" I've always been an organic gardener, no toxic pesticides but this year I'm giving in, just bought some toxic slug bait, sorry to say that iron phosphate isn't cutting it any more." I have given in too. You are right that the iron phosphate just cant keep up. I bought 2 large containers of Ortho Bug Geta (metaldehyde) today to resolve the problem I witnessed first hand this morning. I was up at 5 AM (don't ask) and decided to have coffee on the patio before it got hot. I walked outside and there were no less than 50 slugs on my potted Jewel of the Nile. OH MY GAWD! This has GOT to stop! I dug some amonia out of the garage and did the 10% solution in one of my kids super soakers and went to town. I felt like Ahnold in Terminator! It was fantastic! I just hope the poor hostas aren't going to whither from the drenching they got. Every single hosta in my garden had at least 10 - 15 slugs and the ones near the rock walls were even worse. I just finished spreading the Bug Geta and will be doing recon tomorrow morning again. I HATE THOSE SLIMY BASTARDS! Alexa

Best in 2013: --------------------- 1. Druzba - 5 stars! Robust plants with tones of red, round, uniform picture-perfect tomatoes (no cracking, BER, green shoulders or anything). Will grow again. 2. Rebell Yell F5 - wonderful taste, robust plant, large pink tomatoes and LOTS of them. The most productive pink beefsteak IâÂÂve ever grown. Will grow again 3. Big Boy - another surprise. Very productive, also very disease resistant. All my tomatoes are already gone (late blight + 2 frosts finished them all). Only Big Boy and Juliet are still growing and producing fruits. Juliet has some late blight, but Big Boy seems to be immune. Definitely a keeper! 4. Juliet - very robust and very productive with decent resistance to late blight. I am using this variety for canning tomatoes whole - fruits are just perfect for this, thick fleshed, thick skinned and extremely productive. A keeper. 5. Rutgers - a keeper. Productive, beautiful and tasty. Nothing to add. 6. Tasmanian Chocolate - robust, bushy plants (though not very tall), good production, very tasty reddish-chocolate large fruits 7. Big Beef - OK⦠planted it after âÂÂwowâ reviews and I expected it to be The Star of the garden.. But it wasnâÂÂt. Production was OK, taste is good, but nothing compared to my #1 and #2 stars. I will give it another try. 8. Helsing Junction Blues - almost black tomatoes, a conversation piece in my garden. Productive, no cracking - will grow again. Not stars, but will grow again: ------------------------------------- 1. Joe Lauerer's Pink German Eggs (prolific, good for canning whole) 2. Pineapple (nice color, good taste, prolific) 3. KelloggâÂÂs breakfast (meaty, nice color, decent production, excellent taste) 4. White Wonder - low production, but I like the fruit color 5. Green Zebra - so-so production will grow for esthetic reasons. Love the color! Will not grow again: ---------------------------- 1. Wapsipinicon peach - fruits donâÂÂt last, plant is very sensitive to draught. 2. Pink Berkley Tie Dye - fruits were cracking and rotting on the plant, not sure why 3. Barlow Jap - OK, but Rebell Yell was better among pinks 4. Neves Azorean Red - OK, but Rebell Yell was better among pinks 5. Beef Master - produced several large beefsteaks, but overall production was disappointing 6. Black Krim - so-so production, lots of cracking on the fruits 7. Super Sweet 100 - cracks, need to find another red cherry for next year 8. Black Cherry - cracks, need to find another black cherry for next year 9. San Marzano Nano - need to find more productive paste tomato with less BER This post was edited by green_go on Tue, Sep 24, 13 at 11:18

I had to be gone when it was on today, taped it, and just now finished watching. Bizarre is a good description. There was a case against the head guy where I used to work. He was so arrogant and cocky about how the case would never be proven...he was innocent, etc. During hearings, he kept saying things like "I'm innocent, give me a lie detector test and I'll prove it". Well lawyers on the other side had had enough of him so finally said 'yes, and if you pass conclusively, my client will drop the case'. Oh, you should have seen him. At first he was all nervous, then he calmed greatly, and agreed. He honestly thought he could con the lie detector AND the administrator of the test. He failed so miserably, it wasn't one bit funny. But to this day, if anyone would question him, he'd say it was rigged so he'd fail. Shirley

When he told the one to get over it, what would he have said were she to have said that she was considering doing the same? My friend's husband was involved in some infidelities and when found out there was some sadness, crying and wanting to reconcile, etc. Once I suggested that I think that after a couple of such episodes, I'd have asked how he'd feel if I were to do the same. His reply was a vehement, "I'd kill you!", it seems. Dad used to say that what was sauce for the goose ... ... should be sauce for the gander (and I didn't think that he was discussing basting a Thanksgiving bird). Many men don't seem to react in a similar fashion to the proposition of their wives playing around. And have you noticed the difference in atmosphere surrounding the various words used for women and men who may be inclined to play around a bit (or more)?? Some folks have suggested that the difference in attitude is based on the concept that a man looks upon his wife as being his property ... ... but he not hers. Some in the women's rights movement have suggested that, if someone disagrees, what alternative reason can they give for the difference in attitude? I have yet to find one. Maybe a good topic for your next dinner party with several couples who are friends. ole joyful