I have nine Agaves potted because they are reportedly tender. These include: A. decipiens A. guadalajarana A. guiengola A. horrida ssp. horrida A. impressa A. isthmensis 'Kissho Kan' A. nizandensis A. potatorum 'Snowfall' A. tequilana 'Sunrise' Potted plants stay outside full time, unless the forecast dictates an overnight move into the garage or the observatory. That said, the last two on the list will see ground this spring, and I may try A. decipiens as well -- just gonna hope for the best. These are fairly large plants I can only pot for so long. I have another A. guiengola in a raised bed, and another little 'Kissho Kan' in the ground as an experiment. Each made it through last winter, but it was exceptionally mild. Is "my building" a reference to a greenhouse? I wouldn't mind a shadehouse, but no room...

We are suppose to get rain later today into Friday and then the cold temps will be coming back again with snow next week. We are happy to have temps get into the 40's even if it is for a few days. Feels like a heat wave LOL. I see on the weather forecast your area is getting some terrific storms moving in. Hard winter for you as well? Julia

Yes, he (8 yrs) took over my vegetable garden with Empress in it, has also now dwarf apple and cherry trees, loves to bring in the vegetables to his Mama. He also has Stiletto and Blue Cadet. Possibly I will show him hosta hybridizing, he loves science. I have don R's book now. My grandfather taught me gardening in summer vacations. Bernd

It's a great new option, and I have not had to un block any thing, I have firefox with adblock plus and easylist, so no need to see the ads. The reason for them to do this is so they can try to control the size of the picture files people are adding to their posts. The new option has a size limit. This is a good thing. When someone includes a huge file it can seriously slow down page load speed and for those on dialup that can make access frustratingly slow. My guess is that you may have some thing else blocked like java? I am very happy to see this new option and hope they work out the bugs and get it implemented.