people greet people with "hello, how are you?" type of comments. Not this compost wacko! He said "hello" to me, and I responded with "I wish I had brought a bucket so I could have taken some of your horse manure". My husband just sighed and shook his head. He really thinks I'm a nut. Did I help your withdrawal? * Posted by: Mountainsong z7b GA (My Page) on Sat, Feb 7, 04 at 13:54 Dana, thanks for your compassion! I'm going to seek further therapy by checking out the new worm farm to see if any of our 10 cocoons have hatched yet (yes, I counted them, but they were in a large yogurt container at the time, so that's not too weird, right?) Vermiculturists are kindred spirits! :0) * Posted by: Demeter z6 NJ (My Page) on Sat, Feb 7, 04 at 14:34 Alas, with a forum as active as this one, if a thread has not been posted to for more than a month and a half or so, it vanishes off the bottom of the list ... and the wacko threads are so popular that they rapidly reached the 100 post limit and then naturally passed into oblivion. Sooooo..... somebody start a new "You Know You're A Compost Wacko" thread! * Posted by: ryanzone7 z7MD (My Page) on Sat, Feb 7, 04 at 16:05 ...you know you're a compost wacko when you're standing with a group of people who know you are a cw, except for one person and when that person sez something even remotely related to compost EVERYONE looks right at YOU! * Posted by: thorspippi z9 Sac CA (My Page) on Sat, Feb 7, 04 at 16:51 I'm not yet even a certified CW and they're already doing that.... simply because I'm now spinning & weaving my dog's hair! Therefore, I must be some kind of Generic Nature Wacko (GNW). Hey, he is a LONG HAIR german shepherd and he's 100 lbs... that's a LOT OF HAIR. My worms simply couldn't handle all that hair. * Posted by: zabby17 z5a Canada (My Page) on Sat, Feb 7, 04 at 22:50 ... when your dog gets excited if you pick up the kitchen compost bucket. (Not, alas, because she's particularly interested in recycling or gardening, but because she knows her nightly pee outing to the back yard happens when Zabby's ready to take the scraps out to the composter... [hey, I'm not going out there TWICE on one of these cold nights!]) * Posted by: Bostonian z6 MA (My Page) on Sun, Feb 8, 04 at 9:27 The women in the H.S. Cafeteria where I work save me the coffee grounds and veggie scraps. The maintenance men roam through the kitchen picking up the cardboard boxes and sometimes find my scraps and throw them out! Now the women are like no, that?s Kathy?s. Then they give me a look like ?We don?t understand you but we once again protected your trash" * Posted by: PaulNS NS zone 6a (My Page) on Sun, Feb 8, 04 at 10:56 It's late fall. You get on your jacket to go out and empty the compost bucket onto the pile and take its temperature. Then you reconsider and put on a warmer jacket and gloves, so that the experience will be leisurely instead of rushed. * Posted by: plumeria50 z9CA (My Page) on Sun, Feb 8, 04 at 12:43 ...you know you're a compost wacko when you have to wait for night fall to sneak into the front yard to dig a very big hole to put some gross, refrigerator dead stuff in...hoping the neighbors arent going to walk by any time soon. * Posted by: JCin_Los_Angeles z10, Sunset 22, (My Page) on Mon, Feb 9, 04 at 0:29 ...when your DH comes back from the car wash very embarrassed about the horse manure that had slipped out of the box on the way home from the stable. There were horse turds in plain sight and everyone saw them, and he can't see why we had to use HIS car. (Because he has a hatchback and we had to fit the bale of straw in there too.) He complains about having a compost wacko for a wife but doesn't complain at all about the fruits and vegetables! * Posted by: Clare z6 MO (My Page) on Mon, Feb 9, 04 at 10:44 ...when you feel like you've hit the jackpot upon seeing that someone abandoned a bale of straw on the K-Mart parking lot and you get to put it in your trunk and bring it home. * Posted by: Karalyn Z6 W. Boise (My Page) on Mon, Feb 9, 04 at 11:43 Two things I did or plan on doing is; I over heard a woman that I know at church talk to a little girl about coming over to feed her horses. I asked, Hey, do you have any horse poop I can have?" She said, "Oh, do we, my husband would be very glad to get rid of some." She lives close by, so I just need my pick up truck and persuade my 18 year old son that he wants to help me, since we are paying for his first credit card boo boos. Also, when I take my 12 year old son to school a few times, I notice a bale of hay on the roadside in front of their house, I don't know if it is for the garbage man to take or what, but their garbage was out and the bale