Google "Earth Kind" roses - there are universities in various places that have tested roses with nothing - no spraying, no food, and no additional water after the first year. The Earth Kind roses are the ones that did well with that. After you find that list, I would look each one up to see if it is low enough for your purposes. Remember, even those roses will need water to get established for the first summer or two. Jackie

I haven't used this product but I'm filing the info away for future! Its nice to see someone post something they've learned (the hard way :D )

Maggie, X1 is an option, you shouldn't have to get it unless you want it! From what I've heard about the X1, you're able to record up to 6 programs at once (each box). It also comes with a Voice Remote (so you don't have to push buttons). Here is a link to the: Comcast X1 Platform Users Guide We have Comcast here and our package is pretty nice. We have HD TV (yes HD is a much better picture). With our TV package we have 1 Motorola DVR Box (can record 2 programs at once) and 3 Adaptor Boxes for other rooms (the adaptor boxes are HD too). We have all the Movie Stations; HBO, Starz, Cinemax, Showtime, Encore, etc.. Our Internet is a decent package (can't state the speeds, don't remember) but it's fast. We also have Phone Service with 12 calling features. Our cable bill is usually under $200 a month. If our bill starts going up I call and tell them I'm going to have to drop things (can't afford them), they then make me an offer to keep if under $200. My last offer was $167 + Taxes.

Now is a good time to think about next year's plans because it's early November here in NH and while I have some Asian greens, I haven't been cooking with them like I thought I would so that's wasted space. I should have fresh carrots but had a germination problem this year, possibly because I didn't keep things watered. I need to check the date I planted bulls blood beets because I don't think there has been much beet development. Leeks were planted late so they aren't very big. Lettuce is still good shows some frost damage. Kale self seeded and is overwhelming the space in the high tunnel. I don't have parsnips or Gilfeather turnips this year. Why not! Doing bed cleanup to plant hardneck garlic, I discovered two overlooked zucchinis and they were covered with squash bugs. Yikes! Broccoli in the high tunnel is slowly developing but I'm not sure the heads will get any bigger. I need to check the planting date on these, too. A couple of weeks can make a big difference. Although my Great Aleppo Pepper Adventure was mostly a flop (lots of pepper but not the flavor I wanted), I ended up discovering a whole new world of peppers. Buran bell peppers were big winners, very productive plus great flavor. Urfa biber are slightly hot which is just hot enough for us. Zolotisty yellow bells have a fabulous flavor. No more Ace peppers for me. I also got peppers mixed up during harvest so I'm not sure if it was Carmen that turned a beautiful dark red with a wonderful sweet flavor but I've been growing it for several years and will continue to have one or two plants. Yesterday I weeded the two new asparagus beds. The beds themselves are good but I have Creeping Jenny in our weedy lawn that was creeping into the bed.