Millie, if you live in cold country, try leaving it outside to freeze, then stick it in a sturdy paper grocery bag & whacking it with a hammer. This is not the voice of experience with CDs, but I accidentally ran over a plastic Rubbermaid stool when it was frozen (not much below 32F) & it shattered beautifully! 'Pup

Did you find the inspirational Garden Junk photo albums by our friend here, purplemoon ...I'll attach the link...lots of goodies there & esp totems & BB's which you show an interest in! Welcome to the forum! Jeanne S. Here is a link that might be useful: Garden Junk Inspiration Album ...'Totems'

Hello, I can quite a bit and my great uncle just gave me all his jars. Well, some of them look really old. I don't want to use them if they are valuable- I'd like to maybe put dry goods in them and not take a chance of breaking them. None of them are blue. Some of them say Atlas, One is tall- skinny- never seen one like that. Some of the Ball and Kerr's look old. In total he gave me about 12 boxes and about 20 of them look old. Any website or markings on how to find out how old they are?? Also, a friend gave me her mother's jars and two of them were the Mom's jar- I put them on a shelf- Loved those!! Never seen them before!! I loved reading the posted- glad I'm not alone about keeping jars!! Haha! I was the only one of my friends canning when I started and since them I gotten a bunch of them to start!! Kyla in Al

Dear Friends, The tree in this thread grew from a cutting I brought back from Maui about 8 years ago. I've kept it alive and reasonably well even in this relatively-cold clime, though it has been plagued, each winter, by spider mites. Due to the climate and the mites, it has only bloomed once, long ago. Then last year the branch was broken that gave rise to this thread and the things I've learned here have helped me make my plumeria a much happier plant. The result is that it is blooming! In addition, I have two cuttings, both of which are putting out new leaf spikes (though I've seen no roots yet and am following directions until I do). So I wanted to share them with you, who have done so much to help make it happen. Thanks again for your time and energy and knowledge and encouragement! If ever we should meet, I shall pour a glass of my homemade pineapple mead for you! Thanks Again and Aloha!