Do you have a box store such as Home Depot, Lowes, K-mart, Wal-mart close by? Those stores normally carry what we refer to as "cactus mix". Any brand will do. Joshua Trees are not all that fussy about special soil requirements but do prefer to have good drainage. Or you could just use 2 parts regular potting mix with 1 part perlite added. Let the seedlings develop at least 5-7 leaves then gently use a mini hand towel or tweezers to push the seedling off and plant in a new container with fresh mix. Water well and do let soil dry out between watering.

Sorry, here is the live link--I need to learn how to use this website. I know it is sort of a long shot that people know much about Chatham--I tried doing a search but not much popped up. The company looks good, but if anyone has bought one of their peices I would appreciate hearing your story :). Sort of a long shot, but thought I would try. Normally I would never buy furniture online, but it is getting really hard to find furniture in light wood tones. We have a beautiful diningroom set (with china hutch and side board) from Ethan Allen's Swedish Home collection that is a light-golden natural maple tone. That room flows into our livingroom, which we have a substantial Stanley desk that is also a light wood, as well as a new Thomasville television console (Attache collection) in light wood. We are replacing the coffee table and side table in that same room, so we need it to be in the same light wood family. Thomasville no longer sells the Attache collection, but I didn't really like the style of the coffee table anyway. I know that you can mix wood tones, but we also *like* lighter wood tones for our house. We have hardwood floors throughout the house that are a beautiful light honey color (wide plank). We also vaulted the ceiling when we moved in and covered it with Alaskan cedar, which is a beautiful blonde tone much like our hardwood floor. This is a California ranch house in the Bay Area. So the light wood has worked for us, obviously--but now is VERY hard to find in furniture. I keep telling my husband in 5-8 years we will be right in style! We just ordered a new sectional couch and leather chair for the livingroom, and we wanted to replace the coffee table and side table, but were stuck as far as choices for our light wood tone. I found this Chatham furniture online, and it looks to be perfect for us. I love that I can display my seashells under the glass top. Thanks for reading! Take care. I have learned a lot from lurking here lately. Lisa Here is a link that might be useful: Chatham Cocktail Table

I also like the Lindt chocolate bunnies and even Russell Stover is better than the cheap ones like Zachary. That said, everything tasted better when I was a kid. (sigh) My grandkids don't care what it tastes like, they just want the biggest one possible, LOL. I have a recipe for Easter Eggs that has a marshmallow fluff filling, some is dyed yellow and then wrapped in white and dipped in chocolate so they look like those Cadbury Eggs. I don't like those things at all, but the kids love them, so maybe homemade will taste better. Have fun making that candy, my family loves those "buckeye" type candies, peanut butter filling and chocolate dipped. Annie

I never really buy new furniture, most of my stuff comes from classified ads or consignment stores or yard sales, but I always pay way more attention to my painting. In the advice department, I tell people to buy their sofas and chairs first, pick a paint color after. That's because I know that most people shell out hard dollars for furniture. For myself, I see it like this; My walls and floors cover almost all of the space in my room. Choosing the wall color is really important to me. I want the room to 'feel' a certain way, and for that, the walls need to be beautiful, the floors too. Furniture can be added later. And since most all colors that I use work with each other, I just assume it will all come together. Red