I got there yesterday at 8:20am and had to park in the 4th line of cars!!! I usually get there at that time and I'm in the first row. It was really crowded. I was looking for a nice plant to put in the bed on the side of my house facing the street (I'm on the corner lot) to replace an Indian rubber vine. I got a 3 gal hibiscus for $5! It is beautiful. Not a fancy tropical or a double, but the color was just breathtaking. I got it at Esperanza's Garden Center booth. Seemed like a family run business and she gave me a card. They are at 6001 Haines Rd in St. Pete. They had beautiful plants and the prices were so low, but I really can't go digging any more holes in the yard. I have enough to take care of now. I got my free plant(lantana). Only got one this year because my DH was home sick. Did get one little plant from Colorfield Farms (they have great stuff) but I have no idea what it is!lol It's an oak or maple flowering plant with pink & yellow flowers. Also came in red & yellow. I love the Green Thumb Festival. They are so well organized. I wish they would change one thing...keep the dogs out. It's so crowded and everyone's pulling a wagon, some people trying to get by in scooters and then you have two or three people with dogs getting all tangled up. All in all, it's one of the best sales you can go to. Julie

Tina, This problem is always possible for ANY crops hugging the ground when ANY animal fertilizer is used, bacteria freely colonize soil.... If you have concerns about appropriately washing your root crops, leafy edibles or ground bearing veggies/fruit I would not use ANY animal fertilizer on crops not kept well off the ground. Tom

Here's a copy of the driving list I made to put in my car: ------------------------------------------------------------ Nursery's in the St Pete area: Savannah's Nursery --- 2601 34th Street South St Petersburg, FL 33711-3530 --- (727) 864-6344 Willow Tree Nursery Inc --- 4401 49th Street North St Petersburg, FL 33709-5529 --- (727) 522-2594 Jene's Tropical Fruit Trees --- 6831 Central Avenue St Petersburg, FL 33710-8331 --- (727) 344-1668 Hazel's Garden & Nurseryâ --- 5063 Dartmouth Avenue North, St Petersburg, FLâ --- (727) 321-4599 â Wilcox Nursery --- 12501 Indian Rocks Road, Largo, Florida 33774 --- (727) 595-2073â Country Club Nursery --- 9850 Starkey Road Largo, FL 33777-1715 --- (727) 397-4438 Twiggs & Leaves Florida Native Nursery and Garden Center --- 1013 Dr. Martin Luther King (9th) Street South St. Petersburg, FL 33701 --- (727) 822-5400 Kathy's Korner Nursery & Tree Farm --- 6095 Haines Road North St Petersburg, FL 33714-1441 --- (727) 525-9640 Esperanza's Garden Center --- 6001 Haines Road (Haines and 60th) St. Pete --- 727-742-8492

I have a Gateway computer with Vista. It was purchased in Dec. of '07. The protection is from Charter and is free with high speed connection. I had refreshed a couple times after my grandson messed something up and when I had a weird box another time. I checked to see if I needed updates and I did. The four updates are installed now. There was a place that listed that I had firewall protection on but I found another that showed it off. I think a firewall that came in my computer is off because Charter's free firewall is on. There's a green button saying it is on but there's another place showing it off with the little icon from vista. The first hanging tab said that having 2 firewalls on can make them less effective so I left it as it was. Am I getting it right? Do I have good protection now that I have all of the updates? Anita