Wow! Those look awesome! Wish I could pluck one of those and munch them. Your tomato garden looks awesome. Man! I've been staring at them for too long. BTW, just curious - how long did it take to this stage from seeds? I always thought growing tomatoes is difficult Mouli Here is a link that might be useful: My Gardening Blog

Will - No way am I offended that you refer to a plant with a name I don't think is correct, and you should only change your plant names if you! think it is the right thing to do, not because of anything I have said. Dave - not sure what you mean by amateur collectors, guys like yourself and Will both have a garden full of conifers, are members of the ACS, and participate on this conifer forum on a regular basis, sounds like your pretty true collectors to me and not just the average Joe who likes to have the odd conifer in his garden who you could well imagine not giving a fig as to the correct name of his plants. Yes I'm sure you are correct that there are mix ups all over the place, you only have to look at a Czech, German, or Polish collectors list to see many conifer names from the US incorrectly written. of course these things happen, even I get the occasional name wrong :0) I know it must seem tedious, but it is, and should be important to all who have a passion for conifers to try and ensure we are all abiding by the correct plant names, there is already far too much confusion as it is. You don't have to go running out into the yard to change your name tags every time someone says a particular name you're using is wrong, if possible you need to check out the info you are given is correct. I take notes and go through my collection list and tags about once a year and then make any necessary corrections, certainly saves a lot of hassle. Cheers, Stephen.

Interesting note about the rocks. Here is a picture of ours: When we saw them being built, they were a lot bigger than we thought they'd be and worried about the same thing you mention since we have a lot of little ones in our pool. We debated about handholds. In retrospect, since our boulders were man-made, we would have had them build in some creative outcroppings that could work as hand-holds. Since we didn't, we now have a pool rope with some floats anchored at each end of the rocks that we can take in and out easily. we tend to leave it in because it doesn't look bad and the kids like playing with it. Just as a note, any children that NEED the rope should obviously be very closely watched anyways, but we feel better with the rope in too. Cleaning around them hasn't been a hassle at all, I just walk on them. Our cleaner connection is below them, which is a little inconvenient but not that big a deal. All in all, we love the rocks. I also agree that my wife made me cringe a few times when she she went out to bug the subs about something she didn't like, but it always worked out for the best. You'll always see what's going on faster than your builder unless he moves in with you.

Probably here https://www.lahabrastucco.com/color-charts-platinum-plus.shtml Have them make up samples of Dove Grey, Chrystal White or give you addresses. Always sample this stuff, look in the sun, the shade, compare to another. etc.