is still there. So I will check it out later to see if they pick up the bale of hay or straw. I was in my PJ's at the time, so I wasn't going to ring their door bell. Also, I go out in the dark or with my coat on over my PJ's and at night dump out shredded paper, etc. on certain areas of my yard that needs it. * Posted by: ryanzone7 z7MD/ professor dirt (My Page) on Mon, Feb 9, 04 at 12:05 ...you drive by three bale's of straw left over from construction (used as a silt block over the storm drains a year ago) sitting in the middle of Georgia Ave near Whites hardware and you lust for them and are just waiting for the right time to snatch them (before they wash INTO the repaired storm drains and cause a "construction repeat".) Perhaps tommorow. It all leads back to compost! * Posted by: maryann12 7 (My Page) on Mon, Feb 9, 04 at 17:24 You know you are becoming a wacko?.. When your brother and his wife visit from out of state (they have a compost pile), you don't worry about how your house looks, you worry about how your compost pile looks. * Posted by: Harimad zone 7 (My Page) on Wed, Feb 11, 04 at 10:03 You know you're a compost wacko when... ... even though you detest coffee, you consider working at Starbucks for easy access to its trash. You know you're a compost wacko when... ... the weekly pound of coffee goes straight to the garden, never seeing the inside of your kitchen. * Posted by: Karalyn Z6 W. Boise (My Page) on Wed, Feb 11, 04 at 11:02 ...you know you have become one, when you slyly walk over to check out your neighbor's garbage and her recycle bin. Bonanza! The blue bin is full of newspaper. I checked a dog food bag, hoping to see some newspaper waste from her big parrots. I didn't dare lift the lids to the other garbage cans. But I did rake up the leaves on her property next to mine where we share a mutual irrigation ditch plus all the wonderful rotting maple leaves in the ditch. I built a compost bin nearby with builder's block from my FIL's old milk house built in 1929. We have a bunch more to collect from eastern Idaho. Lined it with a some newspaper, then a wet phone book someone threw into our trash can next to our shop doors and also a bag full of apples! Must have been my eldest son or my hubby. I couldn't believe my find. My 12 year old saves the phone books for his BSA camp outs. Good to start a fire with LOL So I guess he missed out on this one. WE get extra phone books from our neighbors who passes them out in the fall. One thing my son did was have the nerve to take one of the blocks from my compost bin to place under his snowmobile trailer's tongue when he got back. I did go out later at night to get the dog food bag and some more newspaper. Then in the morning, I could have gotten more newspaper, but didn't dare. I think the recycle people would be disappointed. Now I'm just going to ask her if I can collect her used paper. The dog food bag was a bust. Oh, well. * Posted by: snowgardener z4 NY (My Page) on Thu, Feb 12, 04 at 14:35 ...you know you're a compost wacko when you make your kids bring home their banana peels, orange peels, apple cores, etc. from their school lunches. * Posted by: Mountainsong z7b GA (My Page) on Thu, Feb 12, 04 at 22:26 ...you know you're a compost wacko when your 8-year-old daughter shows definite signs of indoctrination: upon arriving at Starbuck's, she hurries straight past the plate of amazing chocolate chunk cookies to the "Free Coffee Grounds" basket, and returns announcing gleefully: "There are 7 bags of coffee grounds. Seven!" ... when you're embarrassed that your neighbor returning home at 8:30 p.m. will catch you in the headlights, and see that you are dumping your latest Starbucks cache onto one of the front yard's lasagna beds in the pitch dark. You are not, however, embarrassed enough to stop your chore, and dump three more bags on the bed before calling it a night. * Posted by: ryanzone7 z7MD/professor dirt (My Page) on Thu, Feb 12, 04 at 23:04 ...you think about piles (bins/tumbler loads/whateva) you've had in the past and remember them fondly like some people remember baseball games they've attended or first (second or third) dates they've had. ialbtc * Posted by: TeresaInCAL 9 California ) on Fri, Feb 13, 04 at 17:04 Hey, I thought I was the only one who thought about getting a job at Starbucks, JUST for the coffee grounds...LOL I've also considered buying cheep coffee (on sale) JUST for the compost pile... * Posted by: Linda_8B (My Page) on Fri, Feb 13, 04 at 17:43 Ha! I actually considered a part-time job at a local grocery store, just for the compost materials. Later I found out that they're so strict about not giving out the veggie and fruit waste that