I used to fume about them, but it is what it is. It's a charity. I like to think that some of my money goes to teaching kids about trees. I've gotten a few dead sticks, but they shipped me new ones without any hassle. I think bareroot trees is precarious business. I now have a few arbor day offspring that are now over 9 feet tall (less than a year after ordering). Some are shorter, but they died back almost to the ground (nasty cold-hot-cold winter). Eventually, they resprout and before you know it, you've got 4 feet of lush new growth. So, patience is key. But before patience, quickness is also important. Get your holes dug before the trees arrive. Get them in the ground quickly. At roughly $5/stick, you can't beat that at the local nursery.

Put them in dappled shade or morning sun so that the pots won't dry out so quickly. I got some redbuds from the ADF two years ago that I babied in pots until fall. First they have to get some size until they were big enough to plant out and secondly you'll have to do a lot less watering planting out in the fall. I move things around at all times of the year, but woody plants are best moved in fall/winter.

Just my $ .02, but when I read where wormers using plastic totes for bins do not have holes in the bottoms with no excess moisture anywhere in there.....I've gotta believe that the moisture content in those bins (if using a lid) are inadequate. Oh, the wormies ain't gonna croak, or flee, or regress right away, but those wormies can and do get along really well in an environment much moister than the generally accepted worming principles (GAWP) some adhere to. Thing is, moisture hangs around much longer in plastic environs than any other material (think plastic bowls and lids in the upper tray of your dishwasher that just stay dripping wet forever) So it stands to reason that if a wormer continues to add moisture -laden foodstuffs in an environment that retains moisture so long, moisture levels are gonna build up and because of gravity, the excessive moisture is gonna seep to the bottom of the bin. The holes, like hummersteve....for one...says, are not used and supposedly unnecessary. But what they are are a really good "safety valve" for those buildups of moisture that should occur sometimes unless the bin ain't damp enough. I kinda think the people who don't use holes don't so because of not wanting any leakage messes. Finally, because the moisture does gravitate to the bottoms of the bins, that means that the bottoms are always wetter than up above. So if the bottoms are ideally damp, that can only mean that the upper regions are less ideally damp. And, by the way, dig down into the lower regions that are probably a little too wet, and compacted......there'll be lots of worms down in there and they will normally be less active and laying around feeling sorry for themselves, morose, lethargic, and most important.....disinterested in helping you grow your herd. cb2

Oh Aunt Jen.............you are definitely NOT as zig-zaggy fast as that wand! You are blond and cute, but not ziggy fast. I know. It hurts to hear, doesn't it? Check out the youtube video. No, it's not me. But I should do youtube videos, huh? Well, heading into day II of the MAC foundation. DD loved it on me. My 29 yr old (too cute for words) boss loved it on me. But again...........need my dead flat look. Going to try again and see what I think. And I have another review. I bought the Maybelline Color Sensations lipstick in Coffee Craze yesterday. The color is so close to the MAC verve I just got. (Can you tell I was excited about the MAC counter???? Been in Macy's 1200 times, but never ventured over to MAC till this week. Favorite part? No perfume smell at MAC.) Anyway, the color was good, but the smell...........! Whoa. Color Sensations smells like old paint. And the MAC smells like chocolate vanilla. Double the $$ but I do love this lipstick. Red and oh my goodness......while searching for a short little youtube video on the ziggynes of PP for Jen, I found someone reviewing it, who was worried about inserting the battery in the tube...........wow. wow. Here is a link that might be useful: Pulse Perfection Review on youtube