Hippis really want to live! No matter the abuse, they can amaze you! Hope you found the "suggestions" helpful. I was out on the side yard, in the rain, picking off snails! UGH! Some of the bulbs have leaves that would nearly come up to my shoulders. Yes...they are in 1-gallon pots, but that's still a good 4.5'+ for length. It's good to see that they are soooo happy. This can be a very stressful time of year. Temps of 100 and dry. I think I finally have the watering and shade down. Someone was discarding HUGE framed window screens (6' x 3') and so I attached them to the frame around the pots and leaned them on one side to protect from hot southern sun. Bulbs are very happy!! Hope this means lots of blooms in March-June 2014! Even my Komoriya bulbs have already put out 6+ leaves so, although those leaves were cut for shipment, I think it looks like we'll get blooms again in the spring. My own crosses from 2-3 years ago are thriving...so I am really looking forward to LOTS of blooms!! K

Hey haven't seen you around in awhile 3orangeboys! Good to have you back! As for the larspur I was really disappointed. I planted two different kinds of them and in one bed a few really small straglers that may or may not bloom. The second bed I have 3 blooming now and a few others that are about to bloom but no where near what I was hoping for. I really think both the weather and the heavy rains right after I sowed them had a lot to do with it. I'm going to sow some next spring as well and hope I get a better show. Here are a few purples that are blooming but their are some others that haven't bloomed yet. Meghan

Dawn, Thanks for remembering that, because I had searched, and found the Nolo bait, and was wondering if it really worked. I'll bet our grasshoppers are close to 1/2" but I'm going to try it anyway, if it doesn't work, I'll order the other stuff. I have seen a lot more grasshoppers here than what we usually have, and was fearful for the tomatoes!! I'll bet the guineas would not work here in town. We got our first tomato today, it was a big boy and was pretty good. It actually did not rain here today, yea!!

Must have been a good year for grasshoppers. Quite a few here as well not as many as you are seeing thou. Likely cause would have been your extremely generous spring rains. The only things I have that partake in grasshoppers are praying mantis, toads and the cicada killers. The grasshoppers are cute a fact that I must overlook since they can do so much damage. Good luck Jasmine