I think that was the coldest and wettest swap I've ever attended -- but it was as much fun as any I've been to! Big ups to the organizers -- excellent job! I think the "side trades" table was particularly inspired -- it saved a lot of time running around looking for a lot of people you'd never actually met, while still giving you the *option* of running around and looking for people if you wanted to! Wonderful plants, wonderful people, and would whoever made that lovely red apple dish give me the recipe? If you didn't get any, they were thick apple rings, maybe 1/2 or so; bright red, and sweet. But not sticky, syrupy sweet, just straight up apple taste. I thought they were going to be the standard 'apples in syrup with cinnamon red hots' but they were fantastic! Thanks all for a lovely time - now, who's going to plant these things for me?

Thanks guys! I'm relieved to hear that BME grows faster than I thought and a bit dismayed that Mighty grows so slow. These two little guys were expensive and are so tiny. We are planning on moving from UT to Florida in two years and if these guys grow that slow I might just take them with me as I've really been wanting these two for a long time and I would hate to start from scratch. I plan on leaving them in the ground even though we do not have any squirrels in our yard. Only problem we have are racoons and they don't seem to bother our plants (just our ducks). Is there a particular reason why you would need to pot them up? I don't mind having it in the ground due to it's size as I can just plant some annuals around it. They are both planted in front of my hydrangeas and they tend to steal the show anyways.

It could be possible they had a bit of winter-heave as their root masses are so small. Your soil may be that nice loose stuff so heave is almost expected for a plant so small. Some heucheras do that too and I push them back down. I have a habit of planting my very smalls and minis slightly higher, whether in ground or pot. It promotes vigour and there is less chance of crown rot. If they don't look abnormally high you can leave them.They look like they are very happy where they are. However, keep the moss and mulch in far proximity of their little crowns. Mulch for minis should not invade the canopy of the leaves, just mulch the perimeter around them. That is a sweet and pretty bed you've created. I've divided my Blue Mouse Ears and hope to showcase it is some fashion as well this year. :-)

no the one mentioned is the ancient type with 9pin d connection. this would allow you to use the 9PinD on the PS/2 or 9pin port on the pc. Serial to PS/2 Mouse adapter connector pinout but that is assuming you could ever find such an adapter and the price, plus would the old mouse even work on the windows 7 OS. This would be why I say that Using 6-PIN Mini-DIN Connector for 9-PIN Serial Port this may or may not work no clue MOUSE ADAPTER - 6 PIN MINI-DIN - FEMALE - 9 PIN D- contour makes a current 3 button mouse but has a ball on the side, but I think there is an option to get it with out the ball http://ergo.contourdesign.com/ you know where I would try, I would hit some of the local fixit computer repair shops I know the one I used to go to had baskets of that old stuff that he offered to give away because he had no use for it. this is what you want, it is an old logitec mouse man mouse, I had one just like it, may still have it somewhere or I thew it out when I moved.