I just got back from the New York State African Violet Society's show in Albany, NY. Yesterday I attended Bill Price's presentation on trailers. It was fantastic!! After the presentation, I went up to him and asked him about this DVD. He said Yes, there is one in the making, and he hoped it would be done in time for the AVSA national convention in Raleigh, but couldn't promise it. So, now we know for sure it isn't out there, it will be out there, and it will be great when it is out there! He shared not only his wealth of knowledge, but he brought enough crowns or leaves for each of the 50 attendees to select three items. That was a lot of baggie work! And he actually grows over 250 trailers. I don't know if they are all different hybrids; I wish I had asked him. Barbara, still basking in the glow of a successful trip

I discovered the rewards offer for both Canadian Gardening and Gardening Life (that was bundled with House & Home for 75,000points)last fall. It's been wonderdul to receive them in the mail. Helped to break my expensive habit of buying gardening magazines (often in duplicate by error). However, I've been getting renewal notices for several months which is annoying. I plan to do the rewards purchase again. One of you mentioned having to pay cash for renewal. Is there something in the fine print of these HBC offers that limit them to first time subscribers? Cheers

I filled up a whole box & only managed to spend $10.25! Since it was half-price day, I got a small stack of Neil Sperry's Texas Gardening for 10 cents each, a couple of nice hardback books for 50 cents each, 1 hardback was $1 (the most expensive thing I got!), & some paperbacks for 25 cents each. They had a Collector's Room, with first editions, signed books, etc, & there was a table for videos/books on tape, etc. The other books were on tables arranged by subject: gardening (need I say that one was picked nearly clean by the time I showed up???) home improvement cooking/entertaining Texana history women's studies computer children's young readers Those are some that I can remember: there were at least twice that many subjects. I also filled out a card so they'll notify me for next year's sale, & I'll try to post it earlier.

My love-hate relationship with paper is deep and I've been a sucker for magazines since I was a kid when the Saturday Evening Post and Life used to come in the mail . Finally, I've come to a reasonable (for me) solution. I have several categories of interest, gardening, cooking, travel, home remodeling/interior decorating. I've tried binders, plastic sleeves, upright magazine holders and have always wound up being annoyed at the cost, the weight, the time spent filing. I have determined to limit my clippings on any subject to one portable file box which makes it easy to take to a table or in bed or wherever. So the recipe file box has manila folders marked: breakfasts, drinks, salads, beef, Asian, Mexican, holiday meals etc. like a cookbook. I'll put a clipping in that category LOOSE. If I need to make, say, an appetizer, it's easy to find , I can also toss anything at any time, like when I decided I would get rid of the majority of high fat recipes. If the file box gets too full, I go through it and cull, I mean how many versions of bread pudding does one need?! My rule is no more than will fit. The home decor box has categories such as bedrooms, paint/refinishing, kitchens, bathrooms. The garden box has files on roses, succulents, pots, propagation, fertilizing, garden layout etc. I know much of the info is on the web, but the photos trigger my imagination. This is especially true of the files for travel. Regarding magazines like the New Yorker, I invariably fall behind on the reading, so I cut out and staple the fiction and keep them in an expansion file. When I know I'm going somewhere that will involve waiting, like the doctor's office I take one or two in my bag. When I go on a trip, I might take a couple dozen, read them in the airport or in a restaurant and when done, leave them for someone else. I know unsubscribing is sensible, and in the past I've done it, but eventually I renew. What can I say? It's a small vice.