I'm so pleased that you like your box. I was wondering when it was going to arrive. Are the houseplant cuttings still in pretty good shape? If not, I can send more. The purple and green one is a wandering jew, the solid green one is sweedish ivy, and the other one is a gragon wing begonia. The leaves will get a tinge of pink this summer, and the blooms are a very pretty solid pink. When spring comes I will be able to send you some plants out of my gardens as well. Please remind me, and don't be bashful! :-). Sorry my package was so late. Happy pre-spring gardening friend, Tina

WOOOOHOOOO I got Kym's box yesterday!!!! BUT I didnt want to post until I could get the photos to work FINALLY today Kodak and I got the software to load, tried to yesterday but what they told me to do didnt work. WOW KYM!!!! OMG, I love it! (You know who got the Chocolate lol!) WOW OH WOW KYM SENT! Strickers! She KNOWS I LOVE stickers LOL. Assorted Jumbo Fairy WALL STICKERS! Chocolate Hearts Candy Reese's Peanut Butter WHOPPERS! Yummy! LOL A Pocket Packet of Hydrangea Tissues (you know these will not be opened!) Ceramic Cow (it got broken) Ceramic Sheep Terra Cotta Garden Marker that Says: Gardens Know the Best Dirt Sun Flower Candle Holder Chocolate Scented Candle from the Chocolate Farm! A Flower Shaped Flower in a tin Flower Pot Decorative Sunflower Stake cute! A grow me flower pot cute The Cutes Little Garden Trowel, trying to figure out how to make this a Keychain! LOL A PIG PLANTER OMG, IT IS SO CUTE, I will get a pic of it by its self it is too cool! A Butterfly Wind chime this is gonna get revised, those darn strings keep coming off, I will be putting fishing line of these! LOL Kym made a BEAUTIFUL HANDMADE CARD she quilted it! YES SHE DID! She also made one for Marie in the Cupid swap! WOW!!! FLOWERS Bulbs: Anomone Dahlia Peaches and Cream Brodiaea Acidanthera Peacock Orchids OMG THANKS I WAS GONNA ORDER SOME! Caladium White Queen Caladium Carolyn Whorton Crocus Kit that includes: Jeanne d Arc, Pickwick, Remembrance SEEDS: Mawnature Sunflower (?) Tomatillo Gigantic (YEA) Dipper Gourd (THANK YOU!!!) Pepper Sigaretta Dolce Pasilla Bajio Culinary Pepper Red Corno di Tojo Rasso Franchi Pepper Giallo di Asti Yellow Pepper Pepper Greek Pepperoncini Tomato Giant Belgium Pink Tomato Red Cup Tomato Pomodona Red Noid Pink Columbine Sunflower Autumn Beauty Mixed Sunflower Feverfew Virgo Hosta Hydrangea Oakleaf Moonflower Bush Noid Coral Bells Mixed Sunflower Kyms Beautiful Handmade Card Close up Even closer of the HAND STITCHING ON THE CARD! This is the paper she included in the package I liked it too! This is one of the many wrapped packages she included in the box!!! SEE THE PIG PLANTER IN THE BACK> WOW OH WOW, I LOVE IT! The cow got broken :(! This is the butterfly Wind Chime and in the corner of the calendar pocket is the hangy things that goes at the bottom, and the fairy's are the Fairy Wall Stickers! This is a close up of the Candle holder it is the green round thing, the Flower Candle is the metal thing on the corner there, and the little cute trowel thing is sitting in it! Isn't it cute?! Kym girl WOW, what can I say? You out did yourself! Thank you so very very much!!! I LOVE THE PIG planter, I will get a better pic of it alone it is so darn cute, I hate the cow got broken what a bummer! AND HERE IS MARIANN'S WREATH!!!!!!!!! :) Fran

1. Is it a perennial??? yes (tender above zone 7?) 2. Does it have colorful or unusual foliage? NO (NOT COLORED FOLIAGE) 3. Are there many varieties? No 4. Does it bloom more than once a year? Yes 5. Does it grow taller than 12"? Yes 6. Is it a shrub? No 7. Is this plant valued for it's flowers? Sometimes 8. Is it collectible? YES, not by groups per se 9. Is it considered an Herb? NO 10. Is it a tree ? NO 11. Does it get taller than 36" ? NO 12. Does it bloom in spring? YES 13. Does it grow from a bulb? NO (not a bulb) 14. Can it grow from seed? YES (from what I have read) 15. Does it grow from a tuber? YES 16. Does it bloom all summer? YES 17. Does it come in red colors??? YES (?) Nope Bunny, guess again, I love callas. This is a plant I would LOVE to have too....I know doesn't help much... :) Fran

Like everyone, I’ve had various different poultry shears and also used plain old desk scissors. I had a really nice set (Henkels) for a couple decades, then have had various cheaper ones. I think the following seems important: - A blade with a divot near the pivot, so you can grab a bone without it slipping away - Fairly substantial blade, that will crunch through bones - All stainless and plastic, preferably no fussy springs - Take apart, more to make it easy to sharpen than for cleaning (my opinion) - Handles that you can grip and exert force on even if your fingers are covered with oil/fat I don’t think you really need to pay more than $20.