shasta, I hope I didn't read it on this thread :-) but no one mentioned digging them up in any of the discussion I read about it. You just leave them where they are. I don't know everything, but I covered mine with chicken wire (read that somewhere, they'll grow through it) so the squirrels wouldn't dig them up. Then I had to cut some of it away this spring because it was cramping some of the tulips, haven't bothered covering it with mulch but should if I leave it. I think I'll take it off after the leaves die back and take my chances. I don't see anybody else doing that. As usual, the squirrels and/or chipmunks are messing with my stuff, gotta cut more chicken wire for all my planters. I love the critters but am really cross with them at this point. I think I did check back on the bulb forum with another question I had. Someone wanted to know if you could transplant tulips now. I can't remember the answer to that exactly - I wouldn't - would wait until fall, but they were talking those bulblets. One opinion is they take so long to mature and bulbs are cheap but you can grow those, sounds like a hassle. We'll see what happens with mine. There was an opinion that those grown in shadier spots are less likely to come back. Clunk. That could be mine on the east side of the house that don't even get a full morning of sun because of trees. Anyway, you might want to try it, and it's probably not too late to give them some bloom booster now for when they quit blooming for the food storage process, couldn't hurt. Your tulips are really pretty. And I still love your jug ghetto. Mine aren't thick like that because the germination is more in patches. But a visual is a great help and tells me to uncover mine (it is still getting pretty chilly here at night and I've got vent holes in mine). Now I'm seeing peoples' photos here, and I'm not seeing vent holes in the top part of the jug. Maybe they are just small and don't show. I will let them grow on until they get more like yours, more likely to transplant more easily than smaller ones. Also I decided if I reuse the jugs next year, I'm going to follow the packaging tape suggestion. I had a terrible time getting the duct tape off the 3 I did, white duct tape no less. I was thinking I could cut around it with my exacto knive and just put more over it again. You must have a lot of room for all those plants! I hope I'm around and you post pictures when you get the flowers blooming. I'm really hurting with a fairly small yard and few sunny spots because I love trees, too, and would have more if I could. I was thinking of some of the photos I've seen where people have acres to work with and told myself I'd better be thankful for what I do have!

I also bought my Tokudama Flavocircinalis from Flying Frog last year. This hosta is already one of my favorites and I can't wait to see it in a couple more years.

Nice pic of Abiqua Drinking Gourd. Looks like those cups could actually hold water. Sometimes a hosta has a very descriptive name, and that is surely one of them. -Babka

I see it! I see it! Here! IÂm sending it back out your way! Catch! ItÂs been a HOT summerÂand the heat started early! I think there may be a lot of folks looking for their get-up-and-go! Since weÂre having a couple cooler days here in metro Denver, IÂm making myself get some things done. Started pruning my beloved juniper yesterday. The heatÂs down, but the humidity is UP, and I was dyingÂbut I kept going anywayÂuntilÂI saw a moving mass of yellow a couple inches from my hands! OMG! It was a wasp nest! IÂm allergic to hymenoptera! Got out the wasp spray and soaked the area, and started working on the other side of the juniperÂwhen what to my wondering eyes should appearÂbut ANOTHER wasp nest. Drenched that one, and cleaned up the juniper a little bit on the FAR side of the two nests. Since there were still wasps returning to their "extinct" nests, I wound up with about 80% of the juniper finished, and one corner sticking up a couple feet above the rest of it. Looked pretty weird! Just got in from finishing it today, and now IÂm all itchy and poky feeling! Just love junipers! But itÂs doneÂand the wasps are gone! Well, kinda! I saw a bunch around my compost pile earlier today. IÂll be out there with the wasp spray in a little while. But, anywayÂwith all the land youÂve got out there, and all the work you must be doing, IÂd say you deserve a few lazy days! Good luck with the fire call, and come home safely, Skybird