It's a lousy day weather-wise today so I did the last of my winter/spring sowing: Baby Snapdragon (Toadflax)'Northern Lights' Scabiosa atropurpurea 'Ace of Spades' Poppy, White Double Poppy, Ruffle Mixed Zinnia hybrid 'Magellan Mix' Zinnia 'Dreamland Rose' Tahoka Daisy (Machaeranthera tanacetif) Blue Pimpernell (Anagallis monelii) Candytuft, mix (Iberis umbellata) Cosmos 'Ladybird Mix' Convolvulus 'Rainbow Flash' Crimson Clover (Trifolium incarnatum) Flax, Scarlet (Linum grandiflorum rubrum) Sunflower, dwarf 'Yellow Spray' Four O'Clock, yellow Thunbergia 'Salmon Shades' Nasturtium, Tall Trailing Balsam Shoofly Plant, blue (Apple of Peru) Cosmos 'Bright Lights' I see that the container count deadline is 8:00 am eastern tomorrow. I read a thread where Ron said that if you are going to be sowing after the deadline: "Just figure out how many you will be sowing and add them to the count before May 1st". Susan

Dee No worries about your review of the URI article. I was a bit put off by the lawn/imidocloprid thing myself. Usually the URI entomology articles are quite good, but that one wasn't. I did however, find a link through that article to Arbico Organics that sells a variety of different kinds of beneficial nematodes. I've been looking for Steinernema Carpocapse for some time. Not only does this nematode control grubs, it also is the only beneficial nem that will control foliar nematodes. Foliar nems are a real problem in Hostas and are hard to control. The link is below. Thanks for the Prarie Sun ID. Lost the tag on that one. H. Cracker Crumbs is a mini. I little bright gold thing. Bella Anna is always pink, regardess of pH. The only drawback is that it flops like Annabelle does. I need to get some Peony supports for it. I bought that one for $5 at Weston Nurseries in November after the pallet sale broke up. It's grown well. Enjoy the weekend. It's going to get hot next week. Remember, nothing lasts in the garden. Steve Here is a link that might be useful: Arbico Organics

Annie1992, thanks you very much. So it is that pink salt that gives it that red color? The nitrate/ite? Your CB and hash look so delicious. It’s 4 deg F here and I would love your CB hash. Friends used to make the best bestest Wisconsin Rubin sandwiches — home made everything. And served with delicious beer. PS Thanks foryour woodchuck help months ago. Apologies for not getting back th you. I developed pesky tendonitis, then some neighbor applied for a permit to recycle parts of Chernobyl, so between tendinitis and efforts to thwart the recycling plant (my euphemism for some outrageous crazy land use), I ran out of the ability to type very much and my attention was focused elsewhere for the most part. And during that time I develop the cold from hell – the cold that wouldn’t leave it. The empty woodchuck trap is still exactly where DH left it. Now with a bit of snow on it. I‘d asked him 100 zillion times to please put it away, but he has his own ideas, apparently. Not being a gardener, he didn’t grasp that a lot of the dug up sand was over some of my bulbs and tuber plantings. Sigh.

Since it's not St Patrick's Day yet, I started part II Link to Part II https://www.gardenweb.com/discussions/6434253/weekend-music-fnm-green-st-patrick-plants-part-ii