Very nice, Mike! So, where did you obtain this particular Jade? ;) I am glad to have played even a small part in your Jade addiction! This is one of my favorite Jades, as well. Now that we've had a couple days of warm weather, I'm expecting increased growth. The old leaves are looking ratty, but the new growth is pristine! I'll have to take an updated picture. Josh

Hi Mike, Well done. I've been thinking of you and your clivias these past few months as we, kind of, challenged each other last year on the bloom for this year. You certainly won. I had a couple of stuck umbels and that was it.... I watch your "mark" on the forum as I'm in a similar weather zone that you're in (cold winters) and you have more experience. Took your and Al's advice. Got those clivias in the gritty mix early this year and I think I'll be better able to take the challenge next year! Gail

Hey Mike, I sent you an email. I actually have sent you 2 emails. I know your a very busy man but if you get the chance, please read them and email me. I really like that jade. Where did you find it? IS that a Logees plant? Hmmm...don't know if I would buy it from them if it is! I still have a couple dollar credit to use. How many plumeria do you have now? What varieties are they? I wish you could see my keylime tree. This is one imprseeive citrus! Must be that they are more vigorous than most citrus. This tree is a little over a year old now and has tripled in size. The tree is finally loaded with flowers, and I mean LOADED!! Too bad they are not fragrant. Kind of strange to me. Another mis representation of Logees. They describe it as being fragrant unless my tree is some alien mutant that does not produce fragrant flowers! Oh well...the Oro Blanco makes up for it. My other Oro is still potted but cut baxck to stubs. I can't give up on it even though for it to make a comeback would take a miracle! My Meyer is doing excellent despite falling over and damaging the surface of the trunk. It is now healing and I bought this huge sand bucket at Big Lots for $5.00!! All I need to do is make some holes in the plastic for drainage and it will be all set! It has handles on it and everything!! Well now that you and zecowsay have blooms on your Oro's I am crossing my fingers that mine will bloom! I still need to post a picture of the new one. Hopefully this one will take off. The tree itself is a lot larger than the first one and it looks even healthier. Your buddy, Andrew

I got a pretty good deal on the logs. They're cedar and a guy was selling them for $4 each. I know the book says to only go (or that you only need to be) 6" deep, but I wanted to go at least 12", and that's what those average. I can't believe how good those 4 plants are growing in that first bed. I have different soil mixtures in each bed. I planted the second one about 3 weeks after the first one but I think (so far anyway) that the mix in the first bed might be better but who knows. The first bed I used Mel's mix, only I used about 40 maybe 50% dairy (manure) compost. The stuff is great. The place I got it from sells a few other blends of stuff too and one of them is what I used in the other bed. They call it coarse bark blend. "A blend of Dairy Doo, poultry compost, processed pine bark, sphagnum peat and brown rock phosphate. Use in containers, flower beds and for healing in trees."