I guess I agree with Arthur. You start out trying everything and find what works. I have major limitations regarding environment and have tried so many different plants over the years and know what I can grow easily. I do grow some which take more effort, but I limit those. I don't have time or energy to struggle with plants which are not happy with me and my conditions. The kind of list Orchid 126 uses would not work for me. I use notes on each individual plant. I have nobile dens where some grow dryer than others. Hybrid plants all require different treatment. I could never generalize. I have a Blc which likes dry, another likes water. Some continue growing all winter, some flower, other do not. I use the individual notes to remember which responded to what treatment the year before and which ones did not. I've killed plants, in the past trying to generalize conditions. I grow indoors at windows and under lights. I'm not great keeping up notes, but I do note flowering times, potting mixes which seem to improve growth. I note what seemed to produce the best growth on individual plants - heat, light, dry/wet, outdoors/indoors. I have 8 Phals. Four fit the general picture of growth. Two like higher light and warmth. One spikes in winter with warmth. Growing species Catts and hybrids require notes on each one. They may be Blc's but behave very differently. I have one which loves dry. Is potted almost mounted and is happy. The others are happy in bark, sphag, etc. Some bloom twice a year, others once. I keep a index card file. Every plant has a number and a card. Some cards have a photo, but lots of notes when the plant first came to me. I play with conditions and make note about the results. There is always a plant which is difficult and needs to be grown differently. I like my cards because it is quick and easy to look up a plant. I keep them in a metal box which travels around the yard and house with me. I could never follow a month-to-month list. Every year is different, every plant is different. Jane

Sorry forgot to add my book review. this month I am sending out Decoritive accents for the garden - it is very cute and filled with ideas. I feel more confident about books getting returned if we all keep the post updated we will KNOW where all the better books are. So I am sending out one of my favorite books. I have done things similar to items on page 19, 26,27, LOVE page 28 and 30 but have not made it yet (that's why I need the book back lol) 38, WANT page 42 reall bad! 48 I have put in my garden, would like to make page 54, did page 71 and it looks GREAT if I may say so myself, 90 is so cute - would like to try it, did page 100 - the lace is REALLY easy, did it to a chair, give it a try! 104, 105, 108 cute cute cute will do with the kids when they are older. I laughed so hard at page 108 and 127! Actually I do keep my mints in a baby pool so the roots won't go nuts - would done this had I known about it then. Oh boy anothe project! page 130 looks so funny - I like the pot people better not painted. page 132 would like to try. page 136 Would like to gage gift this oen to someone else! Funny Boy that book was so good, I almost hate to let it out of my hands. lol enjoy reading it and try them. they are simple projects. JUST MAKE sure to use sealer on any painted surface. Enoy

We have one more trading pair for June. They are moms_garden & Amanda Romando. So here's the most current line up of partners. June simplylisa sends to gardeningwitch June diene sends to serenity_lane_ga June fivemeows sends to hummingbirddaisy June hummingbirddaisy sends to fivemeows June debbya sends to snyder June sguanzon sends to missspoiled25 June SheilaSchnauzie sends to amybabyboy3 June amybabyboy3 sends to SheilaSchnauzie June snyder sends to debbya June serenity_lane_ga sends to diene June missspoiled25 sends to sguanzon June mimib1 sends to ThreeShyAcres June ThreeShyAcres sends to mimib1 June scouttiegirl sends to beth_b_kodiak June beth_b_kodiak sends to scouttiegirl June gardeningwitch sends to simplylisa June mkruby7 sends to caperose12 June caperose12 sends to mkruby7 June badtoad sends to lroyrose June lroyrose sends to badtoad June glendasgarden sends to KellyinFlorida June KellyinFlorida sends to glendasgarden June moms garden sends to Amanda Romando June Amanda Romando sends to moms garden Everyone should have their partners questionaire info and mailing address by now. PALEEZE contact me if you need anything. Also please post here to confirm that everything is in order and your all set. Thanks, Kelly

Thanks for the input, Marsha. As for the security, the site is only open to someone who has the link, you can't just search for it. It's not really a website, but a document sharing function on Google. So unless you got the link from the Garden Web Quilt Forum, (more specifically the lotto posts) you can't even view it. And I figured everyone would need the address anyway to send in squares. I checked out the "return to previous page" link. That is a Google function that I can't fix, unfortunately. And right now it's even having a problem going to the site, but that appears to be a connection problem in Google, rather than a configuration problem. I'll keep checking to see if it gets better. Also, once the pattern opens, it should be in a new tab so that you can go back just by closing the tab. The original shouldn't go away, but be there next to the pattern tab. Thanks for letting me know!