Arum, I don't bath my 6 cats. They groom themselves all the time and smell so nice. But they are not huge cats so they can get to those places that would be hard for an over sized cat. I found cat wipes at Petco that are deodorized and helps the cleaning process. I used them on my kittens when they punged into their food or their eyes may drained a little. The wipes have a nice fresh fragrant smell but also moist vera aloe/soft treatment to the cat's coat while cleaning their hair and other parts. I think you will be pleased with this product. Also the cat won't be all that upset with wiping him down. At least it is better then trying to bath him with his claws out. Most vets will be glad to trim cat's nails for around $7.00. I trim most of my cats except for 2 of them that are impossible for me to try. Theresa

Welcome to the forum, and welcome to summer vegetable gardening! It's a tough time of year for most familiar veggies, as you see. Humidity, heat, mildew, bugs. Did you see stunted, gnarly, bubbled roots on the plants you removed? That would be nematodes...kill plants quickly. The white squigly marks are probably leaf miners, not a huge problem unless there are lots of them. You can use the "search" feature at the top of this page to find past conversations about growing vegetables in Florida. It should give you a lot of info. Good luck and again welcome. Keep posting with your successes, failures, questions, observations, whatever. It's fun here on this forum! Treefrog

thanks for sharing+ I enjoyed reading that. I also like to experiment: I have a collection of fertilizers: everytime i go to the nursery (and I go to alot of them) that is the first section I look. I love to feed the plants as much I loved to feed my kids. unfortunately, we don't get the same fertilizers as you all do in the States. Tropicals are fun and challenging. sue

The Ritz is gorgeous, we've been by there but it does look very fancy to me. I've never heard of Samantha Brown but am glad to know it's family friendly. You'll have to report back. We usually stay out by the marina or in a condo. There is a small inn we enjoyed, I can't remember the name right now. We like small, bed and breakfast type places. I completely understand about the chill out trips before a busy time - we like to do that for the long Thanksgiving weekend. deee - I've never heard of Boneyard Beach or Big Talbot Island! I'm going to look that up - thanks!! tina