georgia-rose The Liberty was from Colonial Farms, Bud wasn't there as he's been ill lately, but his wife brought a great selection. I guess I'll make a road trip LOL. Sounds like a great excuse for a drive. whip1 Yes, that is a MINI, my other obsession!! I bought the Red Dragon to commemorate my yearly trip to "The Dragon" (a road that runs between NC and TN) where 500+ MINIs and their drivers gather the first weekend in May every year! debhembree57 The show I went to is the Georgia Hosta Society's yearly show and sale. I'm not sure if they have others, I'll post a link to their site. cfmuehling, one of the other hostas I wanted to buy was Torchlight. They only had one left so I let my friend buy it. Go check in out on the hostalibrary. Annette Here is a link that might be useful: Georgia Hosta Society

The poppies did not make it. The phlox did not make it, except I, like you, have hopes yet for one of them to maybe just be dormant. 2 tree peonies....looking good potted up in 2 litre bottles. Not sure where I'm going with those, but know it will be a massive undertaking to plant them 'right', and I sure don't ever want to have to move them!. One of them did not look to be a graft, but is all one long root. Both have the tree peony foliage though. Lost one Heuchera...all the others are looking good in pots. The tricolor butterfly bush turned out to be pink. It has been planted with care quite a while and has been loaded with blooms. One Viburnum is thriving...and another is hanging on but will make it I think. The lilacs are still in their pots. I am especially thrilled about George Eastman. I can't find much on line about it, but saw somewhere that it is a weeping lilac. How cool is that? The NO ID lilac appears to have the same foliage as the Josee I ended up not being able to pass up locally at $6...so I may have 2 of them! One of the lilacs I can't read the name on the pot...might have to hunt up your checklist to verify what it might be. Hydrangea...looking good in its pot. Black Knight butterfly bush blooming it its pot. I'm still wondering just where I'm going with all this stuff. I have a lot of property, but when one has so many shrubs, it sure is a puzzle. I've make the mistake of putting a butterfly bush in a bed, and now I need to move a lot of things out since the butterfly bush exploded this season. I also had a Limelight Hydrangea explode in the same bed. It seems I never plant anything in the right place the first time. Oh...and the blueberry is living in a pot for now too. I think that's about it...That's enough, wouldn't you say. Though I lost a few things, all the other fabulous goodies more than made up for what it cost, even with shipping. Josee lilac sells on line for $20, and George Eastman for $30....so you did real good! I too did not get to all the plants promptly...there was just soooo many, especially considering what all I got at the Louisville swap just about 3 weeks earlier. Thanks again Raee! I appreciate you shopping for me so much. Sue

Morning all! Fran, I put in a bit more postage than what it was for me to mail my package to you. I don't think that I'll get back what I sent because we have a lot of veggie growers here, BUT if by chanace you dont have enough postage I'd be happy to send more if you need it to get my package back to me. I'm so glad that I bought the veggie seeds, I could almost hear how excited people were when I offered them up for grabs! Thank you to anyone who sent flowers in for me, I assure you that every single seed will find a good home. Lisa

We have already adopted a lot of this into our design. Big Don Aslett fans here, too. And yes, having a room that can be converted to an older kid bedroom is useful even when they share. In our case it’s going to be the LEGO room off the play area - it’s for big kid projects and things the littles shouldn’t be into, and I’ll convert it for the college student or two of the bunch down the road. Otherwise it’s three bunks per bedroom and a bathroom for each. Girls room, boys room, extra flex room, and if absolutely necessary, the guest bedroom/craft room/handicapped accessible extra master for our special little guy :) We were thinking over space and privacy in the shared rooms and came to the decision that full beds over a desk and drawer area were the best choice, possibly with curtains rails around the top if they want to pull them for some privacy. Then there is a schoolwork area, personal drawer space, and a mini ‘room’ for the child while still living together. That’s how we made it work in the dorms and I think it was a good setup. It also means we don’t need absolute enormous closets since those are only for hanging dresses and out of season gear. If it comes time to sell it makes the room a lot more functional as a normal master suite and not some sort of freakish planned communal room. YES to a bike loop in the yard, even if the yard is small. Perimeter tracks are SO useful. YES to a drinking fountain in the mud room (outside isn’t useful if your area freezes like ours does). YES to laundry by the bedrooms - we are doing one laundry area in the hall to the master suite, on the main floor, and another laundry area in the upstairs between the kid rooms. They’re many feet apart so two makes sense, and we can barely keep up on laundry with a single machine anyway. Many more amens and agreements to the other list items. When the design is well planned and lives well for the family the square footage becomes less of an issue. I can exist in half the house if I have twice the storage ;) And as another Speed Queen devotee, I cant recommend them highly enough!