Hi, I would love to trade for your newer Echinaceas and possibly lilies if I have enough plants you are looking for. Not being able to garden this year due to shoulder surgeries, I've been buying new plants since spring so hopefully will have many things you'll want. Phyllis

The black and black with orange Blister Beetles have been eating the leaves off of everything this year. Usually, its just the tomatoes, but this year with our drought, they are eating all leaves, even the English Ivy on our house! I pick them off and squish them. Fly spray killed the ones on the front porch that were eating the ivy off the pillars. Dang it! I've never seen them eat ivy before. Am finding them on nearly every plant and every flower. My hens won't eat them. YUCK! If I had guineas, they would disappear fast. When I had them before, they ate the heck out those black Blister Beetles - wasps too. I sprayed my Roma tomatoes with Liquid Sevin and it killed the Blister Beetles. They almost totally defoliated the plants though before I resorted to the Poison War. It got rid of the over population of grasshoppers too. Now they are at a manageable number. Mostly just little ones hopping about in the grass and native shrubs and the hens take care of them, if they can catch them, that is. But did you know that grasshopper poop is the best fertilizer in the world? I saw a documentary on them last year.

Debbie, it's in the 5th post down. AnnT says she used the Tarte au Sucre cake recipe for the dough and the cream cheese filling from the second recipe for the filling. AnnT is a marvelous cook and accomplished baker, I've never gone wrong with one of her recipes and I've been posting on the Cooking Forum for about 20 years along with her. Annie

Surprisingly not many on the net. Found this one (linked below) For Kolaches I use this prune filling 30 prunes covered with water & simmered til tender, covered. Mash & stir in 1/4 c. sugar + 1/4 tsp. allspice. Filling should be thick. It might work for Danish. Here is a link that might be useful: Danish Pastry