Bill, what type of planters? Concrete or hypertufa may be heavy to ship. Are you near a major city with some unique garden centers? If you stay hear long enough you may find that it is not to difficult to make one for yourself. Check out Farmbrook Designs, not sure if they have what you want? Good Luck Mike Here is a link that might be useful: Garden Design Ideas

I have seen 3 old fashioned lilacs bloom in north east Ga. There were very few blossoms on the bushes and they got a lot of mildew. They smell wonderful. I grew up as a child with lilacs in central NY and miss them. I have tried the southern lilacs but they don't have the right fragrance. If you find one that smells good and blooms well let me know.

Most of the time I am an organic gardner but not over iris borers. When I spot them I dig up the clump and cut out all rotted areas and trim the leaves to healthy parts and fungicide them. It postpones bloom for a year with some irises but not others. I do not dig up all the clumps not showing a problem however for most seem healthy and usually I do not get the borers back again for many years. What is bothering me this year is slugs and snails all over the iris. Never had that problem before and that might be from rain, rain, rain so I stomp, stomp, stomp the offenders.

Hello folks, sorry for the delay in my response, it's a busy time of year for this industry because many adult childern come home to visit and find their parents are begining to fail and need some help. Asolo & Imabest, I will have to look up the name of the bill for the tax credit that went to Congress this year, and I will let you know ASAP. Diane, no you don't have to pay it back, the grant is small usually around $250.00 every 3 months,but that is money that could be used for respite care or RX co pays, etc. I will find my info on that and post it here.Michgirl, I assume you are in Michigan? I am too so I know all of the state and federal programs here well, I am near Muskegon, where are you? Please feel free to e mail me at lvlice@aol.com I will need more details but most likely can find you some help. I have quite a few clients that are younger disabled people. I have put in some pretty long hours and have been later and later getting hubbies dinner so I cant get the info tonight. I will have everything answered and posted by Friday at the latest.(next two days are client visit days)but I usually work at home so I can sneak in some forum time. Lisa