Hi, Nancy: I knew at link was to chimeras. It's was because 'Pony Ride,' 'Circus Boy' and 'Pixie Runaround (Sport)' look identical (even the foliage) that I was questioning them. Healthy-looking plants, though. I collected old photos and postcards of German Shorthaired Pointers for the book I am writing. I used to send emails to people who id'd the wrong breed as Shorthairs and, like Jen, several have become really good "friends" and still send me scans to help them get the right doggie id which = more $$$ :-) I was more irked with those who identify fantasies as chimeras. One seller labelled a couple of trailers as "chimeras" but in the body of the auction gave the description with the blooms correctly id'd as "fantasy." What made me even think about this was a newbie friend who didn't know any better and bought a "chimera" from someone on eBay; it was a fantasy. To give this seller credit, she honestly didn't know the terms aren't interchangeable and was appreciative when I emailed her ~ nicely :-) ~ and sent her to the AVSA web site with the names of some chimeras and some fantasies so she could see the difference. She tried to refund the $$ but my friend was so happy with the plant she refused it. Back to potting up my trailers! Enjoy the weekend. Linda

If your emitters are failing: 1. Keep your drip heads above your mulch to keep the dirt out. 2. If it is a new system, flush the lines before installing the dripper heads. I have installed about 1000' of 1/2" tubing and another 1500' of 1/4" tubing to my approximately 800 dripper heads. A rather large system on four zones. Three years ago (first year), I had two dozen or so failures, but I didn't keep the heads off the ground. Now I do, and failures do not occur. Then again, I also switched manufacturers for the replacements, but the original ones not replaced are still doing fine. I use 1/2, 1, and 2 gph drippers, they all work equally well. I also had used a soaker hose, the 1/4" kind with a hole every foot or so. NOT!!! The holes clog and was totally ineffectual. I pulled almost all of it out, I have a few sections that are still working, but they are only watering very xeric plants that get enough water if even 2/3 of the holes were clogged. My system uses cistern water (10,000 gal tank buried in the front yard, water pulled out with a shallow-well pump), so hardness isn't a problem. The pump puts out 30-60 psi, I do not reduce it, and the only time an emitter has blown off it has been because of operator error. If you are using well water, then you may be getting sand and junk inside your lines clogging your emitters. Install a filter and you should be in business. Incidentally, I live at 7000' just east of Albuquerque, and the area around my house looks like a dense jungle of nothing but native plants with penstemons (at least 8 varieties), coneflower, chocolate flower, hyssops, yarrow, yucca, golden currant, sand cherry, salvias, thymes (non-native, but I wanted the groundcover), sumacs, and at least 20 other native species, all irrigated by emitters. Wouldn't do it any other way! Scott

Actually, what really irritates me is when people have a subject line of "A Kitchen Question" or "Help", because, this is a kitchen forum, obviously it's a kitchen question, and if you're asking a question, obviously you want help!! Similarly, I regularly check craigslist "Free" items, and I am equally annoyed when the subject line is "Free". DUH! A general request to the world: Have subject lines that give readers some idea of the content inside! Otherwise I won't bother opening "A Kitchen Question", unless I'm really, really, really bored. Carla in Sac

Thanks, Angie, I'll look again because I missed it the first time around. Still can't figure out why these suddenly reappeared. drachiele, I stated that I understand the need for ads. I know this isn't a charity. However, this type of ad isn't only annoying, it affects me negatively. Excessive visual stimuli - a category these fall into - cause my chronic disease symptoms to flair up. They have the right to make money but I have the right to protect my health.