Sherry, If you go to see the giant redwood/sequoia trees, please realize that there are dozens of places worth seeing them along the coast from the CA/OR border to central California and in the Sierra Nevada Mountains along the CA/NV border that each have their own unique appeal. It would take a week just to explore all of the big tree NP's, SP's, SRA's, SNR's and Monuments in CA alone. When I lived in San Francisco, Russian Gulch, Big Basin SP and Mount Madonna were favorites, but after I moved to Carmel it was all about Polo Colorada Canyon and the many spots around Pfeiffer Big Sur. I'll have to tell you about my very rare and unique coffee table made from a Polo Colorado Cyn giant and Bixby Creek driftwood sometime. Yes, "mesa" is a term loosly applied to any landform in the arid west with a flat top and verticle cliff sides, and they are quite common. They are also referred to as table mountains, buttes, potrero or tuya depending on how they were formed and their characteristics and can vary from small ones like those in the BDW to the Grand Mesa in CO which is the largest in the world at around 500 square miles on top. Sometimes plateau is also used wrongly. They don't always have the verticle sides and are much bigger covering huge areas up to millions of square miles. Yes I could move back to St.George I guess, although in many ways the cost of living is higher there than Vegas. I'm sure some of my old friends are still there and kicking. But since my Dad lives there now I wouldn't even consider it.

Thanks for all your hard work Karen! Can't wait to read it in its entirety. Jodi-

I've lost the lttle copy utility I had on my computer If anyone wants o update t he list go ahead

Before I fertilized I'd water that pot with at least 3-4 gallons of water. I'd use a hose and fill it up to the rim, let it drain, wait about 10-15 minutes and fill it up again. If it bubbles when you fill to the rim, keep doing that until it stops bubbling. You need to have all the particles well saturated before fertilizing. If you just add 1 gallon like from a watering can it may only get part of the whole root area moist. When a container soil get so dry it needs to really be soaked several times to get all the particles re-hydrated. Next day fertilize and make sure to not let it get that dry again. After you have it re-hydrated, tom#s suggestion of frequency is good, but always keep in mind that how often will change with the weather. Every 4-5 days now is fine as it's cool, in mid-summer you may need to water every other day, if it doesn't rain, check your dowel.