any employee giving any away to customers or taking any home can be fired. The dumpsters are those large closed systems, so can't even raid them. What a world we live in! * Posted by: Storygardener 5/6 central oh (My Page) on Fri, Feb 13, 04 at 17:54 I guess I am a compost wacko too...yes, whenever I watch the cooking shows on TV I am just as interested in the scraps of veggies, peels , etc -as I am interested in the finished dish. * Posted by: Alfie_MD6 (My Page) on Sat, Feb 14, 04 at 8:00 ...you embarrass your sister-in-law by waiting until everyone is looking the other way and then whipping out the plastic bags you somehow always seem to have in your bookbag and packing up the amazing quantity of ordered, paid for, and uneaten food the playgroup that just went away left for the café to throw out. (Actually, she was quite understanding; it's just that her particular anti-waste thing is the amount of packaging everything comes in.) ...you ignore all of the plants at the twice-yearly plant swap just so that you can go talk to Professor Dirt about how he gets to compost for a living. * Posted by: Byron 4a/5b NH (My Page) on Sat, Feb 14, 04 at 14:16 Just spotted a new farm up the street (about 2 country miles) That now has chickens, sheep and cows The cow pile has about 3 pick up loads already :-) * Posted by: ryanzone7 z7MD/professor dirt (My Page) on Sun, Feb 15, 04 at 5:19 I miss my windrow turner, I all have now to turn my "big" piles is a farm tractor, and for the task at hand it's like using a shovel to sweep the side walk, it can do it but ......... How's that for being a compost wacko? * Posted by: catfromtex 9 - Sunny So Cal (My Page) on Sun, Feb 15, 04 at 11:50 ...you know you're a wacko when you've accepted a new job w/great $$ and benefits and the part you?re excited about is having access to the muck from your new employer's horse stables. * Posted by: maryslc z5-6 (My Page) on Mon, Feb 16, 04 at 0:10 ...you REALLY know you're a compost wacko when a a co-worker says they haven't been able to bring themselves to spread a family members cremains.............and you eagerly offer to take care of it for them. * Posted by: squeeze z8 BC (My Page) on Mon, Feb 16, 04 at 0:40 they know you're wacky at the stable where you're picking up a truckload of horse biscuits, when they say "can you take this bale of moldy hay?" and you say "yes, PLEASE!!" - and they do look at you funny, when you say "thank you very much!" * Posted by: veilchen 5b s. Maine (My Page) on Mon, Feb 16, 04 at 8:02 That before you even saw this thread, you reminded yourself this morning to check the weather report on the computer before you log off, to see if there is going to be a thaw anytime soon so you can try to turn your compost pile. * Posted by: thorspippi z9 Sac CA (My Page) on Mon, Feb 16, 04 at 14:04 ...when your husband offers to start up a newspaper subscription because you've been bugging him to put his office papers in a separate box so you can shred it. (I told him NO that defeats the whole point!) * Posted by: cherylm z5ma (My Page) on Mon, Feb 16, 04 at 23:24 when you're accumulating a plastic storage boxful in the basement- coffee grounds, fruit and veg peels, a little shredded newspaper and a dab of old potting soil- no smell! and if it ever gets warm enough and melts some snow, i might get it to the real pile! * Posted by: plumeria50 z9CA (My Page) on Wed, Feb 18, 04 at 4:33 You know you're a compost wacko when you are eyeing the neighbors? pumpkins on display for Halloween and wondering how you are going to slyly get some of those pumpkins for your compost heap. Also, how you are going to pick up several on the curb before the garbage trucks come for them...without the neighbors seeing you. * Posted by: Harimad zone 7 (My Page) on Wed, Feb 18, 04 at 11:09 If you're worried about the neighbors seeing you, you may still be wacko-in-training. When you don't care, then you're definitely a wacko. If your neighbors give it to you or put it in your pile instead of in the trash can, then you're a prophet (ie, wacko with following). * Posted by: organic_johnny z6b PA (My Page) on Wed, Feb 18, 04 at 11:57 When you send your teenage son out for leaf bags...