Ron, I will try to give you a scetch of my OG background and then you can decide how my experiences apply to your situation. I have worked at a small nursery that specialized in growing ornamental grasses. Small meaning 5 plastic covered hoop houses ( my irish friend calls these tunnels) and one heated greenhouse. For the past 10 years (on and off) I have sold grasses from my home. We are talking fairly small scale. Not wanting to be tied to a full time nursery I hold an ornamental grass open house in the fall. People come and look at all the full grown grasses (well labelled) and if they wish, put in an order to be picked up (and paid for) in the spring. I took this idea from several small lily nurseriers in our area. I make an inventory list showing what I will have available in the spring and work from that. All the grasses in the garden are not available every year it just works out that way. Now, before any of you ask .. Surprisingly most people are happy to order from me and wait until the spring for their plants. In zone 5 they wouldnt gain much by planting in the fall anyway. AND . Also surprising, although I dont collect their money until they have picked up the plants I have very few orders (or none) that are not picked up in the spring. My grasses are grown in raised beds in the ground and are only potted for sale (this is done at least 6 weeks before selling so that the grasses have had a chance to root out into the potting mix. On to your questions (remember I am talking from my zone 5 experience where winter temperatures go as low as -20C) 1. growing in glass house vs outdoors Glass house - allows you to have plants with a headstart on the season. - good for starting plants from seed in winter & early spring - allow you to grow/keep tender grasses such as Pennisetum rubrum - higher costs - higher maintenance ie, watering and pest control Outdoors - late start on the season - weeding required - less time spent watering - less pest problems - divisions cant be made until the ground thaws So.. I think that there is definitely an argument to have both depending on the size, scope & timing of your planned nursery. 2. Propagation by division vs. by seed By seed: - only a few cultivars that are actually seed strains and therefore that can be propagated by seed. - some species produce very little viable see - some species are slow to bulk up (eg, Achnatherum spp. & Sesleria spp.) - variation in size & shape (eg Pennisetum alopecuroides) - good for short lived species (NZ sedges, Stipa tennuissima, etc.) Division - only reliable (responsible) way to propagate most OG cultivars. - bulk up fairly quickly from this method - must be done early in the season while grasses are actively growing but still small (warm season grasses) Again .. there is a place for both methods in a grass nursery. You can however get away with just propagating by division. 3. Precautions to take against weeds and diseases Generally, I can say that I am VERY anal about any new plants that I bring onto my property. I always remove any potting soil and wash the roots. Even with that I now have an outbreak of that ugly little pop weed and it makes me crazy. - growing under glass would negate many of the weed problems but increase problems with insects and diseases that is a whole subject in itself and Im not going there - outdoors the best precaution you can take is to keep your grasses (nursery stock) from going to seed. I always cut mine back after they have flowered. It is very easy to identify and remove a broad-leafed weed but VERY difficult to identify a volunteer grass seedling that has sown into the crown of another grass (unless your are very good with your identification) - I mulch my grasses with organic matter to reduce weeds and to reduce water loss I have run out of steam AND time BUT if you find any of this helpful I would be happy to tackle the other questions later today or tomorrow. Can you give us an idea of the scale of nursery that you might be planning?? later, a.

One thing that might be happening is that notepad may be adding a .txt extension to the file. By default, Windows explorer hides extensions when they're known file types, so it's possible that a file you thought was saved as index.html was actually saved as index.html.txt (even though it appears to be index.html in explorer). To change that, from the explorer (not internet explorer, but windows explorer) menu, choose tools/folder options, then choose the View tab. Uncheck Hide extensions for known file types and click either Apply or Apply to All Folders (I always set it this way for all folders). Once you've done that, you can correct the extension if that's what was wrong.

Your question is really very vague, but I guess you are asking what a host does for you. Its simple, they offer space on their servers to store and display graphics and or websites. Most charge for the service by the month depending on the amount of service you require, but there are still a few out there that are free. Each have their own set of rules as far as the amount of data you can store, how much bandwidth you can use and if linking outside their server is allowed. There are different types of host from "full service" to just photo and graphic storage. Full service are general the ones that charge where you can host your websites and might include a domain name, email and other services. Photo and graphic hosts do just that, let you store your stuff on their servers for viewing on the internet, but not all allow linking to places like here on the Garden Web. If you are looking for a free service you need to google, but besure to read each ones TOS (Terms of Service) before signing up. You also might check with your ISP as most of them offer free storage. There again besure to read the TOS!

I don't know anything about AOL, Connie. So I'm not sure what they have to offer. I'm not sure why Paul doesn't like Godaddy.com. He probably has a valid reason and I definitely trust his judgement. But I can say from my experience that I have used them for registering domain names for over 3 years and have not had one single problem with them. I have registered 3 names with them and they have only cost me $8.95 a year each. The first 2 things that you need to do is: 1. Decide where you are going to get web space. Does your account with AOL give you free web space? If so, I would use it. If you plan to use the website for a commercial site then make sure you can use the free space for that purpose. My isp gives me 100 mb's of web space and they don't care if it's used for personal or commercial use, but some isp's want you to pay extra for commercial use. To give you an idea about how much space that is.....I have 97 web pages online, which total to less than 20 mb's. And most of those pages are filled with photos. So 100 mb's is a lot of space!!! 2. Decide which company you will use to register your domain name. There are quite a few companies out there and you can do a search for them. I used GoDaddy.com because someone at either this forum or the computer help forum recommended them several years ago, and I have been very happy with them. Maybe someone else can recommend a site for registration that they have used. Once you have taken care of those 2 things, then the rest is a piece of cake. Make your webpage(s) and upload them.