I want to share my bare root rose trees experience I ordered from Cottage farms direct. My story though turned out to be a good one. First off i purchased these roses before reading a lot of the negative reviews of this vendor. i was blinded by the great deal they have just this past June. The reviews really made me so worried, i was expecting the worse to happened. I did what i could though by calling UPS days beforehand that i want to pick up my package for fear of getting them toasted in their hot delivery van on the first days of summer. I picked up the package on June 23, 2016 in the AM & potted them right away when i got home. See the progression in the pictures, just so happy to see them come alive this week after about 20 days. The last photo is taken today July 17. So now, time to fight the fungus & other rose's pest.

For years I have admired the Frontgate slim green spruce and one of these days (maybe an after-Christmas sale) I am going to pull the trigger and buy one, Nothing but good reviews on that one. For artificial Christmas trees with incandescent lights, QVC only carries the Bethlehem lights brand. (which is a very good brand) However, the bottoms of all of their 9' trees always line up to the host's knees. In other words, there is ALOT of space between the floor and the start of the tree. (unless it's Christmas eve, with oodles of presents) that is a huge open space. That is the only reason I have never purchased their trees. Years ago I used to work at a greenhouse that carried some Bethlehem lights trees, I do remember the bottoms of the trees being very high.

Lynn - Every year I look forward to the photos from the Hot Air Balloon festival. The colors are so sharp and clear you'd swear they were Photoshopped. My Mother is from NM and we used to drive there every other summer to visit relatives in Santa Fe, Albuquerque, Clovis and Fort Sumner. We used to swim in the Pecos River - all of 3' deep due to irrigation needs. My DIL's father lives in Albuquerque and my son and his wife was supposed to go this year during the festival but he had to travel for work. Fun2 - I love the holiday decorations too but I try to avoid them because I really just don't have room for any more - and it seems that every year I find something else to add to my decorations. Some day we'll downsize and I'll have a terrible time deciding what to keep. Nanny - my neighbor puts his up in the fall too because the weather is so much nicer but at least he doesn't turn them on until Thanksgiving week. Maire

I have a couple of Valerie's wreaths, and they really are nice. I hang them inside, so they last a long time, no weathering. I got some of her Christmas birds last year too. Certain things I would never buy there--electronics, beds, overpriced cosmetics, vacuum cleaner. I have a few clothing items but am losing interest. As for the forums, I enjoy the home forum, viewpoints and among friends. They have so many members there that sometimes there are too many replies to read. Not like here where we have a nice number of members so mostly threads don't get overloaded with replies.