The one I was sending had 88 cents on it and contained only 4 stamps and a sheet of paper Well then 88 cents was correct and they were wrong to tell you there will be postage due when it is received. I want to ask for the template to take home myself perhaps It will be interesting if they can and will get you a First Class Mail Shape Based Pricing Template, since they said they don't have one for their own use on the job. Please let us know how that turns out. or I could just use my iPhone app next time? I honestly don't know anything about phone apps, or if they are correct or anything. Here is a link to First Class Mail Prices. Just below the Large Envelope Prices, there is a link for Printer Friendly. There is also a Printer Friendly link for the Parcel Prices too. I am aware that a 44 cent bubble with seeds in should have had postage due I do not know if that mistake should have been reported though As far as I'm concerned, it should be reported. Someone, somewhere wasn't doing his/her job, imho. I am amazed that on my app it says over 3/4 inch or dosent flex I dont think the bubble was even a half inch I'm confused...if it is 'over' 3/4 " and the contents are not evenly distributed, and if it is 'not' flexible, then it would go at Parcel Rate. If you can get postage due on undercharged or underpaid can you then get that they owe you on what they over charged? Is there a way to prove they overcharged at some point? Yes, but the envelope cannot be opened before confronting the PO that either the sending party was overcharged, or that you were overcharged by them requiring additional postage on something you received. Good luck with that though as things are right now. Your PO workers are clueless. Please see addressing newbie and newer member issues for getting your Member Page email link set up so that you can easily be reached. Once you get your link set up, I'll email you for the street address and city/town and state.

edlincoln(6A) /beng12(z6 west Md) /wisconsitom / wisconsitom(Zone 4/5) 1.) Austrian Pine - Ok enough of you are saying bad Choice, so its gone. 8.) Black Locust - This is indeed invasive. Its the same as honey locust except no thorns and different color wood and flowers. I wouldve wanted to keep all these honey locust trees, if they didnt have those huge poker. But there are 3 logical reasons why I decided to keep it. A - This tree has great erosion control abilities in wetlands. B - Its wood value (rot resistant/ dense/ nice grain) is excellent along with its growth rate. Need alot of post. It can try to be as invasive as it wants. Also C - Im a pretty heavy Halloween decorator, and these are the creepest looking live trees ive seen. 9.) Atlas Cedar - Just going to plant 3. If they dont make it, no big deal, I will grow something else. Substitutions: Not bad trees, but other trees are better choices 1.) English Oak - I agree with what your saying and will only grow 12 of these and mix them in. If they dont make it then I will put something else in its place. 2.) Red Pine - I dont disagree, but we have these trees on the property upnorth and the kids went through the trouble of getting the seeds out of the cones. Plus the rest of the family members are sentimental over them and if giving them a few trees will allow me to do some of my future products, then I will bite the bullet. 3) Red Maple - I think the difference from what I been reading is one produces soft maple wood and the other produces Hard maple wood. Regardless though, the rest of the family members each picked out their own favorite maple trees and the rest of this answer is the same as the answer for Red Pine. 4.) European Beech Im planting for wood purposes and wildlife, so im planting both. Additions: 1.) Tupelo (Nyssa Sylvatica) - Everything on the list is being planted except for things with a line through it or a X next to it. Obviously this will be planted. 2.) American Holly - I believe this is on the decorative tree list. 3. ) Did you say there was another list of flowering trees? I'd like to see that. - Granted - you have been extremely helpful and would appreciate additional feedback! Will put the other 2 list up in about 10 minutes. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /beng12(z6 west Md) - TY very much for posting pictures and giving me confirmation of the loblolly x pitch / Arizona Cypress / Loblolly / and Pondarosa pine. I really appreciate that! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- kitasei(6b lower Hudson Valley, NY) - Yeah, I cant disagree with what your saying. But my arrogance is based off of logic/proof/OCD that is coming from lots of people experts in the fields giving me the same information, forcing my stances. So if there is no logic/proof/or a group of people to back a claim, then yes my mind will not change easily. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- waynedanielson - 1st - I dont do notebooks. They fill up too fast. 2nd - But I do have 56 word documents with around 200 pages for various things to jot/remember. 423 excel documents highly detailed for various list. Just know that I am doing what your saying, except on a pc. I got my hands in lots of cookie jars and I like to keep everything organized for reference purposes.

Hi Denis, seems I'm not the only nightowl here :-) My parcel came from Renaat (my facebook hosta friend). He's the one with the specials. I know not many of the ones he is recommending, but they are always beautiful. Will get another order from him near fall... Finally I have my Jade Cascade :-) and some other very nice plants came along with it...it will be interesting to watch Setsurei and Doctor Fu Manchu grow, but what am I saying? It is interesting with all of them, old and new in the collection...I spend more time in the garden than ever. Only the weather could be nicer...one sunny day a week is not enough, for plants and me both... Yesterday I had to repot a lot of plants because I discovered that the coconut earth I used last year was not good to make the potting mix fit for hostas. It clumped together with the growmix and the poor things started to die away. But I think I came just in time to save them. This is a long journey of learning how to grow and then, if you think you know all, mother nature knows better...:-) Hope you have meanwhile better weather out there? Frisian Elegance looks as if she had no long journey at all... Karin

Well we found The One, but it’s super pricy and we are trying to gather financing, since we are concurrently putting in an offer on a house (this afternoon, if all goes well!). We will live in the house while we build, because our rent is just too high compared to a mortgage for this area, and even with a land loan AND mortgage we’d still be paying several hundred less per month. Crazy right? How did we know it was The One? Well we found The One in our previous state and adored it, but it was almost impossible to build on, even for my structural engineer husband. Very small house bench but the most amazing views and access on a mountainside. The inlet, the city, and a nature preserve below. Just stunningly beautiful, and close to church and work. It checked the boxes of view, access, and proximity to our stuff and people. But it was expensive, and we just couldn’t justify the list price. We offered but the owner wasn’t ready to budge on price and declined. Then life happened - special needs baby, move to a new state, and I’ve never been so glad to have capital AND flexibility. We actually dodged a bullet, given the situation in the state’s economy now. And though our new location is less beautiful, it has plenty of things to commend it. The new The One, here in this state, is also overpriced. Access may be a little trickier too, as the roadway is at the bottom of the property instead of the top, but we think we can make it work. It won’t be as handicapped accessible as I wanted, being on a hillside, but it has proximity (the MOST important factor, it is literally three minutes from work and one minute from church, five minutes from shopping, and seven minutes from major medical). It also has a view, and is almost the highest point in the whole county. 360 degree views in the Midwest! It also has all major utilities, no septic or wells needed. It’s perfect except for the price, being one of the ‘special’ last lots that he developer decided was too costly to build on, himself. So we are going to have to lowball a bit, because we simply can’t make the list price work. But we knew it was The One through a search in a radius around work, and as soon as we walked to the top we were blown away. Oh, it’s nice from the street, but the real money is somewhat hidden at the top of the lot when you see what you’d see from the house. We didn’t fall in love right away, because the view from the street and price tag were at odds. And if it falls through in the next few days or our offer gets declined I will be a little sad, for sure, but we will see if it is available in a year and of the developer is more willing to bargain then. But basically my criteria, after having done the commute thing and realized that more rural properties sound nicer than they actually live, given how much we use services in town, we wanted the prime location first and foremost. Then we wanted a view, or st least a slight hill for drainage. Next was utilities, though we would compromise on that for the view and location. Nice to have features would be a cheap price and no close neighbor, but you can’t get that in the city, really. This is about as good as it gets with the current inventory, so good thoughts for financing and a generous developer would be appreciated ;)