sweet cherry pollinator that won't get huge? I have in my yard what I believe is a sweet cherry tree (not sure of the variety, though if important I may be able to figure it out). However, it has no pollinator; I thought perhaps it was partly self-fertile, since my mom planted it and I can't figure out why else she wouldn't have given it a pollinator, too. However, it flowered like mad this past spring and no fruits set. If any one has a tree available that is likely to work to pollinate mine, I would be thrilled! Thanks.

TINA asked me to start a new thread since I wanted to make sure that I had captured everyone's emails from my time in hospital. I am now facing complication 2, but my husband has offered to stand in for me, bring and collect everything, and even bring the food. Will everyone please look at my last because there are many things I asked for, but did not receive a response on, and I do not want people to expect we've made an agreement and not get it. Thanks, Lisa

Stephanie, Do you have a cat? When we moved here in 1999 we had a LOT of gophers AND moles and my cats took care of that problem in about one month! And, after they killed the moles and gophers, they brought each one to me so I could praise the kitties for their great hunting ability. If the moles and gophers weren't so destructive, I would have put bells on the cats and tried to peacefully coexist with the little rodents. There are some organic controls (other than felines) that are said to work on repelling the gophers and moles. I think some of them feature castor oil, maybe? Also, some people use gopher traps and others use products like Whole Control, which isn't supposed to wash off when it rains. I don't know how effective those products are. The cats were 100% effective though. (Grin.) And, if you can't rid yourself of the beasts, you can line your raised beds or surround selected plants with hardware cloth like Sami does with her roses. It is a lot of work, though, and can get expensive. The hardware cloth prevents the burrowing beasts from entering the beds and destroying the plants. AND, if you can't rid yourself of the beasts, at least they do provide you with a service as their tunneling aerates the soil. Dawn (who needs to clarify that the cats only wiped out the moles and gophers in the acre or two nearest the house and gardens....the little critters are still thriving elsewhere on the acreage, which is fine with me)

Here is my plant list for the Swap on October 7th at Mercer. I also have pond plants if anyone is interested just email me. I'm looking for Alocasias, Colocasias, Bananas,Hoyas,Gingers,Begonias,episcias and others to many to mention. LOL Aglaonema modestum Chinese Evergreen Pellonia pulchra (Polynesian Ivy) Peperomia Clusiaefolia 'Tricolor' - Rainbow peperomia Piper auritum Root Beer Plant Vinca major-Greater Periwinkle 'Variegata' Agave Blue Jazz Aristolochia fimbriata White Veined Hardy Dutchman's Pipe Bamboo Cane Pole Zephyranthes Fairy lily, Rain lily. Pink Yellow & White Nandina domestica 'Firepower' Aloe vera Medicine Plant Kalanchoe Mother of Thousands Kalanchoe "Gastonis Bonnieri"- Donkey Ears plant Canna Florence Vaughn Canna Richard Wallace Canna Wyoming Clerodendron bungei Crinum americanum - Spider Lily Crinum White Prince EPISCIA,Blue Nile,Kee Wee,Pink Panther and Red Corduroy Microsorium diversifolium 'Kangaroo Paw' Fern Nephrolepis exaltata `Bostoniensis' Boston fern Hedychium coronarium x coccineum 'Dr. Moy' Liriope Green Border Grass Lots of it. Hibiscus coccineus Texas Star Hibiscus Rose Mallow Tricolor Sweet Potato Vine Tricolor Musa velutina (Pink Velvet Banana) For a banana tree I dont have Musa zebrina 'rojo' Blood Banana Beaucarnea recurvata Pony Tail Palm Cyperus alternifolius Umbrella Palm Philodendron Domesticum Variegatum Philodendron Monstera Oblique Leichtlinii Swiss Cheese Philodendron Scandens Medio Pictum - "Flame Leaved Heart Plant" Philodendron Nutans "Velvet Philo" Ruellia brittoniana Mexican petunias Mexican Bluebell, White Katie,Pink Katie, 'Baby Katie' Ruellia brittoniana Tall Purple( 'PURPLE SHOWER') and Tall Pink 'Chi-Chi' Ruellia squarrosa Creeping ruellia 'Blue Shade' Spathiphyllum friedrichsthalli Peace Lily Spathiphyllum variegated 'Domino' Salix cinerea 'Tricolor' Japanese Dappled Willow Cuttings Ficus pumila Fig Ivy, Creeping Fig Thunbergia erecta Black Eyed Susan vine Vigna caracalla - Climbing Shell Plant snail vine Wisteria Xanthosoma atrovirens variegata (mickey mouse taro) For other Taro I dont have. Alocasia amazonica African Mask Polly For other Alocasis I don't have Sago Palms I have Named Hoya,Plumeria,Begonias and Episcias for special trades