ok where to you get bat guara from? My brug is suffering. I don't seem to be making it happy. I tried slow release fertilzer, epson salt, and no blooms. I know it blooms because I bought it with blooms on it. Now it is oct and the temps are getting cooler.. When is it time to put in in my greenhouse. I am envious of all of ya'll in your brugs. I have a woman down the street who has a yellow one that I have seen bloom all winter and summer. In the winter she had it in the garage with a grow light and in the summer she had it under her pines.. it kills me that I can't get mine to bloom maybe next year. just a question. I have it in a black container.. Is that a bad thing. I have not transplanted it in to proper pot yet.Yikes I am a bad girl if that is the problem. carolyn from tn

Maman Cochet has large, rounded foliage (and not enough of it) and an awkward, angular growth habit. BH de Snoy also has the lovely, elegant clear pink buds & blooms but the foliage is smaller, finer and the growth habit of the plant is prettier. Both are very nice roses. The blooms of MC are larger & tend to dangle. The center is muddled, fuddled, duddled. BH de Snoy has somewhat smaller blooms presented upright.

I can't imagine why your DH doesn't like those cups in the first pic...they are very nice and don't seem "too dainty" for a guy. I REALLY love your Dutch girl! My Dad is from Holland and I would love to have something like that as a "heritage" item. She does go very well with the windmill plates! DD

The same guy on the tea forum, when discussing sun tea said he thought it wasn't exactly safe. Something about bacteria being able to grow from the tea sitting outside in the sun for hours. I never thought about bacteria, have made sun tea before and so far haven't gotten sick. I sweeten my tea, hot or cold, by serving, not in the pitcher or pot. The artificial sweeteners are really too sweet for me but if that's all I have on hand I use that. I've never tried honey in iced tea only in brewed hot. Anyone sweeten iced tea with honey?