ken don't give up on the cantelope. i had 2 good years in a row 01 and 02 with some early type melons. stick with 70-80 day maturity. they like sun. i tried planting them between rows of corn in 2003, big mistake. didn't plant any last year because we had a baby. zucchini should grow just about anywhere. i grow it. tomatoes, i have tried quite a few varities the past 3 years. you should be able to grow any early or midseason variety most years. i try a few late varieties each year just to see. the past 3 years the summers haven't been very warm, and last year was a bad one for tomatoes. water melons really suffer from cool weather. 3 years ago i got about 6 small melons. not much advice i can give you there yet. i'm still trying to figure out how to grow them here. blueberries should do well. wild blueberies grow all over the place up here. just make sure your soil is acidic enough. ph shouldn't be much higher than 5.0 other things that grow well are potatos, various brassicas, greens, bush beans, pole beans, carrots, beets, peppers, asparagus, lots of garlic and onions, whatever we like to eat, and can grow here, we do. sure could use a little more heat this summer. a good source of gardening info will be your immediate neighbors. talk to the ones that have nice gardens. ride your bike around the hood, and check things out. enjoy da U.P. keith in calumet

I have Chris, Nichol, Mark, Jeanne, Wendy, Tammy, Nancy and Angela down for the following: Chris-Grolikecrazy Prickly Pear Cactus Nelly Moser Clematis - That was the last offer. Valerian Root Lilac Hen& Chicks Chives Violets Wild Blackberry Garlic - Oregon Blue, Purple Glazer, Chesnok Red and Silverskin Italian Brandywine Sudduth's Strain Nichol-Gardenmom prickly pear cactus Nelly Moser Clematis - Out- If I have more to offer I will put your name on the list. Rosemary Hens and Chicks Forsythia Brandywine, sudduth Garlic, one of each please Wild Blackberry -Mine are literally WILD. We try to keep them in their place but..... Mark-markcase1964 Valerian Root Rosemary Lemon Balm Wild Blackberry - 1 of each - Garlic - Oregon Blue, Purple Glazer, Chesnok Red and Silverskin Italian Barb-rosepedal forsythia garlic Jeanne-sandlapper rose Snowball Bush Quince garlic - all four Wendy-sassybutterfly 2008 Honeysuckle Nelly Moser Clematis Out- If I have more to offer I will put your name on the list. Valerian Root Lilac Snowball Bush Hen& Chicks Tammy-greenthumbgrow 1 Nelly Moser clematis Out- If I have more to offer I will put your name on the list. 1 Snowball Bush 1 Hen & chick 1 ea. of the garlics 1 Brandywine Sudduths 1 Valerian Root 1 Lilac Nancy-luvgadening2 Wild Blackberry Garlic - Oregon Blue, Purple Glazer, Chesnok Red and Silverskin Italian Angela-angelady Lemon Balm If I missed anything please let me know. I will send extra of anything that I have a lot of so you all get some good starts. Patti

I like upper cabs, but in your case I'd prefer windows on both sides of the cooktop/oven. Maybe you can still keep the wine fridge. If you can move the island towards the wall 1-1,5', I think you can fit a cab next to the DW, facing the peninsula. It can be a shallow one, maybe just a foot or 15". if you have closely spaced shelves in that cab, it can hold a lot of plates, glasses, cups, etc. The island would not align with the opening then, but if it's just for a foot or so, it would hardly be noticed imo.

I will be there Saturday. Here is my list. I'm bringing: Asclepias tuberosa - butterfly weed (seed) Lobelia cardinalis - Cardinal flower (plant) Small Callicarpa americana (American beautyberry) Gladiolus -pink/purple/yellow Osmanthus fragrans with orange bloom (cuttings) (Calycanthus floridus) Sweet Shrub Oenothera fruticosa 'Sundrops' Evening Primrose Flower Gladiolus -pink/purple/yellow Bulb Lycoris radiata Spider Lily Bulb Iris germanica 'Stepping Out' Flower Iris germanica 'Summer Olympics' Flower Iris germanica White Iris (18-24 inches, early bloom) Flower Iris - Light blue Bulb Camellia seeds Wayne, I would like a Spirea 'Reeves' & Deutzia 'Nikko' if still available. I'm looking for: Fothergilla major, large fothergilla Bearded Iris with Orange flowers Liatris spicata Gayfeather Liatris aspera Rough blazing star Monarda citriodora (Lemon Bee Balm) Crocus Flowering shrubs (cuttings or plant) Evergreen shrubs (cuttings or plant) Camellia (cuttings or plant)