I bought mine last year at Lowe's. It was a scraggly ugly little plant on the clearance rack. I planted it, pinched it, and nursed it back to health. This year, it rewarded me so nicely. Do a search for agastache "Golden Jubilee". Some call it Anise hyssop, others call it agastache. Either is correct, I think. Here's my recent blog post. I have seeds if you'd like some. Send me an email.

Oh boy... Have i got a lot to learn... I'm still using the oven handle. In our remodel, the wall oven will be too far from the sink so i was happy that I could use the handle on the dishwasher. I don't think my wife would recognize me if i didn't have the dishtowel over my shoulder when she came home from work. OK, note to self... Look for really cool towel holder. Thanks for the idea. Dean

cmarlin - if we keep them, I'll clean them, but no paint, I think they look pretty rich and even though old, I actually like them. I think I'll probably put in something like Silestone in a mocha color and it would look great. What will determine whether we keep them is if I can find a good match that will appropriately fit. kelpermaid, I think they painted in the house recently, though I'm not sure - going to try and find out. I know they've lived there for 6 years, so if they are the only people who smoked there in the last 25 years since it was built, at least 19yrs of it had no smokers - but not sure how bad the last 6 years have been. creekside - now you've TOTALLY confused me! In some cases, homes need to dry to the interior. Kilz will prevent that. So will some other products. A spot of Kilz here and there won't hurt anything. Rolling it on all the interior walls may promote mold growth. So, if you are going to use Kilz after cleaning with TSP or something like it, you can't paint everything?? I'm sure I'm not understanding something here - I'll try to read the info on the link you sent - maybe call the co. next week. Carol_from_NY -thanks, I think my cleaning list is growing by leaps and bounds. The way I'm going, I may have to put my mother on the top of the car and tell her to hold on to the luggage rack for the trip up I'm going to have so many supplies to take! Thanks for mentioning the steamer, I have one and wouldn't have remember to think about taking it. I've never heard about putting gum in for smells, that's a new one. I'll try ANYTHING to get the house to normal. Thanks for all you suggested. Well, at this time we are in limbo. Inspections turned up a few problems, two problems that could be major, one that definitely is and has to do with a foundation failure. I am trying to get the owners to agree to fix what's on the repair list I sent them - which isn't everything that needs to be repaired, I took on the cheaper and more easily aspects of it. Will know more next week whether the deal goes through or falls apart. Wish me luck!! Thanks again to all - everyone has been extremely helpful, and it's all appreciated! Oh, one more thing - my Mom was there during the inspection and told me they had a machine running to take the stink out and she thought it smelled better in there - was probably an ozone machine. My nose will decide (if we close on it, that is) THANKS!!!!

CANNOT get the other photo to load, but it shows the coat rack "loaded"! It holds two or three denim jackets, a red cap and my purse. Didn't realize until I looked at the photo that it also contains another one of my projects. The handprints behind the rack are three of my DGKs and they're framed in the top part of an old stove! Figured if I was gonna display them in the kitchen that kind of frame would be appropraite! LOL