I don't have any particular fondness for rodents, but I just don't have the heart to kill an animal. For me "exclusion" is a much easier method. I just keep all my roses in gopher cages, and have no problems. But I do laugh when I see a ring of gopher mounds around a caged rose. On a related subject, I was going crazy with my son's cat who is a rat killing machine. There are weeks when I end up with 2 or 3 dead rats in the house, or patio. So, I came up with a new program called "Rats for Roses" Each time the cat brings me a dead rat, I bury it under one of my rose bushes. I have about 30 roses, so I just keep buring them , eventually all 30 roses end up with a nice little bonemeal/bloodmeal treat. By the time all 30 have been given a rat, the first rose is ready for another one. It's good for the roses, and it gives the little fellers a decnt burial.

Well, Joanne, let's say i liked it enough to spend half a day trying to get my old camera software to work on windows 8, only to haul out my old XP machine, and then deciding i have to build a direct ac power supply for my camera, which requires me to 3d-print a model of its battery, so the wires and connectors go in the right place.... If it all works out, i'll spend a lot of effort and running around on a neat gadget, which can then do automatic time-lapse photos every hour for a month or more :-) I'll use it once and feel greatly accomplished ;-p Any questions? Karin

Hi Guys, Sorry to intrude but I am the person who grew that Dorset Naga plant, and thought I would just add a few words. There is no secret to the growing; greenman28 is right, mostly it is the genetic ability of the variety �" any Dorset Naga plant could do that. That particular plant was selected from the 1000 plants we had raised for selling. All we did was give it plenty of space, warmth, light, water and fertilizer so none of these things were limiting its growth. Having said that, the fertilizer regime was the same as we use for all our plants. By the way, this year we are running a competition to see who can get the most chillies off a Dorset Naga plant. If you beat our record we will double the prize money! Here is a link that might be useful: Dorset Naga Growing Challenge

A couple of years ago they did some acts on the Oscars....acting out each movie. I remember the one they did for "Little Miss Sunshine". I think they are so cool. I think I actually have their site bookmarked and was going to share it as a site of the day. I never knew how they pronounced their name, though, now I do.