Oh the tales of horror in our gardens. Last night I had a nighmare that while I was camped out in the truck overnight to catch the deer in the still of the night when the they come stalking, a racoon reached up and opened the door. I was glad I awoke just in time. I can just imagine the look on your face when in that instant horror swept through your mind. Tinsel, funny.

You are very welcome Jo I don't need much encouragement lol. Yes the view is great, a lot of the time the clouds are down and there is nothing there! The Gold standard would be in its third year or so planted from pot from garden centre so would have had 3 eyes minimum,What you think is carex behind is a clump of rushes (Juncus effusus)that has had the roundup treatment lol, terrible grass smothering invasive plant of acidic damp places, which is most of Ireland! from googling for the latin name I saw that some us nurseries sell it, if i could sell it I'd be a gazillionaire overnight! The carex is a great idea btw it will be done, thanks. My "living mulch" is moss and some bits of clover, every thing becomes covered in moss if you're not careful, I like it but you can have too much of a good thing, I want to have a lovely dark mulched bed, then I'll be happy. The natural environment locally is upland peat bog, my immediate area is a karst with a thin layer of peat, we have sinkholes and underground rivers and lakes,I will show a pic at the end of a view of the area from the top of my mountain. Yes quite a few are getting scapes, where does the time go,seems like a week ago I was prodding for pips . Abby stays small and cute, I just looked up Aristocrat I like it a lot is it a medium sized one? You are right that's Maui Buttercups, it has a little bit of sun scorch but she is ok, I wasn't sure if I liked gold hostas from the pictures so I got her and August Moon to see, I now want Krugerrand so they must have won me over. Footie is a very discerning cat lol. Raspberry Sundae was 1 eye last year and small ,2 eyes this year and larger leaves that what I was expecting and the colour as I didn't have it for spring last year, for a white centre its doing good. I got Big Daddy in the early spring and I had a fertle in the pot to see how many eyes there were I found 5 I think but more than that came up, I am very suprised at the size of him. Ya I'm sure MA will be ok there are new leaves appearing, thanks. Denis

I couldn't hear the music either, but when Judy said she could - I thought.....hmmm wonder what my problem is! I use Firefox for my browser, so loaded it in Internet Explorer and the music came through immediately. Gorgeous tag Urlee - it's just beautiful and the music makes it even more special. Merry Christmas to all - Elaine

Carrie, ..I am not happy with 4th -o-July either. Yours at least has some fruits, mine doesn't yet. BUT I am very happy w/ Big Beef.. Happy Gardening ! Sey