(which my mom did to me...I'm a 2nd gen cw). * Posted by: PaulNS NS zone 6a (My Page) on Wed, Feb 18, 04 at 12:34 When you create a 4'x4'x4' pile of crab waste and sawdust compost in a hurry, not mixing the materials enough or using enough sawdust, so that your good intentions turn into a Raging Pile of Stink which drifts clear over to the neighbours' place and lies down heavily on them during a heat wave and they are good neighbours so they only mention it politely after putting up with it for three days and you do everything within your power to muffle the smell including shovelling garden soil on top and surrounding the pile with bales of straw, to no avail, and all the while you're secretly and gleefully gloating over the big pile of rot in your yard which, really, objectively speaking, any normal person would consider smells fascinating. * Posted by: Storygardener 5/6 central oh (My Page) on Wed, Feb 18, 04 at 12:52 ....when at the garden club meeting last night I took all the plant litter from the demonstration and put it in my coat pocket for my compost pile. * Posted by: Nelz z5b/6 NW PA (My Page) on Thu, Feb 19, 04 at 23:49 Your wife mentions horse and pony for herself and daughter, and all you can picture is a pitchfork, a wheel barrow, and a dirty stall, and you smile LARGE!! * Posted by: Karalyn Z6 W. Boise (My Page) on Fri, Feb 20, 04 at 13:58 You are a wacko when....you go to your son's high school for a ski trip meeting and notice the little tractor and flatbed trailer full of bags and pizza boxes! I just grab 2 boxes on our way out, and I think one had spit on it from a student from the above corridor. This was around 7:45PM and dark. Also, the next door neighbor that I took some newspaper from her bin comes over to where I'm adding to the compost bin and I'm in my pj's, coat and NEW BLUE RUBBER BOOTS and asks, "What do I have there?" I told her what I was up to and told her I was raking up the leaves in the ditch, clearing up the grass, etc. She said I could have all the leaves I want and I asked about the newspaper and she said she'll just leave the bin by my compost bin. Cool, huh? ;-) Also, when hubby comes home from Nevada after cleaning casinos and brings me two packets of coffee that will make 4 cups. LOL Not quite the garbage bag full of Starbuck's coffee grounds, but I'm sure it will make a nice tea! I still don't have him "dumpster diving" at the restaurants he takes care of for greens or coffee grounds etc. He says it is very messy! Hah! * Posted by: bakemom z6 Ohio (My Page) on Sat, Feb 21, 04 at 0:05 Beverly - You're HERE! I just hopped over to check out a lasagna thread and here you are. Will you be full of instruction at the swap? I'm just chucking stuff here and there and throwing in a bit of shredded paper work. I don't know what I'm doing but things seem to grow better. Help! I'm a winter sowing junkie and thinking this is right up my alley. * Posted by: Storygardener 5/6 central oh (My Page) on Sat, Feb 21, 04 at 7:24 Hi Bakemom!! Well, I have been composting for nearly two years. Most of what I know - came from this forum. I just keep reading all the time and learning! I have done one lasagna garden. It's a veggie garden that I 'layered up' year and a half ago. I have the book if you want to borrow it. ....Beverly * Posted by: PaulNS NS zone 6a (My Page) on Sat, Feb 21, 04 at 12:48 Karalyn, Queen of the Wackos, composting student spit :) A snowstorm drops 90 cm/3 feet of snow on your area and the compost pile is 30m/100 feet from the house so you toss your kitchen scraps on the snow outside the front door and tell yourself you're sheet composting. * Posted by: Karalyn Z6 W. Boise (My Page) on Sun, Feb 22, 04 at 11:21 Paul, I love it! Tossing your scraps out the door. I do that with banana peelings outside my front door where the rose bushes are and the clematis plants. I understand they like the potassium in them. But now that I've come to this forum, I snip them in itty bitty pieces into an ice cream pail while listening to Dr. Phil, Montel, or Oprah. I'm behind you guys in my composting and need to speed things up! ;-) BTW, there were a lot more pizza boxes but I know DS wouldn't be interested in helping me nor waiting. But now I know another goldmine, the SCHOOL! * Posted by: Nelz z5b/6 NW PA (My Page) on Mon, Feb 23, 04 at 1:05 I have so many (currently 9) coffee ground buckets out (grocery store cafe's, teacher break rooms, church kitchen, etc.) that I need a list to keep track of emptying them. Plus I put my phone number on the lids so someone calls me when it's near full. BTW, most places have appropriate sized buckets so pick-ups can be done at the same time, yet I still have full buckets to pick-up, and I am not taking up extra space under their counter. This spring I hope to get others to start taking those grounds (will replace phone number lids with blank ones) so I can quit the circuit pick-up, now that I have starbucks on the hook for quite a bit 1 or 2x a week. * Posted by: flora_uk SW UK 8/9 (My Page) on Wed, Feb 25, 04 at 8:57 YKYACWW .... you hear a wail from the living room. Your daughter has just puked up on the carpet. You eye it up. Not toooo sloppy. Grab