Thanks for writing Nandina and Cady. There is a lot of truth in what Cady said about short attention spans on televsion. Many shows today, gardening and design and general tend to have fast cuts and move quickly from scene to scene. I personally prefer a more slow pace, (like lingering over photos in a magazine), but I have found this to be the case in today's home and garden shows. Keep watching Cady, Michael and I explain the design process as well as give detailed information as to why we prepare the soil a certain way, we discuss different methods, plants and decor options. Not to make excuses, but last night's episode, "Attack of the Sago Palms" was our most extensive and labor intensive design. There was so much going on that it was difficult to include detailed information about anything in particular. The other episodes are not so hectic! Thats one of the reasons that I set up my web site to include lots of photos and relevant garden info for those who didn't "catch it all" while watching. In my marketing research I have found that there are the "real gardeners," (folks like us) and then there are the "consumer gardeners," or people who are not neccessarily interested in gardening, they just want to "decorate an outdoor living space" much like they would their interiors. They either get ideas from television or magazines or hire a professional to do it. They are not interested in the beauty and joy of the gardening process. My viewers are a mix. I get tons of email from gardeners looking for creative ideas and consumer gardeners as well. Next week on Garden Police, we create an English garden, complete with tea patio. We try to get as much design info and plant info in as we can in 30 minutes. I hope you will watch and then check my web site after the show for detailed photos and plant list! I look forward to making lots of friends on GardenWeb! Shirley Bovshow www.ShirleyBovshow.com

Thanks folks. This gallery side seems to have died recently. Dan, I'm thinking of moving that Eskimo Pie since it kind of deteriorated a bit last year and I've heard it's hard to grow. I would put it in a bit better light to see what happens. Since I like the coloration there, I was thinking of putting a reasonable size Great Expectations there. What do you think? Margaret, I'd love to see pictures of your garden. I see you are in zone 7 - the tropics to me. When I moved here from costal zone 7 or 8 I found that many of the plants I'd grown before couldn't take the winters. I have only a couple of T roses now and the fancier climbers didn't work at all. I'm happy with the much hardier Explorer Roses. I don't prune them until spring and then it's mostly what damaged or dead or in the way of something else. That John Cabot needs to be tied up properly, maybe this year. The William Baffin is right in the line of fire where snow and icicles fall off the roof. I'm happy that some of it survives ok.

lol..that is truely a "moment captured in time" to be cherished, with her sleeping like that...you can use that pic to bribe her with when she wants to start dating!!..lol! What a beautiful baby..and young girl you have there joe!!! I love "that's how he 'strolls'"..LOL!!! And I must say...what a great dad you are!!! Dena

I have never cared for Brooke as the host. When she was doing her interview with Tom on her time as a finalist and talking about her freestyle dance, she seemed so much more natural and comfortable speaking. She isn't good with scripted interviews or talking, I don't think. It feels forced. I didn't like Samantha Harris either though. I think Melissa Rycroft would've been a good choice for Tom's co-host. She's bubbly and cute and seems fun. It's hard to say who will win but I think Hines could take it. He's adorable.