Laid back - you can't imagine! True 'dat! If the sun would ever come back out, I would do something with these plants besides walk by them very quickly. Haven't even investigated to see if there's a species tag for the Plectranthus, guess I assumed she was a Mona, but maybe not. Probably just good ol' peat in the pots. Until I look, we can fantasize there's some special, magical juju in there! On our way home we stopped at Gulf Islands park in MS and saw an alligator! Up REAL close, I could have touched it. Forgot to say anything about that the other day. Still haven't seen one in AL, but finally, after living down here 6 yrs, I've seen a live gator.

I found this thread because I had a visit from a SITC officer with USDA this afternoon. First..he was a very nice man, and I learned a lot from him..so no complaints with a man just doing his job. He knocked on my door, showed his badge, then asked me if I had ordered "peanut seeds" from China on ebay? I had not, I had ordered "Jungle nut" seeds, from China on ebay, (last October)...I told the truth. He asked what happened to them , I told him I planted them this Spring, but only 1 came up..walked him out to the garden, showed him the row, with a marker that said jungle nuts, and my one little plant. To my surprise, he didn't take it, didn't ask me to pull it..said he would just give me a warning, and let it go? We had a long talk about importing things..I knew plant diseases could be spread through vegetative material, but not seeds..he taught me a lot. He also said that if I were deemed a persistent offender, I could be fined $5,000.00.......that got my attention! He said they were mostly interested in high volume buyers buying in bulk and spreading the seeds all over the country...I told him that usually I buy U.S. seeds, but that 2 days ago I ordered Brassica Juncea Zha Cai on ebay, from China, as I couldn't find a U.S. seller...and what to do now? He wrote down what I told him, gave me his business card...and honestly, I was so shook up after hearing 5K fine, I don't remember what he told me to do with the seeds..I will e-mail him and ask. During our conversation I told him there was an Australian seller selling the Juncea seeds, he said it was illegal to order seed from ANY foreign country including Canada. All I know is I'm done ordering seeds from other countries..I am obviously on somebody's list now, anyway. The USDA must have access to Ebay records somehow, because he had my name and address as well as name/address of seller in China. I truly didn't know it was illegal, and as I said, I buy U.S. seeds 99% of the time, anyway. Odd thing is, after he left I looked up my ebay order and realized that I had ordered a rare Chinese long bean(yard long) from that same seller only a month before I ordered the Jungle nuts. He never mentioned them? So...here I am with my one little Jungle nut plant..I hope I get a few nuts from it so I can plant my own seed next year..although they are much easier to get now in the U.S.

judie..that is amazing...my DS did get to cut the cord...he wasn't sure when the midwife asked him to do it and then he thought OK...and he is glad he did. I have only one DD so maybe someday...thank you for sharing that...please do post when your new ones arrive. best...how sweet...he is a beautiful beautiful boy. thank you rose :) jody you have such handsome children I bet you are going to have gorgeous grands. Thank you :) c

Kath I too have a brother that has turned mean and dark with his political stance. It is as if he has lost his mind! He is so consumed with all the hate and anger and the irony is that he has a pretty darned good life and lacks for nothing. Right now he wife is having physical and medical problems that she will probably never recover from and she may be on that downward slope of old age. So, I try to call him to show that I care about them and he is always trying to bait me with his hateful views. Even while his wife if probably dying, he in consumed with the darkness. He had told me and my sister that we need to be lined up and shot.! It is as if he is possessed by demons. He lives in southern rural area and is surrounded by others just like him. I feel as if I am looking at the face of pure evil! I am 73 years old and have never seen this in my life like this! I can imagine how the persecuted people of Europe must have felt when that evil took over Europe and we sent our American troops to defend democracy and to die on that hill! Both of my brothers were soldiers and both served in Viet Nam. Both put theri lives on the line for democracy. My oldest brother is buried at Arlington. I never thought that America would become this. I am sick to my soul!!