My shade cloth is in a box on the office floor. Now I get to begin my flopping it inside, outside, here, there. I wish I were where you are (knowing how to make it work.) I just found the fountain in the central bed. How wonderful. A little more raving, and IÂll stop monopolizing your thread. Two things about the "feel" of your greenhouse...first, your really creative use of organic, textured materials to form the backdrop on the north wall. To me, that really transforms the greenhouse from a plastic-walled growing space to a natural mini-environment. I love that. (My newly insulated north wall looks like a NASA laboratory.) Second, IÂm so impressed youÂve been able to achieve this in a 10x12 greenhouse. IÂve seen photos of some stunning greenhouses with ponds, waterfalls, and recreations of lush tropical jungles. But they were in large structures (with budgets beyond my reach.) It never occurred to me that some of that magic could be achieved in a 10x12 space. It makes me wish I grew orchids instead of cacti. (Good heavens, did I say that?) I canÂt recreate this look with my arid plants, but you sure have me thinking in new directions. Could I anchor a weathered tree branch to display jungle cacti? Previously I was thinking galvanized pipe. See what youÂve done? Just wait til I tell my husband I need to move in a tree trunk. I think IÂll wait until heÂs installed the exhaust fan; no sense in triggering a revolt before the critical stuff is completed. ;-) Sheri

Morning all! Fran, I put in a bit more postage than what it was for me to mail my package to you. I don't think that I'll get back what I sent because we have a lot of veggie growers here, BUT if by chanace you dont have enough postage I'd be happy to send more if you need it to get my package back to me. I'm so glad that I bought the veggie seeds, I could almost hear how excited people were when I offered them up for grabs! Thank you to anyone who sent flowers in for me, I assure you that every single seed will find a good home. Lisa

Look up the Worm Digest and the Worm Turns forums; those are also great places to learn!

That is definitely something to be proud of. The trees look nicer, too!! There's a tool called a Weed Hound, about $25 at most box stores, that you might use on the dandelions. You can stand up and pluck the weeds out one by one about as fast as you can step on them. And I agree that Europe is 10 years behind - maybe 50 years behind, especially with organic lawn care. Every now and then we get someone from east of the Atlantic writing in here for advice. When we mention using corn or soybean meal as a fertilizer, they seem much more skeptical than the average American.