Kim, Like George, I am glad to hear that everything is going so well for you. Your friends are going to be so thrilled with the home-grown plants you share with them. Now, don't be a stranger and post more often please! I'd been wondering where you were and if you were doing alright. I'm not crazy about this latest round of windy, cold weather, but if it means that maybe we won't be seeing 90 degrees in April this year, then I'm all for it. My tomato plants have been thoroughly hardened off already, but now that I've moved them back inside the greenhouse for a few days, they'll need to be hardened off somewhat all over again. The greenhouse has 50% shade cloth, so once they spend a few consecutive days in there, they lose some of the hardening-off that already had been accomplished. This year the hardening-off process has been a bit of a roller coaster ride with one step forward, two steps back here lately. Dawn

I love how other gardeners help one another! That's why we're gardeners; we are educators as well as gardeners. I have seen younger gardeners on here and am amazed & delighted to see them participate fully! Making my grand kids understand the natural world and how it makes our life better and teaches them the basics of ecology is a big goal for me as a grandparent. Even a drive with my rugrats becomes a time, as we see thing that interests them out the car window, I can explain how nature nurtures us and how we need to nurture & protect it so their children can have a better world. (Of course, they probably think Grammaw is just blathering, but maybe some of it will stick!)

surprised you didnt mention the orange blossom fragrance ... ken

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