I wish I would have come across this forum last August BEFORE I placed an order with Ty-ty. I ordered a bunch of stuff... all said "fall shipment"...fall came and went and no trees... I had called several times where I was given the run around and finally told that they only ship when trees were dormant and I would get my order in Jan-Feb. Although I felt like this was false advertisement since everything said fall shipment, it did make sense to me, so I patiently awaited my order in January. Already not feeling quite right, I stayed on top of it and they heard from me at least once a week from the beginning of January. Persistence pays off... to a point. I was able to diseminate from the different calls, they really are just a middle man (false advertising again). They got different parts of my order from different sources... which wouldn't be so bad if they used really reliable sources, but I think they probably just use the cheapest to make the most money. I finally did receive my order... in full... not a single thing missing out of an over $650 order. In that order I had three larger blueberry bushes. Who ever their supplier is for those is pretty decent. They look pretty good and had a good bareroot base on them. As for pretty much everything else in my order, it appeard that someone had taken a good yank on the tree trunk and pulled it up by hand without any digging as most trees had very little to no roots left... the pecan trees I ordered must have been harder to yank out of the ground due to their tap root, so it appears that some Sherlock decided to take a shovel and chop the offending tap root off so they could finish yanking said tree out. Obviously, these trees won't survive... The blueberry bushes look to be very promising, and I'm glad that at least something I got seems to be worth while, but everything else either looks like it definately will not survive or would shock me if it did. I will not be ordering from them again... wish I knew who their supplier was for the blueberry bushes though... I'd definately order from them!! =)

hi there. knowing nothing about yucca trees, here is what i would do---i'd dig out a seedling and see how extensive the root system is. next, i would dig around another one, being careful to do so at the distance where i would not disturb the roots. the idea is so that the plant will not notice it has been moved at all. then plop it into an appropriately sized pot, soil and all. or, dig a hole in your yard and move it there--it's generally the same environment and presumably the same (or similar) soil. I have only ever done this to poppies which are notoriously sensitive to being uprooted and replanted. But as long as i dug around far and deep enough to avoid disturbing the roots, all of them transplanted successfully. i would have had a gorgeous bed of poppies. but they were no match for woodchucks who had a salad fiesta as soon as the flower buds appeared. Hmmph. if there are lots of seedlings, try and get the oldest one. maybe getting more than one is a good idea too, one of them is bound to take. they might have more specific information for you in the cactus and succulents forum, though! i hope this helps somewhat. Pagan

Well I could go into the Freudian nuances of scapes, bulbs and men, but the audience, I feel, is not ready for such levity. I do have to say, though, that despite their odd form of product marketing, they do in fact have us here talking about them. Successful adverts? Depends on how you look at it. It reminds me of Volkswagon's adverts, which I detest, in that they are awfully weird yet get people to talk about them. Whether or not they result in sales is another story. I don't really care for Freud. He was a bit of a nutcase himself-- though I do recognize his contribution to the psychological field. No one psych theory holds true-- each, though, adds what seem to be pieces of how things actually work. I much prefer Maslow and his hierarchy of needs. And if this is an old lady who runs this TyTy site, then perhaps she's living vicariously through her young models *shudder* which is creepy but I think Freud's theory would best explain this sites strange behavior. Then again, maybe this is all a conduit for this old lady's self-actualization! Is anyone else really disturbed by this seemingly homicidal deer, and the fact that its eat blueberries high off the ground and in what looks like winter? Global change, people...its here and the deer are mad.

I use arbonne products for my face and Jason body wash for the rest of the body. In colder months, I use a lavender oil salt scrub from Trader Joes. Body moisturizer I use a coconut cream from Trader Joes too. Most of my beauty products are organic (except for hair conditioner). I have pretty much tried everything out there, and can't believe what I like the most I buy at TJs. But over the last few years I've had a few very young friends diagnosed with strange cancers. I had a bone tumor, my sister had a thyroid tumor, my next door neighbor had a huge lung tumor (all of which were benign- thank goodness) but it made me wonder about all the chemicals we expose ourselves too daily. So I've decided to go organic, in food, beauty products, and limit my family's exposure to all of the toxic chemicals available in main stream supermarkets. I know, not what you asked for in your original post, but something to think about.