Well Kylie, I did start my seed diary yesterday. DH was wondering what I am doing for hours and said, wow that is WORK lol So far so good. I was done. And here comes Amadeus my cat. I do not know WHAT got into him. He is SO good about seeing things that take HIS place away and he can not go there. Had 2 windowsill boxes on that one window on the left side. Of course left enough space on the RIGHT side for him to sit and watch his birds. What does he do? YUPP, he tries to jump up on the left side. KNocking down one box with 11 seeds. ALL mixed up now. 4 different seeds. So now I have 11 NOIDS if they grow. It was a sad sad moment. But what do you do NOW if there should be a great different brug coming out of those? LUcy

kimichangirl, another excellent guide would be to join the Premium membership ($25 a year) on Help Me Find. You can then look at everything listed as offspring for each of your roses, as well as take a look at everything listed as offspring for other roses you may find interesting. Not to replace any other source you are considering at all, but to supplement them. If there is a rose you are really interested in using, you can then search for any listed offspring from it and see what you think of the results. It will enable you to see photographs in many instances, of seedlings and commercial varieties bred from the roses in question. It helps a great deal. It's also very helpful to be able to determine what made the things you really like and see any trends in breeding which result in either desirable or even undesirable results. You can learn a GREAT deal just by browsing this informaiton. When I began laying the foundation for my own exploration, I read all of the Modern Roses to trace ancestries and determine what had made results I found of interest and value toward my goals. Premium membership on HMF permits you to do all of that with a key stroke, saving tremendous time and expense. It's possible to spend several times the annual premium membership for the latest volume of Modern Roses and it won't contain any more information than you're likely to find on HMF. Believe me, if you have any real interest, join the RHA and HMF premium membership. They are your two best sources for information and at the most cost efficient rates! Kim

My guess is that most people wouldn't plan to stay overnight if they only live at most 90 minutes away. Heck, that's an ordinary workday commute in some cities! But maybe some of your guests will want to make a weekend of it, especially if there will be other events (like a rehearsal dinner, brunch, etc.). Regarding paying -- relax! Jaims has it exactly right. The hosts arrange a block of rooms at a local hotel, both so that all the guests will be at the same place, and also because you can usually get a group discount. Give the info to the out of towners and let them make their own reservations. But the hosts definitely don't have to pick up the tab for the hotel rooms. Like Jaims, I have been to many out of town weddings, and none of the hosts (including a super-wealthy family) has paid for the guests' hotel rooms.

There are times when someone would like to privately email a GW member - maybe they would like that person to check out their thread or maybe they have a question specific to that person's kitchen. In any case, the ability to privately email a GW member does exist. . . Emailing Members Etiquette There is "etiquette" involved in emailing others. If you email someone privately, it's common courtesy to be willing to reveal your email address to that person - especially if you want a reply. Anonymous emails are discouraged, even if you don't expect a reply. Another point, which shouldn't have to be mentioned but does: Be polite and don't "bully". Don't email someone to tell them you don't like something they said/did/etc. Many people find it easy to criticize/blast others b/c they are, for all intents and purposes, anonymous. Let's all adhere to the mantra: "if you don't have something nice to say, don't say anything". Lastly, please be aware of what we all agreed to when we signed up for GW: This form is not to be used for advertising or promotion. (This includes links to your own commercial sites in a signature) . . So, how do you email a GW member? First, be sure you have email turned on for your account: In the upper right corner of most GW pages, you will find a "Your Profile" link - select it. Scroll down to the greenish-yellowish shaded area at the bottom with all the checkboxes. Select "Members" from the dropdown box labeled "Show my email address to:" (As of September 2013, this does not appear to affect what is displayed in the "Posted by" line) Check the box next to "Allow other users to send you email from your profile page or if you wish to receive message reply notifications." Now, select the "Save Your Member Profile" button below the shaded area. You're done! You can now receive replies to your private emails. Note: If you don't want your email address showing up in general, then set the "Show my email address to" option to "Members" just before you send your private email and set it back to "None" after you've sent your private email. Next, you need to get to someone's "member page". There are several ways to do this: Option 1: Find a message the person has posted and open their page by selecting the "My Page" link next to their member's name in a message. For example: Posted by buehl (My Page) on Tue, Sep 24, 13 at 22:27 Note the "(My Page)" next to the member's name (in this case, "buehl"). Option 2: Use the URL below. Replace "" with the person's GW username: http://www.gardenweb.com/auth/nph-logincheck.cgi?action=public_profile&user= In the case of member "buehl": http://www.gardenweb.com/auth/nph-logincheck.cgi?action=public_profile&user=buehl Option 3: Use GW's "Member Pages" page. From the navigation bar along the top of most pages: Hover over the "Tools & Resources" option. A dropdown menu will appear. From the dropdown menu, select: Member pages Select the "Search for Members" link Enter the member's user name in the "Names beginning with" box Optionally, use one of the other search criteria as well Select the "Search" button In all cases, it will bring up that person's member page and, if that person is willing to allow others to email them, it will include a link that says "Send me an email". Select the "Send me an email" link. On the next page, enter: The Subject of your email - make it descriptive and informative Your message Optionally, check the box to "Send a copy of this to my email address" (This sends a copy of the email to your email address.) Select the "Submit your message" button The email will be sent.