Yes, we are Sunset 3B here.... The sunshine on most days and temps in summer is the reason so much agriculture grows successfully here. Of course, they irrigate. I am surprised Wenatchee is the same zone as us, but I guess it doesn't take into account the amount of snowfall they get (They are probably the -15f extreme.. we are more like -5f.) RE: the suitability of the trees I listed, The Thornless Honeylocust seems to thrive here, it does well in alkaline soil and is drought tolerant. As a prairie tree, it thrives in full sun. I have noticed many honeylocusts in yards that do not irrigate, growing just fine... The list of negatives of the tree is pretty short, and it seems very adaptable to our conditions. Linden -- RE: irrigating, I don't know. We will have some lawn on the property, so a tree/trees in that area would get more water. Linden tolerates alkaline soil and has small leaves... Thus, it seemed to be an *option.* ash -- I still have to go to our local extension office.. I will ask them about borers here. Ash also tolerates alkaline soil and was another option for my lawn area. If the borers are that bad here, I won't consider it.

Hotwings tatarian maple is definitely seedfull. Lady Slipper amur maple is definitely seedy. Ok. The seeds are the ornamental feature. Hardly counts. Hmm. Autumn Spire red maple is nominally seedless. It's normally grafted onto silver maple root stock to gain tolerance to alkali soils. The sugar maple that Jeffries distributes as "Lord Selkirk" is seed run. Eventually half of them should produce seed. Unity, and Inferno are grafted. Their catalog doesn't say if they are seedless or not. Sugar maples are mostly dioecious, but there are lots of exceptions, and reported cases when trees were male when young, and later had female flowers at the top. Maples in generally are complex, with trees that change sexes from year to year, start life as one sex, change to the other, have perfect flowers one year, and only male or only female the next year, or some of each in different parts of the tree. Talk about gender identity issues! USDA plants database says that minimum age for sugar maple seed is 30 years, reaching a peak 60 years later. I may have to wait for bit.

Linda, here is the explanation of everything I sent. I forgot to do it before I sent it, and I wanted to tell you about things. The bag - As you figured out, it is from Lands End. One of the places we HAVE to go when we visit Madison is the "not quite perfect" outlet on State Street. I loved those bags, and I thought they were a good size for toting around a little of summer's bounty. I thought it was a pretty good size for lots of things. They had a special sale on the monogrammed ones, and I can't resist practical things that are on special sale. I didn't know if it was tacky to send something that had been monogrammed for someone else, but then I figured "What the heck? I AM a little tacky!" The mustards - the only one they didn't have samples of was the chocolate/fig one, but it sounded so intruiging. I can't wait to hear whether it is good, or just really gross. Lol The popcorn - I got some of it. It's from the Dane County Farmer's market, which is a big Madison attraction. It is held all around the courthouse every Saturday. We always go, and my husband spends about a hundred bucks on CHEESE from Bleu Mont Dairy. I wish I could have sent you some of that! Had it been cold weather, I would have tried. I got some popcorn for myself too, but I was disappointed in it. Maybe you will have better luck. I gave up and bought some Orville Re-bacher. I tried it after I sent the box, so I didn't know how it would be. The basil olive oil - It won some big award, but I can't remember what it was It sounded yummy to me. I hope it is! It was also from the dane county market. Bee Charmer Honey - (Dane market) That honey was pulled the night before I bought it. It is Black Locust honey, and I don't think I have ever seen any that is so light in color. Maple bear and syrup -(Dane market) I am a sucker for a cute bear. :) I figure you probably have plenty of maple syrup up there, but you can't have too much maple syrup! Rhubarb season was going strong while we were there, and I couldn't send you a pie, so some preserves sounded like a good compromise. Brady Street Cheese Sprinkle- I used some on my popcorn, and had the popcorn not been so small and hard, it would have been quite yummy. I will try again with Orville Garlic- There are two types, but by the time I got them home I could not tell them apart. They were dug the morning I bought them. Two potholders in a black and cream design- It's easy to find that design in pastures around Madison, on the backs of Holstein cows. Wisconsin is the land of cheese, so I thought those were appropriate. Those cows are cute! I even got slobbered on by one. But the potholders had nothing to to with that little interaction, I swear! :) Plastic spoon with a smiley face- That's from Orange Tree Imports. Another store I like to visit when I am there. Also the silicon brush. I love my silicone brush. They didn't have any just like mine, but I hope that one is good. Evert-Fresh green bags -I bought a case of them from ebay a year or so ago. My fridge is full of them. They help with some things more than others. My favorite thing is to trim the bottoms of parsley and cilantro with a knife under running water and put them in a glass of water with a green bag over them. Cilantro usually goes bad so fast in my fridge, but this keeps it very well. I hope you enjoy everything!

5-25-2023: Update: Sugar maple has come through the last couple of winters in good condition. Over 13 ft. tall. I have watered by mid-season every year since last posting. It's been near drought conditions; except we've had good amount of snow melt in spring and one or two spring rains, not enough to just let it go solo. Replaced mulch ring today, I hate watering grass. :-) ////