It's been here for years. The last couple of months gals have been posting pictures of their beautiful table settings. very inspiring. And of course other holiday things come on over and join us!!

Many people come to this forum for the first time to find out the identity of a plant. If you are looking for a plant id here are some suggestions that will help you get the answer youre looking for: 1. A picture is extremely helpful. Take a digital photo or scan a photo and post it to your own webpage; then include the link to the photo in your posting to the forum. You may upload images to the forum- check the guidelines. 2. A concise description which includes size of plant, flower color, number of flower parts, type of leaf and the way leaves are arranged on the stem, the growth habit (vine, upright, spreading on ground) 3. Where do you live? Climate helps narrow the possibilities. Is the plant growing in the shade, full sun, moist or dry area? 4. Put a helpful heading on your posting, such as "Need i.d. for pink flowered vine", which gives more of a clue than "mystery plant" or "whats this" 5. Good luck; Youll probably get your answer quickly. 6. Finally, there is now a forum specifically for plant identification- "Name That Plant"

barb- I agree with sleevedog, there aren't any dumb questions. It's something you haven't experienced that you need/want to know, and this is a handy outlet for information from people you trust. BTW - I do use powdered stevia, and even grow stevia in my herb garden and use it in whole dried leaf, powder, and extract. Which one I use depends on what I'm adding it to. I get the liquid flavored stevia from Amazon or iHerb (there are probably many other sources for the same brands so look for best price and special offers). The brands I have on hand are NOW and SweetLeaf. I saw a display of Harvest Snaps at Wal-Mart and I thought how clever marketing was to place it in the produce section of the store to make you think you were eating healthy produce. If memory serves me, the one I looked at was green pea and was made from 70% whole peas. The good news, there weren't very many ingredients in the list - peas, rice, oil, citric acid, and maybe something else - a chemical preservative. At least it came in under 5-ingredients, which is one of my personal "food rules" when it comes to processed foods. Michael Pollen said it best in one of his books - eat all the junk food you want --- as long as you make it yourself. I make sweet potato chips at home in the microwave when we want the occasional chip to go along with a lettuce wrap, or cut some corn tortillas into wedges and bake them when I make guacamole or salsa. I make high-protein "crackers" with the pulp remaining from making nut milk and dehydrate them. Dehydrated apple slices and a few nuts or peanuts has always been a snack food available in our home. Believe me, if you have to do more then rip a bag open, you'll have and consume a lot less snacks (LOL). -Grainlady

Most of them didn't go anywhere. but they are still lurking here because I got messages after the post. It is so different here. Since their isn't a gallery or conversations, some said there isn't a point, they already know how to garden, LOL I haven't been here lately because this is a huge bday month for us Petragw, if you are my old bud Petra send me a message, I lost all your info with a 'puter crash and a lot of my pix