Yes, both a spring & fall crop is a standard here as we love brocolli and it's one of the tops for good health and nutrition, and easy to freeze. Better tasting than store bought too. A note on buying transplants - buy them ASAP when the store recieves them as stores generally don't take good care of them which can stress them out to button up on you later. I also look for the youngest transplants and not buy the biggest ones (which is tempting) but which are most likely root bound and have a "woody" stem appearance that is also a sign of age. Harden-off fresh bought transplants too as these are probably right out of the greenhouse and may get sunburned or wind whipped which is also stressful to them. 2 cents.

have I mentioned "Do a Dozen" yet? There are chores I know I need to do; I haven't forgotten them, I'm thinking of them and then decide they're just too overwhelming. Like folding the 5 loads of laundry DH did. So, I tell myself I only need to "do a dozen"--fold 12 things. Put away 12 things off the dresser. I get to define what a "thing" is--maybe it's all 7 pencils that count as one "thing." Or, if I'm feeling really overwhelmed or short on time, every single pencil counts as one, and I quit early. Usually I decide that socks don't count (though I do take them out and put them in their sorted piles, I just don't count them), and so 12 would have been 27 if I'd added in all the socks. Or I decide that anything I'm going to throw away off the dresser doesn't count, and only things being relocated count--speeds that up fast, too. Sometimes I realize I've accidentally gone over--oops, did 18, my bad! Sometimes I'll say, "gee that went fast, I'll do ANOTHER dozen."

Hi I am Teresa, 36 from MD, separated 2 girls 7, Barbara and 12, Ashley. I have been planning my scrapbook for 2 years (was great therapy during the initial shock of separation) and now finally putting it all together. I sure hope the girls don't tire of me taking pictures of everything we do. I never did the picture thing when they were smaller, just started with the separation, you know the 1st christmas alone, any road trips, everything we do, this Friday we are "doing" Barbi's first carnival, so I can wait. Anyone living in the MD DC VA area hearing of a rodeo in town on the weekend would you be so kind as to let me know. Barbi's dad promised and promised that they would go to the one here last weekend, but his wonderful girlfriend said no (a whole 'nother story) so needless to say she was heartbroken. Ok I have rambled enough, sorry, but it makes me a stronger person to "see" what a jerk he is... Anyway thanks for listening.

You use the link on the preview page like I'm on now. It will say: Optional Link URL:____________________ Name of the Link:_____________________ They are under the Message box. That's it. Give it a try Caroline. You will only see these options when you go to the "preview" page for the replies or posts. Hope I'm not confusing you.