Mike I love tall guys roflmao. I wonder what they see way up there?? Glad you are still bored. Well...wish you weren't but it is to our advantage :-) First year growing MG trees and I just love them! Funny thou on how different they also grow depending on where they are located at. In the ground or pots...all day sun or more shade. Lucy

You are so lucky having that lake view and that mountain view and improved on that even with your beautiful plantings, congratulations! But living on a city lot, we can also improve, I only have a little pond and a lot of hostas, improving on that. Bernd

Bolivian Rainbow Bulgarian Carrot * Charleston Hot Garden Salsa Hybrid * Golden Habanero Habanero Brown * Hotazel Mariarchi Hybrid NuMex Big Jim NuMex Sunset * Purple Jalapeno * Red Savina Habanero Riot Tabasco Trinidad Perfume Tuxtlas Chilli White Habanero * Zimbabwe Birds Eye * 1-2 only, otherwise 3-6 spare. Would also be interested in a trade if you have something interesting. Rob

Jean, I just got my oriole feeder last year, after noticing an oriole checking out my hummingbird feeder. Last year they only frequented the feeder for a few weeks. This year, there are so many orioles, I can hardly believe it! In my Birds of Michigan book, it says they are a common bird here, but I think they spend a lot of their time hanging out in the large trees in the woods. It's nice to see so much more of them this year. I've noticed some purple finches eating the jelly too - I just put jelly in the cups, I don't make nectar for that feeder or put oranges on it. Debra, that monarda is Purple Rooster - I really like the color, it's a nice deep purple color. Tie and Tails was definitely one of the best opening purples this morning. More are open now, but some aren't even fully open yet, the temp hasn't hit 70 yet and it's not sunny. Mantis, the spiky flowers with Yellow Monkey are veronica. I have several, but I think those ones are in the area where I had one that I think was Purpleicious (sp?) and it did have seedlings, so it may be some seedling. I have others in that same violet color range, I think Eveline is one. Some of my veronicas (and some coreopsis and calamint) got majorly hit by bugs this spring - I guess the weather conditions made for a booming population of bugs. At least the veronica blooms are still pretty, even if the foliage might not look so great. I have this week off work and am spending it at home - it's nice to have plenty of time to enjoy the flowers, take pictures and share some of them!