Hi petuniapig, Welcome to Garden Web and The Seed Exchange! I thought you might like to know there is no email link on your member page, thus no way to email you. Pleas see addressing newbie and newer member issues for complete instructions on getting your Member Page email link set up. Also included in the instructions is information on how to add your location and garden zone (if known) to the one box provided for the zone. See I am zone 5/6 S IN. By placing that info in your profile, it will be displayed on your member page, and will automatically be displayed each time you post. Happy Trading! Sue

Last year some places in TX had more than 100 days at or above 100F, yikes!!! Here at 4500ft elevation only 3 days. Just north of here in Midland-Odessa at 3000ft about 65 days. But even here with a total 2 inches rain for the year it was tough sledding. If you have good soil and plenty of water most plants can stand the heat. Without those factors it's tough. This year is much better so far, 3.5 inches rain already. But 6 hails along with that, only one with real damage. It took out about 2/3 of my watermelon that were small and set. More are setting now so it's OK.

Whoo Hoo, I'm so glad that you all will be here! Sweeby, my cabinets are a bit distressed ;-) but I'm happy with them. My kitchen floor has taken a beating also but I'm happy with it overall. This is definitely a working kitchen!

Jill, this is a cute story why I'm a Met's fan. My youngest son loved baseball since the womb. lol. When he was 7 (he's now 30) we went to the Mall to a sport's store. He asked the guy for a Met's cap, and the guy started laughing at him because back then the Met's were just awful. WHY my son loved the Mets, I have no clue. But his love never waivered. His classmates always made fun of him for liking the Mets. He didn't care! Then the Mets got really good. A neener neener moment for him. :) Know what I had to do? I called the Met's office and asked them if I could order things from them on the phone. This was before internet stores. I got him not only a cap, but lots of things! He put the Met's license plate on the front of his truck and someone stole it. I was livid.