Wow, puglvr. What a find at Walmart, who would have known. Great tip. Now, all this being said, Mike and all you other container citrus folks, since I live is such a warm and very dry climate here in N. San Diego county, I use smaller bark pieces in my EB Stone Cactus Mix. I actually want/need some water retention or during the summer I would have to literally water my container citrus twice a day. Here's what it contains (I don't know if this is in order of highest to lowest quantity - I need to run out to my potting area to see what the label says exactly), but this is from their web site: Contains Fir Bark, Lava Rock, Canadian Sphagnum Peat Moss, Sand, Redwood Compost and Mushroom Compost. I know it has sphagnum peat moss in it, which I'm not thrilled about due to the non-renewability of that product, but all other contents seem to be pretty good, and I will post some pics of my little Ortanique tangor that is coming back from death's door. It is very, very happy in this mix, along with some Osmocote. I have to really keep my container stuff in the KISS line of thinking with my very full time job, or they'll die from neglect :-) I'll also snap a photo of the mix so I can get some opinions. So far, I've got 2 citrus in pots that are really, really doing well and have come back from a bad start using this combo. Patty S.

Sue, I used to do the NYT puzzle the old fashioned way, but now I like doing it online quite a bit. Mostly because when you finish, it tells you whether you've done the whole thing right or not. I'm not really into the mini because it's not much of a challenge. I do like Spelling Bee, though.

Agree— anything under 30 seems almost easy. Almost… there were a few hiccups this am. Luckily I remember the cricketing term that comes up regularly from reading Dorothy Sayer mysteries fifty years ago. 👑🐝 for 124. This is less bragging than a marking down of something in my life I can actually control. (Well, a little bragging but not too much bc it does get so much easier the longer you’re at it.) edited to reduce this number to 124 from the 125 i first posted yesterday. i can spell like heck but i obviously can’t count. Today it’s 125 and hopefully tomorrow it will be 126.

Mucilage????? LOL,you dated yourself. I was raised by my widowed sharecropper mother and attended elementary school comprised predominantly of kids from two large plantations. Those children were so hungry they often ate mucilage. It wasn't until years later I came to realize the magnitude of the situation. The school was unusual in the fact it was established and largely funded by the plantations. Along with learning the three Rs, we learned white people and people of color can live in harmony. My life intertwined with a couple of blacks and Choctaws until mid 80s. Our skin color never mattered outside strain and complications perpetuated by society and politicians. Gid laward Jennifer , you have more glue than the hardware down the street. I keep Titebond II , liquid super and Original JB Weld. To keep meaning if one of those starts looking bad, I replace it. Others I buy as needed, usually get to use it once then sits to go bad.