Looks like you didn't water nearly enough. The edges that got a little shade germinated. The main patches in direct sun didn't. In your climate, I would probably spring for one of the seed "mulch" products that absorb lots of water and keep the area moist all day. Also, if you are using a small seed (like bermuda) - don't bury them so deep in the soil.

Kippy-the-hippy, About 10 years ago, J&P sent bare root roses to me in July. I live in Las Vegas and the only roses in my yard were planted by the professional landscapers a couple of years prior. Being new to gardening, ordering on line, and assuming responsibility for the mistake, I could toss or plant them. Well, I let 10 Crimson Bouguet soak in water with a little B1 for two days and into the ground, full sun they went. It was 103 degrees plus daily. Those roses are still thriving in that island bed; (my ex lives there and my daughter 1/2 of the time). In fact, they are very healthy and beautiful. I believe the key was keeping them hydrated; I never let them dry out. I broke a rule of not planting bareroots beyond President's Day. Yes., I was an outlaw... By circumstance. Now I just call the different things I do pushing the envelope a bit :) Lynn

Tricia, OMG I thought I heard a howling in the wind last night was that everyone on this forum joining in and singing along with the three headed cauliflower? Funny thing is that tune really sticks in your headÂI can compost any thing in my marvelous compost bin Sunshine boy, micturateÂ.excess nitrogen Oh come on fess up you know the truth is every male on the planet is always looking for a good excuse to pee outside! Dee, He was not amused Forty five years ago I hung my sisters bra out the window for all of her friends to seeÂoddly enough she still isnÂt amused but I still get great pleasure from the memory. Ellen, sounds like a slippery, slimy, choreÂI wish I had a pond. Cady, I am seriously considering chickens but am concerned about rats from what I have been told the two go hand in hand. How do folks manage that issue? Wendy, LOLÂThanks for the overly generous thoughts but no my life is no where near that interesting. I have been considering starting a gardening blog as I would love to add video, audio, photography, and the written word to garden discussions and have a little more content freedom. WouldnÂt it be great to watch a quick 5 minute video on pruning blueberries for example? I would like to do this with a number of different folks (at least six) from the New England area so there would be a varied vision of gardening and the responsibility of keeping the blog up and running wouldnÂt be too over whelming. Anyone interested???? Mayalena, Problems with monkeysÂyou too I thought I was the only one!! I have found the middle of my compost pile the best smell free place for dead fish carcasses, I havenÂt experienced critter problems perhaps the lack of fatsÂwho knows I just know I needed a good disposal solution and this seems to be working

Thank you for telling me what I know should have happened long ago. My sister and brother-in-law are both lawyers.We haven't wanted to upset Diane right now because of her health.But, we are going to ask Bob to help us get him out of here.Like I said, I don't want them to take them, I just want to know how to get him out.When Ken was in the hospital back in March because of taking to many pain pills, I asked the nurse case worker how I could get him out. She told me that because he was a relative and that I had let him move in, the only way to get him out was to take him to court. That doesn't seem right, and because of mine and Jim's health issues, I didn't go further.You asked me if he had mental or physical issues that would make him encapable to take care of himself. He somehow graduated from HS, has held jobs, only ones that Jim or my Dad got for him, and is not so much in pain from his back that he can't work. Sears let him go because he told them that he could only come back to work if he could work for two hours and be able to sit for 20 minutes when he needed to. The disability that he is getting is from insurance that he is payin #179. a month. It is not Government disability.As far as mental, he is really a filthy person.He doesn't shower, my children came over and tore up the carpet in his room, and painted his room purple, what he wanted. And his room is filthy already.I put his microwave and toaster oven on the porch because it is filthy and I don't want it in my house.Shortly after he moved in,I found bugs in the house so made him pay for an exterminator. He pays that every month.Sorry for venting, but that is about all I have done since he has been making our life even more miserable lately. He told me he is perfectly happy here, isn't leaving, and I can't make him leave. New Years resolution. He will leave here. We have looked into HUD houses, but they do inspections and you have to keep the place clean. So, if he doesn't and once he is out, he is not coming back. My Jim use to be a locksmith and this will be one happy job for him Thanks again, for listening.