~ Container Count / Zone Wars ~ Zone Wars Summary: Zone 3 . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Zone 4 . . . . . . . . . . 443 Zone 5 . . . . . . . . . 3,144 Zone 6 . . . . . . . . . 3,596 Zone 7 . . . . . . . . . 2,184 Zone 8 . . . . . . . . . . 936 Zone 9 . . . . . . . . . . 182 Total Containers: 10,497 Good morning, winter sowers. Hope everyone is enjoying the spring and getting lots of gardening done! Welcome to the count Nana8! Click the Container Count / Zone Wars Spreadsheet to see the container count in detail. ~ Happy Sowing Everybody ~

Deb lol, no it was after one of those rare rare rain drizzles we had last fall lol. Your eyes are ok they are just in the wrong season rofl. Barb thanks. It is not me being a good gardener. It is them being good plants and good nature to ME. Daniella I did plant some castor beans too. Since a sweet person send me some seeds. They are really growing so easy. The picture I posted a short while ago was from a sword bean. Which let me tell you. Grows a LOT faster and is huger then the castor bean leaves in the beginning lol Eloise I betcha Kylie can give us a update on how many days till spring and all of us running around ripping our hair out because there is way to much to do to find a place for all our brug babies and making them happy lol But we are SO ready ..right gang? Lucy

Oh, Boxo, I have to run, so many things to prepare, I have some major life changes coming ahead with new job, my boyfriend, continually conditioning and getting Eluane physically slimmed down and toned for her possible hip dysplasia issues, lots of things but just wanted to say how GORGEOUS and BEAUTIFUL your garden is! Lyda is like a Stairway to Heaven, and Your AD is ALWAYS IN MY HEART! I was looking at my maddening Climbing Oklahoma and thinking if only AD were there instead, but fearing me killing an AD.... He and the Chicago Peace bring me PEACE!and your Sunset Celebration there's a tie between it and Hot Cocoa as my Third, with Hansa being in Fourth. Stalkers always keep the Tally, lol! But oh, those magnificent Garden Views, sheer heaven. Everything so bountiful and sunlit! Breathtaking and Beautiful, Boxo. Nothing more can be said!!!

dlm, last time we went to Chicago (have been only once, and that was with adults only) we got Garretts popcorn in the airport. Does that count? ;) Thanks for all the ideas so far. Fortunately (or unfortunately, depending on how you look at it), we have an American Girl store not far from us, so BTDT, and she is almost "over" AG these days anyway. She might still enjoy taking a look, but I don't think I'd plan our day around it. I'm going to check out the Museum of Science and Industry web site. She wouldn't want to spend a whole day in any museum, but we could check out the highlights, maybe. She does like science. I'm going to look up some of the other places you all mentioned, too. The story behind this trip is that DH and DS are going to Chicago for DS's 16th birthday (a tradition in our house -- when you turn 16, Dad takes you away for a weekend) to see the Cubs play the Red Sox (we're from Boston). DD and I are crashing their party, but we need to pretend we don't know them so they can do their "guy" stuff. From there, we're all heading to San Francisco, where we will be allowed to stay together a family again!