You did great! You shoulda called me, I would've come to do it for you. And for as little as a garden tour. You're no wimp. A wimp is defined as a weak, cowardly, or ineffectual person. You were none of the above. You held in there, were determined to do it, and very effectual at getting those bulbs in. Great job!

I know a propagator here that always has some newer plants Van den busche Nursery (no website). He doesn't know anything about it's history. He said it was basically a gold blue spruce. I never know of the vailidity of some of these plants. It seems like every day somebody releases a new plant (not just conifers) and renames it and presto... come and get it. That is why I posted the question hoping somebody else may have this plant in their garden. There must be a dozen or so gold Colorado spruces out there. Redwing Conifer, since you posted that link from Buchholz, I feel that this may be a legitimate plant because of the 2 sources (he doesn't buy there). Not too sure how glorious this one is going to be though... Jan, has a 3 gallon "Gold Mine" for me next month when he comes down to pick up his liners. Once I see it, I will compare it with some of the others I have here. Thanks for weighing in. Until then for this one... Darren

Best Birthday wishes, Michele! I hope you had a wonderful birthday!! Did you get any supplies as gifts? I pretty much tell DH, "this is what you are getting me for my birthday", then get some kind of tool or craft supply. Easy for him, beneficial for me, lol!

Pliers, church keys, knives - I make good use of all of them. I use a knife to separate the plastic rim from the cap on milk jugs. Holding the knife horizontally, you can easily cut through the little plastic threads holding the two pieces together. Now if car manufacturers would eliminate those blanket blank gas caps that have to be turned to "click" when closing. Opening it isn't a problem, but I've resorted to a good pair of adjustable pliers to get it clicked closed. (I do that little operation once I'm back home.) Thank heavens that works like a charm, would hate to have the malfunction light come on for just giving up and leaving it unclicked.