I think you've got your memories mixed up, as the discount section of Norcal Pottery was in Hayward, not in Richmond next to Annie's Annuals. If memory serves, the pottery outlet next to Annie's is called Pottery Land, and both Norcal and Pottery Land still exist as wholesale outlets to the trade. The seconds area at Norcal did used to have some very good deals,you might try looking at the seconds/damaged pots at AW Pottery as an alternative, but never as large a selection as Norcal's seconds used to have.

if you are realy worried about transplanting in the heat but it Must be moved, you can pot the things up as tenderly and carefully and quickly as you can, then put them in a sort of holding area till the cooler weather comes, or till the plants recover from being moved. I would set them in dappled shade, or morning sun,. in saucers, or grouped in shallow tubs, I have those black plastic cement mixing trays on hand for this type of thing, or even a very shallow kiddy pool will work, or you can knock together a sort of tray by making a square of 2x4's lined with plastic, then you can give the stuff a good drink easily for a few days, Not setting in water, but easy to water all at once. this will buy you some time to think what to do next.

I know those rules sound crazy but they've been refined over the years of playing this game. I call it the Greed Game because the object of the game is, well, to be greedy! You're supposed to steal. I've played versions of this game many many times and I've found two immutable facts: 1. People LOVE to open a new wrapped gift. The thrill of finding out the unknown is hard to resist. 2. This game is no fun if there is no stealing. 2.a. The corollary to this is that if a few people get to steal while everyone else sits (usually with an "unpopular" gift in their lap) and watches the others having all the fun, it's REALLY not fun. So, my crazy rules solve both of the above. Everyone gets to open a new gift (yay!) and everyone gets a chance to steal (double yay!). Inevitably, if there are some gifts that NO one wants, SOMEONE will still end up with them. BUT at least the playing of the game will be fun! Thanks Sweeby for posting the rules (again!). It's actually nice to have them written up and I'm going to save them for the next time someone asks me for them, as they often do. Work in Progress - have fun!

This just really infuriates me. I belong to several other hobby forums. This kind of crap NEVER happens at those sites. I know Gardenweb makes a ton of money from paid advertising so it is beyone me why they cannot keep the board up and running!! It seems to me that if volunteer web masters on other boards manage to keep a board running, that surely a paid one should be able to do it. This sort of thing seems to happen quite often here and it takes a long time to fix things. I'd just like to know why???? SO frustrating!!