a piece of cardboard, scoop and run down the garden to the pile. Mission accomplished, you come back and start to mop up daughter. Got to get your priorities right. * Posted by: Karalyn Z6 W. Boise (My Page) on Wed, Feb 25, 04 at 16:35 FLora-ROTFL! * Posted by: Karalyn Z6 W. Boise (My Page) on Sun, Mar 7, 04 at 11:26 I scored the other day! I was going to a school meeting for my 12 year old, went through the fancy new neighborhood and saw the grounds workers cutting down tree branches and all the grasses (ornamental) and they were put in piles on the lawn later to be picked up. I made a mental note to go back and ask about the grasses. I took a different route home, but made a quick left turn into the subdivision. I asked the first guy, they are from Mexico and don't speak much English, but enough to direct me to the boss. He said fine and I offered my club wagon to put the grass into. They said "No, they wouldn't fit." I have all my bench seats in it. (I loved how they talked amongst themselves in spanish to decide about taking them to where I live which is behind the new subdivision) They actually loaded all the cut grasses and raked up leaves and put them in their truck and took them to my house and unloaded them for me. I wasn't expecting such service. They said they would just dump them anyway. So, I scored big time in the goal of getting other people's mulch and having it delivered. Where is that thread anyway?! I told them they can dump more of their grasses. They weren't done with this big subdivision and they also mow the shared grassy area and little parks. So I told them feel free to dump the grass too! When the grass gets long enough to mow. Plus I got the main guy's card to have him do some pruning and other stuff for me. I think the crew was amazed that this blonde haired lady, driving a ford clubwagon was willing to load it up with all the tall grasses! Let alone talk to them, as some people in this manicured area probably wouldn't bother speaking to them. Okay, is the yellow ornamental grass considered a brown or green? * Posted by: sylviatexas z8 Tx (My Page) on Mon, Mar 8, 04 at 17:15 One day I was to meet friends for a drink after work. I got there early, &, being a naturally shy & bashful person, I sat at the bar & talked to the bartender about my enthusiasm for Starbucks coffee grounds, other people's leaves, etc. Gary was the first to arrive. Gary's a hoot. He's one of those people who's always sanitizing their hands & spritzing the kitchen counter with anti-bacterial stuff. He sat down next to me just as the bartender said, "I just finished making myself a pitcher of tea. Would you like the teabag?" & I said *yes*! Of course! Thank you very much! So she put it in a sandwich bag for me. Gary eyed it & shuddered. The bartender, seeing his reaction, looked at him speculatively & said, "We roasted some peanuts in the shells earlier today for happy hour. Would you like the shells?" So she & I scooped peanut shells into my sandwich baggie as Gary made faces & shuddered. * Posted by: antic_zone9 z9FL (My Page) on Mon, Mar 15, 04 at 20:13 You know you're a compost wacko (or a wannabe) when: ...you take morning walks on trashday, pretending to be exercising, when you're really scouting the free bags of leaves. ...you walk the same route again, this time with the dog, in order not to arouse suspicion because you want to snag a beautiful closet door that will make a perfect wormbin (because of it's louvers). :) ...you don't worry about working out in a gym because you get your upper body workout by forking and turning your garbagecan compost bin. :) ...your DW is actually proud of you because of your commitment to something worthwhile (although you know she wonders about your sanity sometimes!) ;) ...you're ticked off that you can't compost plastic, because it won't break down within your lifetime, but you are happy that you are composting 60% of your garbage! ...you read composting books in the restroom and wonder if the DW would EVER let you have a composting toilet in the next house. (even if it was YOU that maintained it!) ...you subconsciously thank all of those hard-working neighbors who painstakingly rake up all of their leaves so you can steal their bags the next morning! ;) ...(this has been said before, but what the heck!) You wonder if the next occupants of the house will take advantage of the fresh composted soil for gardening that the previous owner had spent years transforming from a sandtrap. ...you think about all the OGM that is wasted daily and sleep very well that night knowing that you are doing your small part to hug the earth. * Posted by: maryslc z5-6 (My Page) on Fri, Mar 26, 04 at 23:31