Bright, I was looking for somethings to use for mosaics but they were asking too much for them. I love the hanging pot thingie too. Lol. I will be hanging that on my deck. You can come to my neighborhood anytime. Busdriver, Sounds like you got great deals too. Kirk, That pitcher matches a crock I have that belonged to my grandmother. I'm trying to come up with an idea to use them together somehow. The background with the plants is my front yard and the ones of the garage sale items is looking out past my deck to my backyard. Thanks. Janet

I just had to post here...I have several (more like tons!!!!!!) of old glass jars just like that and even an old white tub like that...WHAT are you going to do?!?!?! I have been a member since my DH and I bought our old house and grounds. I used to be really active on here and then life just got too busy. We're working on building a large (HUGE!) rock wall around our house and that will be a new flower bed for me to play in! I'm going to make tipsy pots this weekend because I ADORE the ones I've seen! But I would love to do something with the old jars, too....I'd love ideas!!!! Thanks to everyone for their creativity and ideas. For those of us that lurk, like me, it is fantastic that you take the time to share your pointers, finds, pics, and instructions. Copy-Kat, ~k

Only time will tell what you really have. There are lots of figs in Turkey that need pollination and, as far as I know, you don't have the fig wasp in FL. On the other hand it could be a Brown Turkey fig and then you'll be getting figs that will be edible in 2011 by the sounds of it. Please keep us posted, I'm sure others would like to find out what kind of fig you may have.

Hi Adam, I'll try to help, but I'll admit to having success with overwintering without really thoroughly knowing why, other than dumb luck, lol, at least in the beginning! Barbara is going to dig up her plants because she is moving in a few months and wants to bring them with her. I'm assuming if she weren't moving, the plants would stay in the ground. As far as your broken door, I honestly don't know. As far as I know, the idea of bringing the plants inside, but in an unheated space, is to get them out of the more severe temperatures in which a potted plant might not survive, but still giving a cold environment in which the plant can go dormant, which is necessary to it's cycle. This is why you cover a plant with plastic, or in my case, I cover the window in the garage with black material. I guess it's kind of a fine line between dormancy and just enough heat/light to keep growing. In my case, I think that's also the reason I lost so many roses last year - bringing them out of dormancy too soon. I think outside, the light doesn't matter because it's cold enough for the plants to stay dormant, whereas in the garage, those few degrees may keep the plant thinking it should still be growing. The other option you mentioned, just digging them in somewhere for the winter, is certainly possible if you want to. There are two ways this can be done. One, plant the actual plant. I choose not to do this because 1.) digging a hole in my yard is a major construction activity and 2.) I have to add so many amendments, and at this time of year I just don't have time to deal with this. If you have an already-prepared bed (which is something I never have, lol!) and want to stick a plant in temporarily, that might be a whole lot easier. The second way is to plant the plant with the pot. In other words, dig a hole and place the plant, still in the pot, right into the hole. I never really got the idea of this, since I figured if I'm digging the darn hole, I might as well just plant the darn plant, lol! But last year I did this with a really late-season, last-minute plant I acquired, and it did work. But I only tried this because it was a rose, and I was a bit gun-shy of doing the garage thing with roses after my experience, so I tried the pot-in-the-hole method. It did work, but I don't think I will do this too often, especially not with perennials, but that's my personal preference. Perhaps if I had a plant or rose that, like above, I really didn't want to lose, I would do it again, but it's so much easier to just drag it in the garage. Lastly, as far as your patio plants, yes, you can drag them into the garage and drag them back out. I do it with my 80 or so plants each year. There's no absolute guarantee it will work, especially with the question of the broken door, lol (which hopefully someone else can address) and with the annuals it's an iffy thing, although I've overwintered some annuals my son bought me at a school Mother's Day sale for five years now! Again, at least with the perennials, the key is timing. Bringing them in after they've gone dormant, and bringing them out at the right time in spring. I hope this helped at least a little. Maybe someone with more knowledge will pipe in and add some info. BTW, George, thanks for that added post. The info on the feeder roots was very helpful. :) Dee