Thanks, both of you. Yes, her husband is very interested in keeping the garden up. He's an avid vegetable gardener, but since Terry did the flowers, he was afraid of getting overzealous with weeding and pulling the wrong thing. He's a hard worker by nature, but he really poured on the energy to help get the garden ready for the tour. All that perfect edging...... Except for some trees, none of what you see was there when they bought the property (which includes a pond) many years ago. All those plantings are in raised beds that they created. They did an extraordinary job. I don't know how long the friends will help to maintain the garden at that level, but they seem to be a dedicated bunch.

Wild Child...you amaze me...Yes this is the one. How did you find it...I knew it was awhile ago but didn't realize it was 7 years ago. Now that I've read it again...I don't remember her posting again..but I might be wrong about that. I have a terrible memory. LOL..I didn't even remember it was "ME" that suggested the dog kennel thing. I wonder what she did and where she is today. Or if she is posting under another name. patti

I think you both are very talented ladies. I also think it's wonderful to have such a great relationship. That's something to truly treasure. Shirley

Two years ago I was using garden shears to prune a tree and I was using a lot of force to try to cut the branch, with my arms high above my head. I apparently strained something around the base of my spine, and although I had no muscle or bone pain, my skin from the waist down began tingling and then became extremely painful. The doctor said I damaged my nerves from the area of the spinal strain, downward. The hyper sensitive skin made wearing pants extremely painful, as any fabric, seams and even a breeze on my skin, caused immense pain. Thankfully, within 3 weeks it slowly started returning to normal, starting from the toes and moving up. Within a month, everything was gone, except for one patch of extremely sensitive skin about the size of a fist on the side of my left thigh. It has never gone away, but I can live with it, knowing how much worse it was before! I was told that although my nerve damage was caused by straining my spine, a virus or any injury can also cause nerve damage. I hope your sister's will resolve soon, as I know how awful it is to cope with skin that feels like it's on fire or rubbed raw.