I have done a little swapping - but only when I have seen the gardens where the incoming plants come from and know the gardener is as conscious of and concerned about HVX and nemitodes as I am. With this approach I am more concerned about purchasing infected plants than swapped plants. I am amazed at how even established nurseries seem unconcerned about selling infected plants. The owner of one, last year, at least knew what HVX was, but felt he sold only "safe" plants because he didn't buy from Dutch sources-only from American sources. If I found an HVX infection in any of my hosta I would never swap until I felt it was under control. I have in the past maintained a "quarantine garden" for new intoduction I might question. I know transplanting them then can slow development of a hosta, but feel it is the lesser of two evils. I am sure the quarantine approach comes from my tropical fish experiences, where I often quarantine new fish for months before placing them in my aquarium of choice. It is much easier and less risky to treat a couple of fish in a small tank than hundreds of fish in large tanks. Same with hostas. Les

Yama and others, I hope you will start this forum anew. I would like to have a small Japanese garden area in my backyard, but I don't know where to start. I am originally from Hawaii but now reside in Kansas. Needless to say, the plants are very different. I am quite accustomed to Asian styles and would love to begin a small Japanese garden. I will keep checking back to see if this is still alive. I do have many healthy peonies. Alas, my Japanese Maple of nearly ten years had to be removed this past year. We had a late killing frost last year and it was lost along with apples and peaches and all the peonies. The frost was unexpected so no one could prepare. A tragedy.

DA, I don't log in, but as far as I know I'm "Owner/PC" Ravencajun, there is no "Run as administrator" selection in the box that a right click brings up when I right click on the shortcut. Justme4now, I downloaded that program and it goes into WinRAR but I have no idea where it goes or what to do with it after that? I also should mention that this shortcut doesn't even act as a shortcut any more! When I click on it as you would to operate a normal shortcut, a box comes up with another message:- "The target** of this Internet shortcut is not valid. Go to the Internet shortcut property sheet and make sure the target is correct" Where or what is an Internet shortcut property sheet?? And how does one get there? I don't know how I got myself into this one???

Sorry about that!