I have a little vegetable garden with tomatoes and what not ... none of my cacti really bloomed last year but this year they are all in full bloom so im gonna try cross pollination this year ... i live in southern california ... and right now its in the 80's to 90's and its not very fun to be outside ... ill go take some pics right now :)

North53 I only had two showing obvious signs of HVX but it can take a couple years to see signs of infection. I could not have been certain that I didn't infect the others and they were almost all purchased from the same place. So, since I was already considering a fairly large hosta order I decided to err on the side of caution. Most of the plants were purchased this summer so wasn't much of a chore to yank them out. I had considered buying test strips and testing each plant but all the plants were on sale so the test would cost more than the plant. Then if they all were infected it, too, would have been a waste of money. Hardest part is now selecting the replacements. I am torn between the 'road to ruins' or 'hosta of the year' collections from hosta geek. Of course I want them all! SCG

I toi have been living with neighbors from Hell! I have a new neighbor who wanted my 27 year old native Oak pruned or removed & he'd put up a new fence. I had an arborist come in who removed lower overgrown branches. He did not wish to disturb the natural shape(esp. not top it!). My neighbor wanted it all out or topped. Note: My Oak trunk is 20ft. from fence line. Pruning it on the fence line is ok & lawful, I know & can live with....but he's hired people to cut at dark & theyve been cutting it little by little for 6 months! Ive tried to catch them & can not....they always remove/drag brush they cut(dump it on wild lands of the school property below my house!) jump the fence & hide in a shed on the new neighbor's property! After putting in a camera, calling the county sherif (on a all night attack downing huge limbs on my Oak!)who called me "arrogant & told me Lady it is just a tree!" & Im not waking the neighbors up at thus hour or even in the morning! & Im not writing a police Report either!" So I did not call them back fir months & tried to catch them....No Luck! Their nightly flood lights between our properties create glare & my camera cant pick up the movement & show clear pictures! For a few winter months I let it happen.... felt helpless! As it warmed up, when I was awoken by Ax, saw or thump of a branch falling or dragging of branches down the hill...I get. dressed, I grab my camera, flashlight, comfy chair, warm blanket & I sit outsude my bedroom that is right in front of the Oak & sit there until daylight!!! I hear the new neighbor whisper to his wufe, I hear the people slip away from where they are hiding.In fact, Im certain it is the two young people on fhe other side of me(Ive seen the tools for cutting laying around their yard(Ax, pole saw). When the young grandkids(of a dear older garden loving grandma died🙁)the young grand-kid neighbors moved in....they clobbered down her metal shed in one day & cut down all the Oaks on the property with a chain saw! They set up a marijuana growing area in wine barrels on the shed foundation( I took photos when they were taller than I am!) & brought 2 noisy dogs to the propery: pit bull & alaska husky. They took to spraying Round-Up on my healthy veggie garden & Rose bushes.... They have become bolder since my 2nd & 3rd calls to the sherif's office the last few days(the shelf's deputies finally talked to both neighbors on both sides of me!) It did not help.... They cut & dragged limbs the bext nighf so I called again... this time the deputy only phoned me back lustened & said to get some sleep! I told her it is not just the Oak anymore. They are always home & watching what I do. They fojnd my outdoor exyra key & wenf into my garage & wrote F.....You in my cars front windsheild & put a 2in. screw into my back tire. I had to call a lick smith & replace all my locks! ....& buy a new tire! The neighbor who wants my Oak down harrasses me in the morning starting @5am by tgrowing bits of wood at my bedrolm wall & roof! He rarely leaves the house & does this throwing all day long.... along with the night cutting & destru tion of my plants. They are now spraying my Fig tree & Native garden as well! Nothing has a chsnce to grow!!! I am a member if ghd Native Plant Society & member of the local garden club. No one can beleive this Hell I am living!!! Thsnk you for taking time to share your neighbor HELLs.....It is no FUN! I had a peaceful 26 years at my lovely home & garden and it is SO SAD good people who love nature & their gardens find themselves with ruthless, nasty neighbors who don't give a darn about anyone but themselves!!!! & it is SAD that good people get bullied and are not protected by law-enforcement! THAT has shocked me more than anything else!!!!

Here you go.......http://home.cfl.rr.com/marty/walmart.html I told one of the gals at our WalMart and she thought that was really nice that somebody took the time to post the patterns...our store also keeps one copy of that months pattern and will give you a copy if you ask..the only thing is that its not in color....