>I want something that is hardy and somewhat resistant to disease- Maybe Crepuscule and new dawn?? Hi vlodom, I was just going through some similar decisions recently and rhonda in upstate SC convinced me to go with Crepuscle. She posted a picture of it growing at one year old that is incredibly enticing. Plus, it will do that well in less than ideal sunlight. And it has few thorns. Just a really nice rose, I think. I've been interested in New Dawn too. Someone has been working on me towards one of New Dawn's seedlings: Penny Lane. That one has really good shade tolerance, she said, and she loved its fragrance. I assume it will grow as well in the Piedmont as New Dawn will, though she was writing from Kansas. Some other rambling or climbing roses you might take an interest in: Madame Alfred Carriere, Dublin Bay, Red Fountain, Quadra, Laguna, Reve d'Or, Jaune Desprez, William Allen Richardson, Sympathie, Goldfinch, Creme de la Creme, Climbing Pinkie (especially the cultivar at the Antique Rose Emporium). If you'd really like a lot of bushiness as well as the ability to put out some long canes, then take a look at Ghislaine de Feligonde. It ought to mix well with Crepuscle too. Avoid Iceberg, including climbing Iceberg, if you want to try to avoid having to spray for blackspot on the east coast. I wanted Iceberg so much that I decided to give it a try anyway... but sure enough, all I'd read about it being more of a problem on this side of the country turned out to be correct. The best resource on the internet for investigating roses is HelpMeFind.com: http://www.helpmefind.com/rose/plants.php Good luck with your new house and yard! Best wishes, Mary Here is a link that might be useful: Crepuscle photo appears in this thread within Antique Roses Forum

I planted them all spring and summer last year with great results in pots. They grew vigorously then petered out so you want to stagger the planting to get continuous harvest. They grew to be over 5 ft tall above the pot, and planting quite a few in a 2 1/2 ft tall by 1 1/2 ft wide pot didn't seem to bother them. Planted them in a circle around the outside of the pot about 5 inches apart and then in the middle with the same 5 inch distance from all the others. I had to duct tape 5 ft tomato stakes together to make them long enough to support the tall growth of the plants. I used velcro tape (greatest invention in gardening history imo) to support them. I planted into late summer and harvested into November. I didn't notice that they cared when they were planted in terms of heat and didn't care about the cold until it was really cold. Good luck!

really there is no need to go through any photo editing if all you need to do is get a smaller size, you will have to upload the picture to a site like photobucket to be able to use it here, it takes one simple click to select a smaller size directly at the time of upload right on the photobucket site, and you are done (there are 2 ways). Then grab your html forum code and paste it to your reply box. When you go to your photobucket account, you will see the big upload button, on top of that is the more upload tools option click on there and you can select where to upload from like your pc or a website and also you can select a size, basically small med and large very simple. Select it there then hit upload. Another easier way to do the same thing is right on the upload area you will see it says Tip: hold down CTRL to select multiple files and then in () it says more options if you click on that more options you can select your desired size right there, select size, then upload file, remember to then hit the save button so it saves it to your photobucket album. Then just copy your forum html link it provides you into your thread post here and you are done, and you keep your original as it was on the pc and have the smaller version on photobucket. If you prefer to simply use a thumbnail view you can set your link options in photobucket to give you the html code for both the regular size and the thumbnail size, after you upload a picture and save it to your album you will see the image and the available codes for it, below that you will see link options click on that and you can select there all of the various types of links that you want to be provided, for these forums you must use the html code so select both of the html options and you will then be able to select the thumbnail view html code to post to your GW thread and using it you do not have to worry about resizing at all, they simply click on the thumbnail to view the fulls size picture.

I have two recipes myself - one with eggs and one without. I've only ever made the ones without egg, because that was how I was taught to make them. Has anyone made theirs with eggs who can tell us what the difference between them is? Tracey - the time before last that I went to make scones, I went in the fridge and saw that the kids had used up the last of the milk after I had gone to bed. So I took a chance and used evaporated milk and they came out fine! In fact, I'm going to make sure I keep it on hand just in case the mood strikes to make scones and the same thing happens. I usually use milk in mine because I'm trying to stay away from saturated fats, so I avoid cream whenever I can, altho I absolutely love it! I'm going to experiment and try using the fat free evap milk and see how they come out in comparison. Lisa