Y'all, the only chamomile seedlings I found were an inch tall, so I dug them up and potted them into paper cups. If they are still alive in the morning, I'll bring them. I also dug up some Datura (Angel's Trumpet) plants while digging up a handful of Devil's Claw. Hey, from heaven to hell with just two plants! Chandra, The "Indigo Rose" tomato is a O-P selection of P-20 from all the breeding work Dr. Myers and his group have been doing at OSU, so is similar to OSU Blue but probably not identical. See the linked article for more info. Some people who've grown "Indigo Rose" give it a 7.5 or 8 for flavor on a scale of 1-10, and others didn't speak as highly of it. I figure the only way for us to know if it is worth growing is to try it. If nothing else, the purplish-blue tomatoes will be a great conversation piece at worst, or at best, we'll have another delicious tomato in a stunningly different color. I'm bringing two flats of Laura Bush petunias. Some are in 3-packs and some are in 6-packs, so hopefully there will be enough for everyone. Paula, You don't have to thank me. It is my pleasure to share my tomato trees with you. Tim is worried they won't fit into the truck, but we'll think of something. : ) Y'all always refer to my tomato plants as trees, but this time, Paula's plants are trees because I've been pampering them so they'll take off quickly and make tomatoes ASAP. Mia, Between making the Habanero Gold jelly, which is now a tradition for the Spring Fling, and making Annie's Salsa, I never made it back out to the greenhouse to make a list of what I am bringing, but I'm pretty sure I have several kinds of bite-sized tomatoes, including Yellow Submarine, Medovaya Kaplya (fairly sure I mangled the spelling of that one), Black Cherry, Matt's Wild Cherry, at least one Tess's Land Race Currant, at least one Ildi (for Carol, but if I have more than one Ildi, I think you'd like it), and a couple of Black Plum. I bet we can find something you'll like. I need to get out a notebook and make a list of everything I'm supposed to bring because I'm worried I'll forget something. Seedmama, If you see this, I have the tortillas (a lot of them!) to go with your pulled pork, and all kinds of toppings (Annie's Salsa, Pico, Sour Cream, Shredded Cheese and Habanero Gold). If I get a chance, I'll dig y'all each a big chamomile plant that is full bloom in the morning. I'll have to cut off the top of each plant, but I move them that way in my garden all the time---I chop off 50-60% of the plant and transplant and water them and they grow back fast and start blooming again. Chamomile is really, really tough. The only thing I don't have ready to bring is sweet pepper plants. I haven't planted mine yet and haven't even looked at the name tags to see what has survived thus far. In the morning, I'll likely grab a handful to bring. I got behind on planting....because it didn't seem intelligent to transplant anything today with temps in the low 90s and wind gusting up to about 30 mph. I also need to get off this computer and gather/organize the door prizes I'm bringing. Sheri, If you see this, I've got a Brandy Boy with your name on it. Dawn Here is a link that might be useful: Indigo Rose

That puppy! Nothing shows joy in life better than a kitten, a puppy or a toddler. So sweet and what lovely chocolate! a2gemini, I have a yellow epimedium. I used to have a lovely red, but it didn't survive. I'd still love to find it again. It gets pretty big/wide, so plan accordingly. :) shicksal, keep plugging along. you'll be a shining star in the land of um, er, Not Modern! LOL I don't know where you live, but you're really going to have a fabulous house. Did the company come? Oh, my day. I went out at 8:00 am to get my new windshield. Why, when they say between 8 and 12, do we waste time getting there first thing? Well, at 10:30, he showed up and I have a perfect, brand new windshield. Safelite gave us a nice discount for not showing last week, so my $270 windshield was $209. Cool. Then my friend, who has been a pro painter for years and years, came over with her son. He's also a pro and has been painting with her since he was 15. That was 18 years ago. :) They whipped out the 1st coat, including the ceiling in about 2.5 hours, with breaks. My friend is a cancer survivor, so she tires easily. It's a big room; it would have taken me 2 days. My MBR is now an really gorgeous, soothing Glidden 'Natural Wicker' with the ceiling 50% lighter. Matched at SW. It's very subtle but I am shocked at what a difference paint makes on my lovely, finished drywall. They're returning in the morning to 2nd coat everything. That's all I did. I have to put in a toe kick heater, move the cable outlets, and actually install my the cabinets (vs. just stacking them). Then, shy of trim, I have one room finished. In my whole house. I can actually put things in the cabinets and get them off the counters and floors. I cannot imagine a clean, flat surface! Wow. To bed, I think, and tomorrow is another day! (Edited to add photo I forgot:) This post was edited by CEFreeman on Fri, Jun 27, 14 at 23:40

Tish, I'm betting that WOULD be good in ice cream, for those that like cookie dough ice cream. Now we're going to have to try that, you know. LindaC, she does look just like her mother. And Madi looks just like HER mother. It's kind of scary, I'm not sure the world is ready for duplicates of my girls, LOL. CC, how is that baby doing? And everyone else in the family? Linda, she's taller than me now, and going into 8th grade. It just doesn't seem right. She has a Pinterest account and her Dad checked her computer history and laughed, says all she does is look at Pinterest, clothes and recipes. (grin) Pam, she loves to cook, and I'm glad to help her, or have her help. We're working on Madi, she's coming along. Maci is like Bud, those two just want to be the tasters. I'll remember to save my share of the cookie dough for you! Annie

We had our dinner today. The ham was the best part, Elery smoked it about 10 hours, after 36 hours in brine, then half was served with a pineapple sauce and half without. We had baked beans, broccoli/cauliflower salad, green beans with bacon, whole wheat/butternut squash rolls, and Nancync's gluten free brioche, which came out very well: The coconut cake was decorated with Peeps and filled with coconut cream, then frosted with a coconut/cream cheese frosting: The kids were busy eating the chocolate that they found inside the Easter eggs, so they didn't want any other dessert. We got out the special Easter deviled egg plate and Mother's old Easter tablecloth from the 50s, we use it every year. We also had blueberry crisp and chocolate cream pie, but no one ate dessert except the Princess, who had this piece of cake. Everyone else ate too much ham! The only fail, and there's always one, were those blasted potatoes. Even though I don't like cheese and the Princess doesn't like sauced anything, I made au gratin. Found a recipe that called for heavy cream, gouda cheese, butter, garlic. Gotta be good, right? Two hours at 350 and the potatoes were still hard. Cranked the oven up to 450 for half an hour, still hard. Put them in the microwave for 15 minutes, the microwave overheated and died and those potatoes were still hard. We gave up on the potatoes, even with $15 worth of gouda and cream, and ate everything else. The girls split up the potatoes and took them home, they are going to try to cook them some more. Ugh, I didn't even want to look at them again and was going to compost them, but the girls couldn't pass up all that cheese, LOL. And so Elery and I took a trip into town and bought a new microwave after everyone went home. Annie