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Pat, that has got to be one of the most cleverly written, wry pieces of garden writing I've ever read. Perhaps on those days, you should abandon the broken breadknife and sit down at your keyboard, that is, if your horoscope agrees.

Cassandra, I have raised beds too. It is so nice to have a perfectly set-aside place to grow things. We filled ours with a mix of elements. Bags of regular top soil, bags of peat moss, and bags of cow manure. Also, any commercial compost you can get your hands on until yours is ready...

Too bad about your loss of plants to frost! I'm in Zone 7, and the only thing I've tried outside yet is sowing lettuce seeds. When I do start my tomatos, they usually can't go outside until Memorial Day. Any time that I've tried to hurry Mother Nature & vegetables along, Mother Nature...

Chose a twig that has new, bendable, green growth. These are the parts that have a lot of actively multiplying cells that are rarin' to grow, grow, grow. Make the cut at an angle, and be sure to use rooting powder. Use as clean a soil mix as you can get. Take several cuttings because...

Pat, all anyone had to do in order to have their name tampered with was to post something, anything, dopey. That way the Mods had something to work with. (I did notice that they didn't catch them all, but I would have hated to try to keep up with all the posting yesterday!) I posted and...

I'm from BYC too. It makes sense, because my chicken coop and run is right next to the raised beds we garden in. We mostly raise veggies.

Reinbeau's advice is good, and I'm going to apply it myself to potted tulips I just got from a co-worker. I wouldn't have known to set them in the ground so deep and wait until the plant went dormant until filling in the soil. (I know to plant loose bulbs that deep...) Anyway, just so you...

If they are in any way stick-like, or woody, I'd say leave them at the curb. It would take forever for the sticks to decompose into compost. If they are soft-stemmed with tons of soft green leaves, then compost 'em. Good luck.

Southern, congratulations on your new view from the kitchen window! We hope you post pics as your growing season progresses!

Jennifer, they won't rebloom this year. Right now, and through the summer, they will be building strength inside the bulb and forming the tulip flowers inside the bulb that will appear next spring. When it is warm enough, plant them outside and let them go into the natural cycle of outdoor tulips.

Reinbeau, I was a SeaWorld Orlando two Fridays ago and saw that very same scene. It was only one dolphin that was doing it, so maybe we saw the same one in the video. It was incredible. Everybody watching him was smiling, it was really something.

Hey, I didn't get any chocolate for V-day. Send some over!!!

Beefy, now I feel better that I didn't start, then kill, a sequoia. Thanks for the knowledge.

When I just logged on, I don't see the text you're talking about...

I once visited Muir Woods in California and picked up a single seed from a pine cone. I planted it in a pot once I got home to NY and it actually germinated and grew into a conifer. It died after a year. I always wondered if it was a sequoia...

Hey guys, remember that office dendrobium I mentioned that had buds? IT'S BLOOMING!!! Whoopee. Let me go over and read the tag - it's a (oops) "Epi. Rene Marques "Tyler". (Dopey me, an Epi. is NOT a Den.) I have pics in the camera, but have to download them onto my home computer than burn...

Hi from another BYC-er. What happens if Nifty decides to go into nuclear engineering? We're all going to have to get college degrees to join him there!

I was thinking that the blue types liked deeper shade, and the variegated or partially yellow/white ones tolerate more sun. Anybody have a favorite multi-colored one?

Happy Valentine's day to you all too! What could be wrong about a holiday that features FLOWERS in WINTER!!!

Hey Carri, welcome to the beautiful younger sister of BYC!