Oh, this is such fun!! I snorted my calming evening tea at picturing Kim dancing the Mexican Gopher dance (Kim, can you send video along with the gophers?) Along with the Rosecavator we need an Autoscoop that predigs your new rose hole even in rocky or solid clay soil. And I'd buy the RoseAlert in a heartbeat to figure out my mystery roses. In the meantime, we have GardenWeb (smile). Here are a few more: Thornzout - to extract rose thorns embedded in your various body parts, including heels from stepping on loose canes GeigerRose - to locate those wayward rose trimmings that dropped out of your pruning buckets before you, your kids, and your husband step on them in bare feet Sayonara- to once and for all eliminate those Japanese Beetles RedSea - to magically part the roses you've planted too closely so you can pick/smell/prune the tall ones at the back BlackHole - to make more space where you really have none because you simply MUST have that new variety VolumeControl - to crank up the volume of the bloom cycle just in time for that special party, wedding, brag session... ChrissieRose - you have to remember Chrissie dolls to appreciate this name - a button you can push in the rose's "stomach" to instantly lengthen or shorten its canes to the desired height or length, and change both when your mood changes RoseMixer - a mixer panel to get that ideal color combination across the entire garden ("let's bring up the lavender and scale back the apricot"). Keep 'em coming, folks, and we'll see if we can interest any enterprising inventors. Cynthia

Hi do you still have your book available? Please advise if you do is there anything special you are looking for?

I posted this in the main Plant Exchange Forum as well, but I haven't had any interest, so I thought I'd try here. Rooted cuttings of A. radicans 'Rasta' for trade. I also have a NOID Columnea for trade. The Columnea is a plant, not a rooted cutting. It has not flowered yet, but others rooted at the same time (about a year ago) have. Pictures of the Columnea are available on this forum in the post titled "Goldfish Plant ID". I am looking for other types of Aeschynanthus or Columnea.

I make my own potting soil and I put a few tablespoons of used coffee grounds in each 10 cup batch. We pour our coffee grounds all around the planting beds in our yard, and we drink a lot of espresso -- never had a plant react to 'too much', especially the roses. :)