Hi Carol, glad you're back, ok, and congrats on the new computer. I've got one with those big screens, they are really fantastic, but I'm so used to getting around fast on my pc, I mainly still use that. The new one is a lot different, I've learned to do a lot of things already, but it's like learning Windows again from the ground up and frustrating to have to look up how to do the simplest little thing. My daughter loves to watch youtube videos on it with her little boy. The sound drives me nutz, and I found how to turn it up or down in the system controls. Got fed up with that, looked it up, and see there are two keys where the function keys are on my pc for adjusting the volume up or down. Very slick. Simple things like that I get stuck for awhile. I think I WS'ed my crazy daisies in about February 2 years ago, planted the whole jug hos. Am almost positive I didn't spring sow them. Think they bloomed the first year, too. Mine have all different variations. Can send you some more seeds in the fall if I mark a choicer bloom or several. I notice my New England Purple Dome Asters have seeds up the wazoo. I don't know if it's too late to collect them but think I will but won't have time to mess with trades until I get caught up on other things. I'll make sure they are dried out well and seal them up for later.

Hello, hello, Betty! Welcome to RMG! WeÂre glad you found us! There are lots of people around here who can help you with just about any kind of questions you can come up with. And if you happen to ask something nobody knows the answer toÂwellÂweÂre good at guessing and making suggestions too! ;-) When you try to post the pictures, if youÂre having a problem, let us know what picture hosting site youÂre using, and somebody will be able to tell you how to find the link you need to post them. If you donÂt have a hosting site yet, I use Picasa and I love it! (And thanks to the folks here at RMG, I even know how to use it!) Again, welcome! And bring on the pictures and questions! Skybird

Beautiful pictures. I planted 3 this year and they didn't come up. My friend said I should have dug them up and checked the tuber. Didn't. She is having her open house this week with 800 dahlias. She sells the tubers in the Spring and people can tell her which ones they like when they come and look and place an order in advance.

I've been worried about running out of space as well. Not to mention that I'll be moving soon to a university apartment, so who knows how much space I'll be getting. I've moved my whole succulent (mostly echeveria) collection to square, ceramic dishes that I've bought at World Market. Before my plant collection became out of hand, I decided that I'd invest in a ceramic drill bit and buy cheap ceramic dishes to use as planters. That way, I could have a matching/complimenting set of pots (its also easy to create macrame hangers for them)! I took some "progress report" photos the other day, since I enjoy looking back at older photos of my plants to see how far they've gotten-- here are some of them! Took a photo of this Echeveria Allegra and its pups. The leaves at the bottom are outstretched a bit more due to the weather deciding that sunny days and spring are simply things that shouldn't exist. Thankfully it's growing in nicely and quickly (been using manure tea). Square dishes fit together nicely to save space. Also allows for easy 90 degree rotations every now and then. I enjoy having dishes that have mixed succulents, similar succulents, or just one type of succulent to provide different visual interests (and since everything is modular, its easy to change the look of the area). My Irish Bouquet is doing fairly nice, and my Echeveria Minima is actually pushing out five pups, alongside its two older pups, so I may have to place it into a different pot soon!