My Saturday morning stroll was wonderful - I enjoy the flowers around my deck and parking area everyday but don't walk down to what I call "the bottom garden" everyday so Sat. was special - a beautiful day to be in God's world - thyme was covered with blooms, running rose getting ready to bloom, a great new variety of lavender blooming its heart out, feverfew sporting a few blooms, yarrow etc. - birds singing- I sat in the swing with a cup of coffee and just enjoyed!!

Rigo... Congrat's! Now you have a new tree. Your page doesn't show what climate zone you are in, but if you are where Winters get very cold, and that new tree was growing unprotected, you have a pretty hardy tree...and that's a good thing. It might be a "Brunswick". Post photos of leaves and ripe fruit cut from eye-end to stem-end, and include a 6" ruler. Forum members will probably identify the variety you have. Good luck and happy growing. (Nice story)...Quid pro quo. Frank

I have a few started now in ziplock baggies. I marked the out side of the bag which 'batch' it is, but not each individual stem. Trouble is, there are some that I REALLY want to make it and others it doesn't matter so much. SO when I pull one out because of rot I don't know what I have left. Another poster had a brilliant idea. She uses nursery pots IN the bag. More stable, the soil does not crack around the stems every time the bag gets nudged, and you can put individual tags in each pot. And the bag provides the controlled environment you need. MUCH easier. The best of both worlds. I am not sure who mentioned using that set up, but if you happen to read this, KUDOS to you!

That's a sad story. I'm glad they finally caught the killer. Hope it brings her family some peace. There was a guy who went to my high school, he killed a girl whose car had broke down. The case went unsolved for over 15 years before they matched his DNA. He used to be friends with my best girlfriend and her DH back at the time when the murder had took place. He was at their house many times that year. Creepy. Here is a link that might be useful: Hogland murder