Maybe since not everyone will have a big watergarden, you could also mention stocktanks/preforms/tubs. Some don't even need to be in the ground, nor do they need pumps/filters. I grow lotus and waterlilies and marginals in above-ground stocktanks every year without pumps or filters and they do great. You could talk about smaller watergardens and smaller pumps and smaller types of plants. You could talk about the types of plants that are appropriate for near the watergardens, and/or the kinds of rocks to have around it. I think alot of people like to start small (I mean really small), and would enjoy hearing about small preforms. You could mention mosquito control. Mention that they may attract alot of loud frogs, snakes, and neighboring dogs. If they live near a river or creek, they could attract otter, muskrats, beavers, etc. The literature I would enjoy leaving your talk with would be names of plants and if they need sun or shade and depth of planting, a list of native plants, various watergardening terms and definitions, fertilizers, pump sizes needed for pond size, names of some good books on watergardening, and maybe some handouts from your local ag extension on water plants, etc. Good luck Sandy. I'm sure you'll do great!

No you did not do nothing wrong by turning the clutch it free wheeling till rpms comes up and over takes spring pressure holding the two clutch halfs togather. Something is bound up. Probably the adjustment not in the notch hole on the bar and bound everything up. I would remove the cover, loosen the tension screw enough to get it in the bar hole easily when putting the cover back on. run the nuts down by hand but remove all the slack so the bar will still slide as you adjust the tension back on the chain. As the tension gets close with glove on move the chain so you know it's not binding up as you adjust it. Once you got proper tension tighten the cover nuts to lock the bar in place and check tension and movement. Outside chance the brake locked up on the cover but that usually makes it real hard to get over the clutch when you try to put the cover back on...

I feel your pain too! Last year- I won a brug contest & lost most of them the same way! I was able to stop the rot from the top down by cutting below the rot- then soaking the top with a cotton ball soaked in Listerine... This year I am trying the sphagnum peat moss jelly roll method that Karyn mentioned, also the toilet paper roll method... I'm collecting those rolls like a fiend! Winter is just not the best time to start cuttings! I took quite a few cuttings at the beginning of summer,& they rooted readily- I didn't want to take any chances this year! But unfortunately, I am a Brug addict- & have to have new varieties, so I will attempt these new ways to start them... I also bought shop lights with grow bulbs to keep them growing through the winter- I'll let you know how it works! kasha77

Roxxanne, I just answered your question at another place so I'll just cut and paste it to here. ***** Try Darrel Jones at Selectedplants.com b/c I thought I saw it on his growout list for plant sales that he posted elsewhere. But it wouldn't be very cost effective to order just one plant ( which is what you requested at first). Omar Saab, an adjunct at the place I last taught, was the original source of my seeds for this variety. The background is interesting as to where and how and why he got the seeds for me when he had to return to Lebanon after his father died. One of my own faves along with Large Pink Bulgarian, well, I'll stop now b/c you're asking about Omar's Lebanese. ( smile) Carolyn, who notes that there's always next year when it comes to growing tomato varieties. ( smile)