Marcia---Yes, those banana plants are mine. Here is a picture I posted last July showing my newly planted 2 dozen blueberries. The bananas are behind them. The pummelo tree is to the left. Anna---I do feel so lucky to have my 2 acres. I just love to be out working in my yard. Sometimes I stay out there all day. coffeemom---I almost forgot to mention, you got me laughing! My husband isn't into gardening, but he will do the heavy work that I am not physically able to do myself. I leave the tree dropping to him. As for my powers, my powers are that he says that he benefits from the veggie garden. He will eat the vegetables but he won't eat any fruit except the oranges and pineapples. I would like to say peaches but the squirrels get them first. Tom---That's not my back yard--it's my front yard, near the street. My house is located toward the back of the property. My yard is designed backwards. I don't mind because it does help with privacy. Tom, I would love to trade cuttings. I can root the poinsettia for you first before mailing it. I realize that the plumeria doesn't need to be rooted first. Today I got some tree dahlia cuttings that I potted up. If you are interested in one of those, I can include that too. The mother plant I saw was 5-6 feet tall. It is a background plant for sure. Christine

MM, as good as you are at arranging florals, I wouldn't be surprised if you share your finished project tomorrow.haha Amazing how expensive it is to even make one unless you have coupons to buy supplies. Punk

Gail, I thought the owl was a wood sculpture! He obviously feels comfortable being at your house. Okay, above I told you all we found a snake in the firewood on the patio and didn't find where it went. Today DH was getting ready to throw out an old smoker we have sitting next to the wood. As soon as he opened the door to it....yup....the snake was there! Don't let this thing fool you, he was 5' long!

You had hail to contend with, and I'm sorry for the damage it caused to your hostas. Even though I was outside til 1 a.m. frantically putting up stakes, cutting up garbage bags, and taping them to the stakes to save my hostas and heuchies from the ravages of the idiot "landscape workers" spraying Roundup right next to my garden, they STILL managed to get weedkiller on my beautiful heuchie Frost, leaving it with numerous brown spotted ruined leaves. As my friend Chris and I labored out in my garden today, potting up my hostas and heuchies in fabric grow bags, we were astounded to see the damage to Frost (and some brown spots on my gorgeous hosta Royal Tiara) spread before our very eyes, the brown areas getting larger. Hosta Royal Tiara before spraying Hosta Royal Tiara a few days after spraying Heuchie Sugar Berry a few days after spraying