Key limes can be finicky and ours produced tons of fruit sevral times during the year but it would produce well one year and then take a year off and come back strong the next year. Our Meyers lemon took over the yard and we had so many lemons it was not funny. The Hamlin produced well one year little the next and tons the next. The Valencia and Ruby Reds produced tons yearly. The sour orange produced well year after year. The honey tangerine took forever to fruit but when it began fruiting it produced yearly. It took time for some of them to mature and then you just have to learn your trees and know their cycle. Some of ours just fruited heavily and then rested the next year. We always had fruit though and it was so nice to walk outside and pick a fresh grapefruit for breakfast or oranges to make orange juice and lemons or limes whenever you needed them. Now I am attempting to grow citrus in containers and it is taking time but things will pay off down the road. Linda

Oh that stupid electric bill complaint. I hang out most of my laundry to dry nearly year round (no unmentionables go on the line), we are on tou - which means if I use the power during the day it costs more - so I do all of the housework, laundry etc on the weekend and I still got complaints. Our rates have gone up and I am still holding the line at the total we paid 3 years ago- and still the whining. I even offered to switch responsibilities - I pay the utilities, he pays the insurances - that went over like a lead balloon. I've had my hobby greenhouse for 5 months and only ran a small fan - the whining - so now I have it totally off grid - running fans and pumps etc with solar power. And I bet you the next bill will come in and the whining will still go on! Have you got a side burner on your barbecue? Maybe that might help - but if your spouse is like mine - it's a monthly hobby to whine anyway! I still love him but sometimes... to the moon.... :)

Hi Melanie! Thanks for the update! I like it when you fill us in on what you've been up to, because you're one of the few KT members I've actually met. I'm so glad you're finally getting close to your career goal. That's been a long haul, and you are to be commended on your progress. You really have come a long way. I agree with what's been said here. Have fun with this new guy, but keep some space between you two until you get a lot further along in your career, and until you know him a whole lot better. This is not the time to go "off track". I agree his dad sounds like a charmer, and that always makes me suspicious. That's just me, though. I just want you to succeed, have fun doing it; and not get hurt.

MonaBlair...you ain't no thread killer girl! Thank you for your warm compliment on my color skills. You may wish we had an edit feature on this board once you see what I did! ;-) Teeda, I love your front door on the other thread. So pretty. As for the snow....well, I am a bit in shock still. It is gorgeous and I even went down the giant hill out back....once. (You must know that hill!) No pics yet. Sorry. Batteries died and I need to put in more books before I take pics. They are soooo red! I am hoping books will cover them some and temper it all. I did buy a red pillow at Target today. (DH may try to suffocate me with it when he sees I've brought one more pillow into the house!)