Yeap. I think it's working with cement too. My first craft was a small 1 gsllon planter. It was atrocious when I was done and took me 3 weeks to build enough courage to go for it. For those 3 weeks, I read and read and read. It's amazing how easy it is. Anywho, the book is a huge compilation if information. It has some good ideas which I will eventually want to do, some I don't think I will ever get to (not interested at the time), but that might change some day. Also what I found is some interesting information on the origins of portland cement, what peat moss is, how Hypertufa came to be, so on and so forth... good stuff :-) You have a point about bookmarks. I have so many on soooo many interests I have, that I really hesitate before bookmarking something. One thing about some of the content on most posts, the photobucket keeps getting purged, so they consistenly remove pics. For this forum, I think pics are a MUST. That's one thing you can count on with books, although in this particular case, I would have liked more of them.

It is fun, Helen. I used to cross Begonias, and one was actually named after me by a friend. They are very easy to hybridize because begonias are monoecious, producing both male and female blossoms on the same plant - but it generally has to be done by hand to know what the parentage is, and most begonias grow in either greenhouses or indoors, except for the sempervirens types, known as "bedding begonias". Susan

Oh goodness no! I don't blame my neighbor at all in any way! How could he have known? The affects of RU drifting on the wind never would've occurred to me had I not found this forum and happen to read up on it. Heck, my boyfriend - the guy I live with - was ready to go buy some to use.... he even put up a fuss with me when I told him no. haha.... he's the one that needs more training... haha. Besides, the affected plants are growing up against his fence, he probably just sprayed a patch along the fence... how could he have even thought that his spray would come over an affect my plants?.... goodness no, I don't blame him one bit. He is indeed a very good neighbor, and a wonderful person. I haven't even asked him any details about his spraying RU because he was so embarrassed when he learned. He adores our garden, and lives to share in our harvest, and is the first to offer help. Goodness, I use his fence as part of my trellis at this point too. If he weren't as cool as he his, I'd have to top my plants at this point, they're all hanging over his fence now. Dave, yes, I've got lots of growth and plenty of good green, its just really stunted looking... very very leggy, thin, limp, not curly on top though, just limp looking.... branches die quickly on these plants however, they brown up from the tips and just die slowly all the way up. I ought to get some picts I reckon. Thank you so much too for the tip on picking fruit at first blush... thats exactly what I've been doing... I figured as soon as fruit showed any signs of blushing that the gel inside should be complete and to pick it to ease the stressed plant. I've been on top of that (well, that , and I'm going nuts waiting for fruit to ripen, so at least I get to pick something). Hoosier, thank you sooo much for going through the trouble for me to get the RU label. The incident must've happened about 6+ weeks ago as thats when I first noticed the damage, small fruit was just being made at that point, right now, everything is getting close to blushing, or just blushing... I'll read up and see if the fruit is safe for consumption or not. thanks all for being quick to offer advice!!!!

I will also wait for reviews. I recently read an article that raised questions about whether or not the author really wants this book published or if it's her lawyer pushing it. I have no idea and no solid opinion on this, it was just a bit of a red flag to me. http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2015/02/06/harpercollins_botched_the_rollout_of_harper_lee_s_go_set_a_watchman_now.html I hope it's a wonderful book and if it is I will definitely read it, but I'm not feeling good about it just now.