Now it's been exactly 2 month and today I'm moving my plants indoors again. On the first picture here in the plants haven't been watered for a month (the bigger pots for more than a month) so they already rested a bit before ... I guess it should be enough now. I'm anxious to see which of them will bloom for me again and how many leaves they will produce this time. First I'll leave them on the heated windowsill, once the first leaf has emerged they'll be watered slightly from below. When the flowering bud has emerged fully from the bulb they'll again get a good gulp. All right, I'm off to the friends cellar, another friend of mine helps me with his car. They all think I'm crazy but that's nothing new ;)

Mike- You asked the question that has been in the back of my mind all summer. I found Fish Emulsion at a hardware store, but it's a fertilizer. Am I supposed to somehow spray this stuff on the plants, or is there a fish emulsion product designed specifically as an insecticide??? I used the emulsion once as a fertilizer, and very nearly lost my lunch! (that smell is so...sewage) I have a Scale, mealy bug and Spider mite infestation on my grapefruit tree, so I put it back outside until I can figure things out. (gotta find Neem Oil soon- I can't get out to Logee's , where I bought it the last time) I used Safer's on some smaller citrus plants and some Gardenias that have Spider mites (ran out of that!), and they're back indoors, but I'll have to Neem the crud out of the Gr. Fr. tree- that tree has been nothing but trouble from day one!!!. Thank goodness it's the time of year when Ladybugs are in abundance- I think they've helped with the Mealy bugs some- I see less of them since I put the tree back out. But they're still there- all in the flower buds :0( Plus- the Ladybugs are leaving.... Why didn't I spray before I took everything in you ask? Because that would have been the smart thing to do!! Any advice on that FE fertilizer? Is this what I should use to (gulp) spray? What ratios should I use to make a "mix"?

Hey Everyone, I have ordered my family room furniture and it should be in in about 4-6 weeks. I know I probably could have saved a little bit more money by shopping around more or going to NC, but due to work schedules, kids and getting this house built, we just went ahead and did it. I did lots of research on Vanguard, so hopefully it will be wonderful. I also just ordered our bedroom furniture. I went with a Ethan Allen Quincy King size bed in antique black and Kincaid Tuscano dresser and night stands. Looks like they will go together perfectly but still have the mismatched look. Going to wait on the dining room to see how the house comes together and what look I might want to go for. This has been a very long and emotional process. Thank you so much for your help!

but you can certainly understand the original poster's not wanting to prepare her home for viewing by a potential buyer only to discover the person couldn't possibly be a buyer, just someone using her home as entertainment. (& if I had my very nice upscale home on the market & my agent told me that the person who wanted to see it had said the exact words you used, I'd decline the showing rather than "spend my time" preparing the home for someone who "didn't know if he was buying anything".) Yes, I certainly see the sellers POV, only clarifying the seller with those restrictions may lose a buyer. I wonder why a seller wants to take that chance in this market. When I had my "very nice upscale home on the market" I never prescreened any showing. I left that to the agent who was spending more time showing than I was preparing. As the owner, one can always decline a showing but IMHO it is foolish to be too selective. Doesn't everyone not know if they are a buyer when they view a house, if ones knows beforehand, why bother viewing the house? Am I missing something here? But, as I said, I've never been declined a viewing or even asked to submit a letter before viewing. I usually go directly to the listing agent to view a property and never ask an agent to drive me around, just meet me at the front door to open it. I've never contacted an agent to view a house as entertainment, too much work for me. I can get my viewing entertainment at Open Houses, but lately I don't even go to those.