Thank you all for your comments. Debra, I've never ordered Border Music, but it could be a mislabeled bonus plant. Dianna, You will love Bric-a-Brac. The blooms are smallish, but it is so cheerful looking. The foliage is nice too. Julie, I know it's hard to tell the bloom size in a pic with nothing to reference it to. HC is a much bigger bloom and all around heftier plant than BAB. But both are nice. Kay, Looking forward to seeing your CAT DANCER. I'm looking forward to seeing mine bloom too! I just love it. Here's a pic I took of it last year. Again, thank you all for your comments. Glad you enjoyed my pics. Lrae

My favorite garden read's for today, Jennie and kneewalker. Stinging nettles are tasty and nutritious when young now. Did anyone see that movie 'Into The Wild' when the guy died from eating a poisonous plant in Alaska? Weeding is so time consuming, I've got shot weed ready to burst a hundred seeds per plant into the next year. I'm trying to get rid of more of my lawn because it is a half acre and takes long to mow. I don't like using glysophate in weedy flower beds now because birds are eating the weed seeds. Gotta mulch heavily with compost or bark and plant to smother weeds. Thanks for the inspiration you gals, gonna give my garden a workout, and hopefully lose a few pounds,too.

Mara, I got the one Asclepias at the Wildflower Center. I wanted more than one because they are not self-fertile but there were like 5 of them and a bunch of people wanted them so I didn't want to be hog. So..I'd love a source of one or two more so I could try to get some viable seed. It's really pretty and seems to be happy here. Teri

Go Dave!! You have to take pics of that BLRW when she gets big. Or any time! LOL I was going to try and order some and get some for my son too, but I also wanted Blue Cochins or Welsummers or something else too. They never have them available all at once. I'm already way past my "limit" so cannot order anything at all. I got too impatient waiting to try ordering them, so that's why I just caved and got my latest girls at the local feed store over the last month or more. You will love the Wyanodottes. My two GL ones are so pretty and one is my favorite. She sits on me and cuddles. They are a larger breed too. My Black Sex-links are my big girls, but the GLWs are almost bigger. Difference tho is the eggs. The Wyandottes lay light peach-colored med-lg eggs and the BSLs lay jumbo darker brown eggs. Both breeds are pretty consistent layers. The Barred Rocks and the EEs often skip a day here and there. And the BRs' eggs are a med-dk brown large, and the EEs of course are shades of light blue or mint green. It'll be interesting to see what the Brahmas do. And how big they will get! Seeingreen, those little babes look a little younger than mine, so that would be about right. Mine are almost fully feathered now and they have a triangular spot of light black feathers on their back, and I love their "furry" feet!! I just put them back out in the pen with the big girls before I left for work this morning. They were exploring more than they did the last few days I had them out there. Had to keep them inside the last couple of days due to the torrential downpours and freezing cold temps. Of course, today it was overcast when I left, then started raining again, then sun, then rain, hail, and even slushy snow for a bit. Now the sun's out again! Freakin' weird weather. I hope to be able to put the babies out all night tonight, but only if it quits raining. It's "supposed to" tho.