Funny, funny. Be careful that someone doesn't think those seeds are something the government doesn't want us planting. Ha, ha. My local water utility co. has small little envelopes to put your payment in if the office is closed. Somehow or other a couple have found their way to our house. They make great seed holders. I also use empty film containers for seed sharing. Keep the ha, ha coming we'll need it when winter sets in. Enjoying a beautiful Tennessee day!

I tried to find out this morning if crepis rubra was known as a pink dandelion, but I couldn't find anything, at least on a fairly quick google search. I grew crepis rubra two years ago, and was a bit underwhelmed. The blooms were really quite lovely, but also really quite tiny, not dandelion-sized at all. (Well, at least not the size of the dandelions in MY yard, lol). I'd say not more than a 1/2 inch in diameter, if even that big. The plants were a bit scraggly and weak too, and taller and more spindly than what I would think of as daffodils. But now I wonder that if it *is* related to the dandelion, maybe having it in a pot with good quality potting soil was too rich for it! It was really a pretty little bloom though, and after seeing fledgling's photo, and looking at crepis photos, maybe I'll give it another try - but this time in poorer soil! That is, of couse, unless someone can actually find out exactly what fledgling's pink dandelion is - then I'll grow that! :) Dee

Miracle grow potting soil. I do nothing to it. Most of mine are in the ground however. Houston is full of plumeria junkies. And sellers. I use all organics - fish emulsion or organic fertilizer. I also mulch heavily around mine that are in the ground. I live in Galveston so my plants grow in sand. A lot of people blend their own and some people in the north, where it is much cooler, like soil-less blends. I don`t suggest them for here unless you can water a few times per day in summer. I try and get plants out of those black pots as soon as possible, they get too hot in the sun here. We have a couple of plant swaps here, Mercer which is held fall and spring, the fall swap is Oct. 5, and Galveston county which is in spring. There are several plumeria addicts that come to both swaps. Google: "Plantmeet" for the Mercer swap and "Galveston County Plant swap" for the other. You can arrange pre-trades. Don`t forget the Plumeria Society plant sale in Ft. Bend in July. Check the psa website, a list should be up soon. Tally HO!

I'm going through that right now. She's a neighbor which makes it worse. This woman calls me every day on the phone expecting to chat for an hour or two or three. My handset has a speaker so I just let her talk away while I clean the house. Nothing I hate more than a person who talks AT me instead of TO me. Have you met people like that? You start to appreciate there is an art to conversation when you meet people who don't understand that it should be TWO WAY! She talks, I listen. I have no sympathy for her problems because she's so self-serving. Has no interest in my life. Day after day she calls mostly to repeat what she said the day before. She lives alone. Talking on the phone is her favorite pasttime whereas when I'm bored I turn on the TV or get on the internet. When I tried to ween her off of me by not answering the phone she started calling at odd hours like 10pm or 9am in an effort to catch me. She would even show up at my door if I didn't answer the phone after a couple days. I can't not ever answer her calls or she'll think I've died or something so now I "return her phonecall" with an email. She hates email because she can't monopolize the conversation and you're in control. That's what I recommend you try. Don't answer her phone call, instead reply by email so you're still being polite. With a properly scripted email you can impart a message without being overtly rude. Doesn't require brutal honesty. The shorter the response the quicker she'll realize you aren't interested in her. If I'm not home when my neighbor calls she'll have a conversation with MY ANSWERING MACHINE! She doesn't just leave a message she will talk until the machine cuts her off. DH laughs that even the machine can't listen to her for very long. She's the only person who has ever run the time out on my machine. A couple of times she's run the battery down on my handset because she's talked so long. I thought we had been disconnected but a slow walk to the other end of my house to pick up another receiver revealed that we hadn't. I just wanted to call her back to explain I didn't hang up on her when I realized we hadn't been disconnected. She was still talking! Completely unaware that there was no one on the other end. Didn't matter a bit to her. LOL The problem comes when people are too dense to pick up on "social queues". Those are the ones we all loathe because they force you to act in a way you'd rather not ...rude, curt, or the bearer or the silent treatment. But when polite hints fail you do what you gotta do!