Uh Oh. I checked Botanus, and they're called Snowstorm Large Flowering Crocus. Like I need to order more from Botanus.....I placed my order a month ago, but it just so happens I pulled the catalogue out this morning to take another look =:) Thanks for the reply Marcia. :D

Sounds like your little shopping spree netted some nice daylilies.This one is very pretty.The photos I have seen of Blackberry Candy shows it to be very pretty too.I, too am not crazy about orange color.Show us a photo when it blooms. Jean

Monkeyman, I think you need to go through the postings and do some catch up reading. We have all, or at least most of us, had some of the problems you are seeing. Most of them are not problems but just need a little tweeking to get things right. There is always a little stress in starting something new. Use the search function and look up information on flies and other pests. Look up how and when to feed and how much. There are many references in the postings to good worming material such as Mary Appleoff's book. Slow down a little and do your research and you will have answered most if not all the wuestions you have posted. By the way it would be very hard to starve your worms with the way you set your bin up. Good luck and good worming.

That's a really good point, Lisa. I actually spent a lot of time thinking about it. I can't post a picture of the kitchen I am redoing until tonight. It's in a PDF and I can't grab the image. DH will do it for me later. Your image is great. Thanks for the mock up. I think real life looks pretty different than magazine photos in general. But there are a few things that come into play for this specific look in my specific space. First, I don't expect the kitchen to remain pristine while I am busy working in it, however I do put everything away once I am done. My mother spent many years training me ;-) Second, there is a place for everything, so clean-up is a snap. The kitchen is quite large. The island that is currently there is 17 feet long. There are 23 feet of tall cupboards parallel to the island and 12 or 13 feet perpendicular to the island (not sure about the last two measurements off hand). All the windows are on the long right hand wall of the kitchen. The one element I was not willing to change in the interest of aesthetics was my oven stack- it's a very pretty oven stack (Gagg) and I really, really tried to convince myself to get under counter ovens, but that started to get difficult too- so I settled on having the stainless stack- the Gagg ovens are pretty sculptural in their own right. Oh and lastly, I gave up counter seating (along with any storage on the other side of the island.) Counter seating is not something we use much, outside of people chatting wile people are cooking - which I love -and so will put two ghost stools (even copying that) off to a corner. The kitchen table is where my children do their homework- and the first one os off to college this fall. Also I never serve meals at the island. The island is often used as a buffet. That is probably way more than you wanted to know about my future kitchen! I really do appreciate the feedback. I am amazed at how generous this community is with providing ideas and expertise to one another.