For those in the NW suburbs, there is plenty of mulch, woodchips and compost at the Palatine recycling center located on Smith Road just west of NW highway next to the blue water tower. There is also a huge pile of horse manure mixed with mulch on Dundee Road east of NW Highway. There is a large sign on the fence that says "Free Fertilizer" anytime. You can go get it anytime indeed. All you need to do is lift the stable gate, pull your car in, close the gate behind you to prevent horses from leaving the stable and load your car with manure to your heart content. It is available 24/7. Go to the back of the pile for aged manure. I have been hauling mulch and manure from those two sites for several years and have created a system that fits my built and capacity. Equipment: 1. 5 gallon buckets (25 can fit in my Toyota Prius, 34 in my Plymouth Voyager) 2. a 4 prong garden rake 3. a shovel 4. Tarps to line the interior of your car 5. Gloves 6. Face mask Make sure you close the gate behind you. Happy manure hauling.

you happen to remember her user name? could then do a serch on her user name and pull up any posts she made---nothing under Jayme Armstrong.........

Maude: I have two purple prarie trillium potted up for you. Kerry: I have two purple prairie trillium potted up for you and some yellow merrybells. I would love to get some pink lily of the valley. Pam: I have two purple prairie trillium potted up for you. Paws: I would like some white beebalm and larkspur. Iowagardenangel: I would like the Snow Angel coralbell? Were you looking for butterfly weed? Or would you trade for a Marmalade coralbell? I also have potted up three pots of baby jack-in-the-pulpits (aren't blooming yet) and one huge jack-in-the-pulpit that didn't bloom this year, but maybe will next year. Anyone have interest in unnamed iris (tall bearded, dwarf bearded, and a purple Louisiana)? How about blue sage? or yellow loosestrife? I have little coreopsis plants just starting to bloom. Also have some threadleaf coreopsis. Could bring red beebalm. Please let me know if you want any of the ones not spoken for. Ruth

It's not going to rain before Saturday afternoon ( last weather forecast) My yard has recovered just fine,and should it get messed up a bit again who cares!!!I live on a farm!! I have forgotten who wanted the sunflower seeds last fall but( whoever) I have a big bunch of sunflowers that reseeded in my vegetable garden and because I can't bare to pull up plants I left them. The result is I have very few veggies but lots of sunflowers so you are all welcome to go gather seeds.