Well I'm glad the daylily question has been answered as that's not a plant I use much, and when I do I cram it in behind other plants so only the flowers show. To the Lily of the Valley answer from Saypoint I'll add a little context: All perennial plants will increase over time - your daylilies and hostas, for instance, will have maybe 3 sprouts one year, then 6 or 8 the next, and then more. Those plants, and many other perennials, increase in a clumping manner; that is, the new sprouts come out of the base of the plant. Those can be planted in one place and they will stay there. Other plants, like Lily of the Valley, increase in a spreading manner by sending new shoots up from the roots, or by sending out long runners from the base of the plant. Those plants will not just grow over a wide area but also literally travel to where their preferred conditions are. If you plant LOV at the top of your slope, for example, I'd bet that within 5 years you would have a little forest of LOV along the bottom of the slope, as it will follow the water and probably nutrients downhill. Sweet woodruff is another wanderer, by the way. As for reshaping the bed... I'm not sure that I can see an obvious solution; it would take some thought, and more landscaping expertise than mine (I'm a plant fiend first). There's nothing wrong with working with the bed the way it now is, and seeing what strikes you as a better idea once you've spent some time working on your garden and investigating the world of plants. Above all, the ultimate AMOUNT of bed will depend on how much gardening you want to do, and what kind of plants you like. And if you live in an area where 90% of homes have red mulch, I'm guessing you're going to have to look to the world of books and magazines for inspiration and ideas, and when you do I'm sure that different options will occur to you. Or maybe someone else here has an idea... This thread: http://forums.gardenweb.com/forums/load/conif/msg0501045731301.html and the one linked below are some with photos from the Conifers forum. Sorry I didn't have time to look for those yesterday. These people (including me) are a little obsessed and I'm not recommending that, but these threads show some of the awesome variety of material to choose from in the conifer world. (Don't forget to look at mature/10-year size before you buy) You had another question not yet answered... and perhaps better answered elsewhere but what the heck - deadheading: some people do it once a season, some once a day. Just look at the plant structure and try to avoid cutting off emerging buds as well. You probably would enjoy a good general gardening book to answer questions like that. Here is a link that might be useful: Pictures of conifers

some of the new browsers will do that to warn you so you know if a site is a secure site, in that they mean one you can use your credit card on etc like one you buy from. You can change that setting I believe to not warn. As stated to know if it is a secure site look in the address bar if it has https and not http it is secure the s is the key also if secure it will have the lock icon somewhere either in the adddress bar or down in the bottom bar. IF purchasing from a site or banking etc, private transactions, always make sure it is https.

Vickey, I know this sounds really dumb for someone who has been hanging around the KT for over 10 years, BUT....... How do you get to safemode when the computer is running? I don't even remember how to do it when starting up the computer. My XP is not like 98 and I don't think I have used safemode since the switch.

I don't think you are being hyjacked. Yahoo has done this for years. I stopped using Yahoo when they started requiring you to read a page of advertising and wait, in order to view an email. It wasn't every single email but it was annoying.