There's no way I can pick a favorite. Depends on the season and the performance of various plants. If something puts on a huge floral display or a bountiful harvest, that's my favorite at that particular time. Presently, my gardenias are in full bloom and they're my favorite right now. It's been a great year for tomatoes and cucumbers, too. I'd like to get a satsuma after reading the posts about it on this site. But then again... damn citrus greening. I really don't watch anything on TV except the local news and football.

Right now, tomatoes are my LEAST favorite reseeders! They grew everywhere this year, even more than last year. Must have been in the compost and not cooked enough. Hating goldenrod - it tries to take over and there are several different kinds here; I was coddling one thinking it was Balloon Flower. Love: Alyssum Petunias Forget me nots Cosmos Ageratum (they don't flower as fast as indoor starts) Violas, but they petered out this year after a 5 year run First year trial: blue woodruff - asperula - is supposed to reseed. I threw some seed on the ground just a few weeks ago and it is already blooming. Hope it comes back. It's a lovely delicate blue flower.

it dosen't hurt unleass the dog is allergic to milk. Here is an interesting line from the link: "Lactose can be regarded as a facultative fermentable carbohydrate in dogs. The activity of intestinal lactase decreases age dependently with concomitant compensatory fermentation by small intestinal and colonic bacteria " IOW, old dogs pass gas when given milk. Here is a link that might be useful: Intestinal Effects of ... Lactose and Lactulose in Dogs

In Adamstown PA there is company called Goods. They make 2 kinds of chips: The blue box - kettle cooked in lard. The red box - thinly cut and more in line with most mass produced chips today. Most people around here specify the blue box...YUM! As in...."should I get chips for the party?" "yes. Goods" (and then almost as an afterthought, but just to be sure..) "....in the blue box!" But sadly I almost never have chips at home anymore. Too tempting,,,,and did I mention they are fried in lard? Lard has about 5 times the saturated fat compared to canola. But, if f I was eating a sandwich with them, it would be fried sweet bologna with mustard and chips in the sandwich.