I just got a catalog from a place called Abundant Life Seeds. A brief look at the catalog told me it is a sister company to Territorial, and had lots of their inventory wiped out in a fire, and are finally starting to get back up to speed. What caught my eye, though, was that they actually encourage and give tips for saving your own seed! I thought that was really unusual for a seed company - after all, if we save our own seed, we won't be buying more. I thought this was a great outlook/attitude for this company - they also mention that the fire had an effect on this outlook. Can't recommend the company yet as I haven't tried them, but thought I'd pass this along because I found it so interesting. :) Dee P.S. Thanks for the Crosman tip. I'll be checking them out!

Regan Nursery and Edmonds Roses are two good nurseries.

...are you in the U.K...? most of us here prefer Trevor White Roses, then there's Peter Beales or David Austin.... among a host of others.... ..here's a link to Trevor White's where they have both those roses listed... Autumn Damask is 'Quatre Saisons'....Damask roses ..I grow 'Jacques Cartier' which repeats flower rather well, and nicely scented...

And what brands are decent. I have one room where I need to add blinds. Most of the blinds in my houses now are Hunter Douglas and they seem to have held up well. They came with the house - I didn't buy them. In my online shopping so far I haven't found HD - just offered if you work with someone in person which I don't need/want to do.