A friend of mine found a local grower and her husband died recently, she has a clematis called Mrs robert Brydon and I guess they are pretty huge.. Anyway she is selling them for 9.00 and just wants to get rid of them so she can close up shop.. she doesn't do mailing, but I would go pick some up and send them for the cost and shipping.. I am getting two myself. :) But I thought I would try and share some good priced items.. Laura

Ditto, I only just got back on, but so far, so good.

I don't think anyone can answer that question for you. No one is born knowing how to refinish furniture. So it's a matter of learning how, devoting the time, and acquiring the needed skills, materials and tools. Some people don't know where to start so don't. Some people get started and give up. Some complete and are not happy with the results. Some just would rather do other things with their time. I refinished my first piece when I was 14, as did my now 32 year old daughter. Both pieces are still in use. There are a number of "miracle" products out there that claim fantastic results with little effort. I generally find that you get what you pay for. If a $10 can of snake oil would do the job for everyone, there's be no refinishing business.

Once you have mint you can't get rid of it, so the best thing to do is plant them in isolated containers. For the zucchini, you can grow it in a 5 gal bucket, which are cheap at your hardware store, it's better to buy an opaque colored ones where the sunlight don't show through. It's even better if you can get a bucket one that is foodgrade and BPA free, which I do see available at lowe's, or ask some local Chinese restaurant which tend to have 5gal Kikkoman soy sauce buckets. You will need some sort of trellis for the zucchini vines to climb on. These bonnie plants tend to get liquid fertilizer so when you buy them they look very green, so they are used to getting water soluble synthetic nutrients. Once you transplant them, depend on your garden method, they 'may' have a week or two down time, so don't panic and they should get back to full health. Also don't over water especially for zucchini and cucumber seedlings, they can easily be killed from root rot. Make sure you have holes in your containers for drainage, but not too many or it may drain too fast. If your soil mix have good moisture you do not need to water everyday. Also all the plants you list like a lot of sun so make sure they get plenty of lights. You will want to prune your basil and rosemary early so they can grow bushy and have a strong base, cut the stem of these plants and it will divide into two. Prune mint as well when it get too long, you can cut half of it's length or close to soil level and they'll grow back in no time. If you don't prune it, once they flower they can lose some of their fragrance, but that usually take a while.