Is Vintage Garden's fall release still going to be occurring in early August of this year? I have looked forward to their rose releases every year for almost four consecutive years. I am so excited to hear that they will be releasing roses from selections they have not offered before. I am waiting eagerly to see the list they send of what they will offer for this fall season. I hope to get some Bourbon roses and China roses during this next release. I keep missing out and ordering too late for most of the Bourbon rose and China rose offerings from Vintage Gardens.

I was also careful to put things away as soon as I used them, wash dishes immediately and just straighten up as I walked around my house as part of my daily life. Exactly. The neater you can keep it every day, the easier it will be. The thing I'm most scared about is if the house is still on the market come summertime (my husband is a teacher and has off during the summer), my husband will be responsible for making sure the house is in top shape if we get a call for a showing! I'll have to make him a list of things to check before the showings. We get 2 hours notice, and I give mine credit, he's pretty good about getting ready in under 2 hours. They always seem to call when we let our guard down. We do it together, so far it's been on Saturday's when we have stuff going on.. my teenage daughter will be home, her room is never the neatest. We'll also be working in the garden / outside when they call, another was when I was finishing up painting the kitchen after we'd put in new counter tops, thankfully I had 24 hours notice on that one. What you'll want to do is go over it with him so that he knows what to do. Every single thing off the counters~not even the coffee maker~NO dish towel hanging on the oven handle, and NO dishcloth over the sink~those were my pet peeves. I threw everything in the dishwasher. If I was a buyer, the things I am tempted to open are dishwashers & ovens. lol Knowing this, I never stash stuff in either and about the only thing I will stash in the washer / dryer is laundry. Everything goes in the cars. Not sure if I sent you the link to the model of our new house.. here's the kitchen if you look close, under the microwave, there is a coffee maker, in this one they are displaying a cook book. We have the very same coffee maker they have displayed in another model home, and since it's a $100 piece of garbage, I can't unplug it to put it away every day because the clock is going & hard to set. I just bought a few props, some nice coffee mugs to go with it, hoping I can arrange everything to make it look nice. Our house will be on the market next week, and never having going through this before, I'm assuming I would make sure everything is straightened and cleaned each night so all I have to do in the morning is make our bed and clean up the bathroom before we both leave for work. Is that about right? Anything else I need to do in case people come look at the house while we're at work? Anyone have a system that works well? TIA! The kitchen & bathrooms are the biggest. As was said, do dishes regularly. I also try to keep up on laundry. The bathrooms are always decent, if I know there's a showing I make sure mirrors are clean, showers don't have any (body) hairs (this is the same for the floor, especially if it's light) and the toilet is clean, even lifting the seat. I can't tell you how many houses I walked where there were hairs & a nasty toilet (won't go into detail) Once a week I will have my son run the vac. He has off during the week, so I plan the dusting / edging around that. I try to sweep every day. Heavy cleaning (bathrooms) is on Sunday when I have help. Mopping is usually done Mondays when everyone clears out of the house. I will also go around and put any personal items away, this is including my calendar.

Ingrid, that's interesting that 'Yves Piaget' wasn't as happy in your garden as at the BC. Do you think that was due to microclimate or some other difference? It is hard to sift out and weigh the variables. RU is a full zone lower than us, but the summer temps are probably pretty similar if looking at the heat index for each location, so a summer visit probably would be instructive. OTOH, I tend to have less energy in the summer heat, so getting my act together to go anywhere is always an iffy proposition. Alana, I'm in the same boat... local gardens I'd like to visit/revisit, but somehow it doesn't happen. I hope y'all are getting slightly cooler temps for the weekend like we are. Thanks, Virginia

If you don't have a real estate atty or realtor, you need one or the other on order to protect yourself. You DID get title insurance, right? If not, do so immediately.