Thanks SUe...I had rec'd some trade emails a few weeks ago, so I didn't even know it, but I surely was blocked.....thanks for all your help on here!! I certainly appreciate it!

I hope it isn't rude of me to resurrect a thread from a few years ago, but I came across this thread while searching for information on controlling asclepias syriaca, more specifically, whether the rhizomes can be contained so as to prevent them from taking over (the seeds I'm not as concerned about). I have a couple of 1 year old syriacas in my garden (planted last year), as well as some new syriaca and purpurascens seedlings I have started indoors. I'm just now realizing/reading about how aggressive established syriaca can be. I have been fighting ongoing battles with Japanese knotweed and bindweed in my garden, which makes me very leery of inviting more rhizome-related trouble! I also have a fairly small garden, which means that if the syriaca begins spreading, it will quickly be popping up in my raised veggie beds on the one side, or in my rose/perennial beds on the other side. That said, is there a way to contain the syriaca rhizomes? Jazzygardener, above, mentions black plastic landscape edging--do others recommend this approach? Perhaps I'm overly cautious because of my J. knotweed experiences--those roots spread far too deeply underground for some black plastic to do much good, but J. knotweed is somewhat notorious for that so it may not apply to syriaca. If black plastic would work, what about large nursery pots sunk into the ground? Or alternatively, might it be a better idea for me to focus on better-behaved asclepias that would be more manageable? As mentioned, I do have some purpurascens seedlings and from my reading, it looks like there are many other asclepias varieties that are better behaved. I don't want to do the butterflies any disservice, but I don't know if I can take on another garden battle! What would you recommend? Thanks all for any thoughts and opinions. :)

Stinky, I've mentioned it so many times on this forum that people are probably getting sick of me, lol. I can't stand decorating the rooms with 18' ceilings. My last house only had one of them, but here it's the foyer, living room and great room. Did you see my recent post about the different color moldings? That shows the decorated model of our house. While I think I've come up with some inexpensive ideas for wall art, it's a shame to me to have to buy something large to 'fit a space' rather than something smaller that I truly love. My dream home would have 10', at the most, 12' ceilings. I am getting quite anal about decorating my dining room. Bought an expensive French Heritage table and want to splurge on window treatments. This is because it's the only 'normal' size room on the first floor. I'm not counting the kitchen because as nice as it is, they crammed so many cabinets in it that there is no room for art. No wall space at all. Les had a great idea to take the "odd little corner cabinet" (her words, lol) down as it is off center and really serves no purpose. DH was amenable to that. It's one area that I compromised on because DH just loves the high ceilings, maybe because he's 6'4", but I couldn't do it again. We'll be staying here until we retire.

Do you mean block all his emails? There should be the option in Outlook Express to do this. In Windows Mail you go to "Tools" on your email window, scroll down to "Junk Email Options", find "Blocked Senders" and "Add", then add his email.