Thanks for the compliments on the tipi, Imstillatwork. :) I love that thing. It's kind of sitting wonky right now ~ I didn't get the poles far enough apart to make the cover tight enough and it's slipped a bit. I'll fix it this summer, when I take it back down to (hopefully) paint it. I haven't tried the variegated oregano I just planted, but I do have Greek oregano and it's tasty and not that strong. I want to try the Italian oregano as a chef friend of mine who works with me at the nursery (he's taking a "sabbatical" away from food service this spring) said the Italian is the best.

Eric, While I in no way consider myself an expert, I know enough about propagation to have some thoughts/questions/comments..... 1.You are using the term "cloning" pretty losely. I believe you are propagating "asexually" by cuttings. The chance of a branch sport or "deranged" genetic material has a much higher probability in what you are doing compared to say "tissue culture"...which is about the closest plant people have to "cloning". 2.In the shrub/tree/plant world, I have often heard propagators, who have been in the buisness for many years, comment on over a long period of time...a plant loses its vigor/root-ability and is more prone to propagation "issues". I have never seen work or research on this...but it is normally referanced to plants that are popular, produced in large numbers and have been around for many years (Weigela Java Red comes to mind). No consistancy to the comments...just a few species/cultivars here and there. But back to question/comment 1...the chance of changed genetic material is a lot higher in what you are doing. 3. It is hard, in my mind, to compare sexual-vs-asexual propagation and how it effects genetic material.....two different worlds and sciences. Schmoo

lyban- That's right, you do need to download and install the plugin. If you did that install correctly, you'll know it in the next steps: -outline the cropping rectangle -go into the Options menu and choose "JPG Lossless Crop" -if the plugin was installed correctly, a small window should come up which gives you the choice of a new file name, or the existing file name, for the crop, and shows you where it will be saved (take note of that location). Choose "new file name" and hit "Start." You won't see anything until you go to the Open file option at the top of the main Irfanview window, and select the file you just cropped (which will have the name "crop" in it). Then open it up in Irfanview and you can then print it the size you want from there. If you get confused by what to choose when the print window opens up, I can walk you through that, too. Lastly, it sounds like the Kodak program may not want to print below a certain quality, so if you want to try to print the second picture I cropped for you, print it using Irfanview. Before you print the picture, you can manipulate things like contrast, etc., in another program first; just save it when you're done and go back to Irfanview to print it so you can avoid your printing problem. Just bear in mind that you're taking a pretty small portion of a much bigger picture, so it won't be razor-sharp, but will look as good as it appears above. Stick with it, you're making progress. Let me know what happens next.

Try FxFoto Here is a link that might be useful: here