Hi, Joe. I just sent you an e-mail re your tomato seeds. Have the Earl of Edgecombe on your list to trade, also many many others if you've already obtained that variety.

In addition to my young chang bai variety that wilted from freeze damage (it has since grown back from the roots), I also had a problem with my meader female which was going to fruit this year for the first time. Last year a vine grew up from the base that reached about 7' in length. All new growth from it this year is doing fine but everything from the main trunk stopped growing and started wilting. Unfortunately this included the flower buds :( The plant has obviously suffered some problem on the main trunk though if it were freeze related I would have thought the younger more tender vine from last year would have been affected more than the 2" barky main vine?? I have 2 other vines on this trellis that are growing great with no issues and in the same type of soil so I know its not a drainage issue.

Hi all, Oh, the mistakes! We've never built a house before but had a pretty good idea of what we wanted. Like many here, I want to say, if there's a mistake going in, STOP IT before it multiplies! I came up to our house site one day and they were starting with the window trim. They had done two, and they were mitering the corners instead of doing square corners with a little overhang. I thought, "well, they've already started..." I really dislike them. I can live with it, considering, but they irk me every time I see them. Mistake two was my fault: granite tile on the bathroom counters. I really like granite tile, but even though this looked great with my cabinet and tile samples in the showroom, I absolutely HATE the way it looks in the bathroom (could be because I--and everybody else) LOVE my ceramic tile on the floor and in the shower. This granite is coming out and DH is going to tile (his first job) the counter with the ceramic. I AVOIDED mistake number three, getting the wrong kitchen counters! I was SOOOOO lucky I couldn't find the Uba Tuba color I wanted, then I couldn't find a Tropical Green in the right size...what I really wanted all along was soapstone. Thanks to this forum I am assured it is the right choice. Even though we'll have to travel quite a distance to get it and DH will have to fabricate it himself (and we'll have to find strong friends to help), we'll actually SAVE money 'cause we'll do it ourselves. I'm not sure he's too happy about it, but I think he'll go along if I do all the legwork. - Magpie

If you like unusual white moderately compact lacecaps l, also consider 'Lanarth White'. Gets 4 maybe 5' and flowers look like a Dogwood! Like Wedding Gown they keep opening over time in the center to make a fuller head. Beautiful dark glossy leaves too.