This works so well that you will think why did I plant so many seeds this spring. One note on the tomato seedlings keep a close eye on those jugs once they sprout they will need extra protection on those nights that go under 32 degrees, my rule of thumb has been 36 degrees and under they get a towel tossed over the jugs at night and as april goes on with so many jugs they go in a unheated garage/hay trailer for the night. Platsic does not buy you a lot cold protection but towels and blankets do. I use old horse blankets for this too. ML who has been "Riding the wave of green north.!" since 2005

Ken, the yellow weeper is 'Boyko's Sundown'. Some are more golden then others, this one I hand picked because it had such great bright splotches. It also seemed fairly narrow which is good considering it's spot! As for the property line, this is probably the best aspect of my piece of earth, it's both vague *and* heavily forested. I am next to a corner lot(their backyard extends to my left side yard) and there is a greenbelt behind me for about 150 yards. It has been designated native habitat by the county and thus without serious zoning changes can never be developed. Most of the large, existing trees on my property are huge already. There are hundreds of doug-firs exceeding 50' and many well over 100' tall with the only thing visible to the gardener or visitor are the elephant trunks shooting upwards. A few of my younger doug-firs out front are about 10-15 years old and still have limbs to the ground. These are what I mean I will slowly trim up, exposing new spaces for conifers that take some shade or part shade. Dougs grow like *crazy* here, so in 15-20 years I'll be surrounded skyward by plants exceeding 150' at which point the only problem will be trees dumping branches and needles in storms and the occasional large tree coming down(a scary thing indeed). Long term, many of the plants that it becomes apparent will be much too big to stay will end up in the local botanical garden which I am helping to design. Almost 100 acres of space, over half undeveloped so there should be plenty of space for these trees to settle in for the long haul. We've worked out a nominal trade/price of about $5 cash/$10 trade per year per plant. Not a lot of money, but that's not the point anyways. Finally, I *welcome* the day I run out of space. It'll be good on my back, budget and nice to know I have a 'complete' garden, with plants that are really nice to have around. Two or three years, I'd guess! -Will

Those are very nice. I had one and appreciated the fact that it could go under the bed. Glenda, I didn't use it for a few months, and then when I wanted to use it again, it was dead. Maybe the battery, I'm not sure, but the replacement battery was expensive and I didn't want to buy it and find that it wasn't the battery. So the lesson is, use it regularly! Nice gift you got there!

Yes!! I got your message...Good to know it is back...Hope to hear soon from the other members I messaged earlier... Check you message box... Hehe Not sure what is going on.. the email reminder thingy is still not working ..I have set it to receive emails for all events. I still emails on things like; someone posted, liked, but none for messaging. I will redo the settings again and see if I get the whole thing working again properly. Want to have the exchange thing ready and set for the swap. I need to set things aside for folks..