Edmunds sells bareroots, usually grafted on Dr. Huey rootstock. You have to get bareroots fresh, fresh, fresh, fresh. Most of the time from the big box stores, they have been sitting around for awhile and haven't been kept hydrated. Dehydration is death to bareroots. So, very green, very plump, fresh canes are critical. Next, the bareroots have to be rehydrated, so cover the roots with water and let them soak for a minimum of 24 hours, I like to let them soak for a few days (ok, sometimes it gets to weeks, but that's another story). Plant, and then you have to cover the canes until they break dormancy. You can cover with mounded soil or mulch or with a paper bag (cut out a hole from the bottom to let air in), but those canes still need to be kept moist. And water, water, water. Hope that helps.

It changed so many peoples lives...my job took a nose dive and I feel like we're just now pulling out of the mess...It changed soooo many things in how I now do my job...It changed my nieces life forever and she's still so bitter and cannot get past it...I can't blame her...Her husband was a wonderful man and I often think how her life would be sooo different had he not been in the pentagon that day...Please keep her in your thoughts...cause she sooo needs help and while she does still attend grief sessions I'm not sure she'll ever get over it...this pic was taken in Jack's little town Memorial Day, 2002...They had a wonderful service and dedicated it to him...

I can only relate my 9/11 feelings as we observe the 17th anniversary of that sorrowful day. Born and raised on the upper West Side of Manhattan, a long time ago, I only remember the neighborhood where the towers were attacked, years before they were built. It was a busy neighborhood primarily consisting of 80 + yr old red brick tenement buildings,..5 - 7 stories high, all with commercial stores on the ground level, facing the busy street out front. What made that area special to me and many other natives was that the sidewalks were teeming with tables displaying various wares ! In 1963 it was simply a carnival every day of shouting merchants and frenetic buyers !!! On that fateful day in 2001, I was a Florida Keys resident and recently retired ! I awoke at 8 AM, turned on the TV and less than an hour later was stunned by what I saw, as we all were ! This morning I got caught up again in the personalized stories on TV ! Then, after an hour or so, I had to shut the TV down and find something else to do. Have been there, have seen enough, and forced myself to think instead about the NY Jets great victory last night ! ( weak smile ) Will always have that sick feeling every 9/11 till forever ! I know a lot about the hate most Arabs have,..- lived and worked for 13 yrs in the oil fields of eastern Saudi Arabia until 1991 ! Heard the stories from friends still working there about the laughing, hilarious afternoon hubbly-bubbly sessions the older Arab's held after 9/11 !! They were all so thrilled ! No comment lest I get deleted ! After I moved here to Englewood in 2004, I drove up to Sharky's in Venice many times,..always driving past Venice Municipal Airport where Mohammed Atta and a few of his demented, hate filled Islamic brothers actually took flying lessons just prior to 9/11 !!! Most of the locals didn't want to discuss that episode, - especially after it was revealed the vile assassins said they only wanted instructions on how to fly those big jets once they were up high,..they had no interest in learning how to take-off or land ! I still mourn, not only for all the poor people inside the Twin Towers, but also all those FDNY, NYPD & other responders who immediately flew into that chaotic, polluted air scene so heroically ! One of my childhood buddies was an FDNY responder,..dying 12 yrs ago from lung cancer,..and he never smoked !

Flowers on the dais at Peterborough Cathedral, Peterborough, England.