uhh my humidifier makes my room stink because i have an old carpet and if i dont run the fan it makes my room smell mildewy because the air becomes stagnant. Its a brand new humidifier and i bleach and scrub it regularly F.Y.I. Is My rep as a vendor basher here in your opinion or multiple peoples opinion? and if thats the case then i may need to fix something. besides my conditions are fine my plants are fine and blooming Just for the record i simply stated that ive had an issue with that plant in the past and that the humidity is not quite high enough to maintain bud development for my ang. leonis. if you don have any info about my post and you only want to tell me that my conditions are "Highly Unstable" write it to me in my email, not here because it only comes off as you being mean. and it is completly irrelevent to this post. im sorry If i come off as vendor bashing and ill do my best to watch more closely how my posts sound. besides you personally dont know how many times ive dealt with any vendor. and i have only posted about 2 plants in serious trouble and thats not bad no one is perfect. you are not being nice i am asking you one simple favor please if you dont have anything nice to say to me or anyone else dont say it you are making me wish i never came here for help in the first place you dont make me feel like i should grow orchids un les i have "perfect conditions like yours!" im sorry that i havent been growing for 10 years but i know alot and everyone has had humidity issues ans vendor issues not just me. so why do you seem to focus your meanness on my posts? i think im going to leave here for good if that will make you happy because im done trying to make peole happy:'( im sorry but i should not have to defend myslef and my abilities as someone who loves and cherishes his opportunity to grow the best plants on earth and love is all you need to grow any plant. thts what i have and my plants are fine Mehita bel thank you for your help that i can actually use and it was nice hearing from you too! Here we are all on a quest to give our orchids the best condiditons we can and we each have our own unique probs accordding to our conditions my happens to be humidity. Samuel Now

WHen I was a tiny girl there was an old Dr W Van FLeet rose blooming out in the middle of one of our pastures. It was supported by a timber framework in the shape of a box and spilled out so huge around me as a tiny 3 yr old. PArtly I remember because I have a photo of my 5 yr old brother and myself in front of it, but I really think I remember the sense of wonder at its thousands of blossoms as gently pink and fragrance as a new baby's skin. Later, when Dad sold the work horses and bought a tractor he moved the roses to an area along a creek that ran through a grove of seedling damson plums. As a teenager, it was my special get away place, just out of sight of the house if one sat down the bank near the water, which babbled along over the stones. THe plum trees were magic in spring when they were a cloud of pale pink, then followed by the rose, which must have climber huundreds of feet through the trees. I can still remember looking up at the puffy clouds moving through the blue sky and thinking the pale fragrant roses were among the most beautiful things on earth! And yes, I have one now that I started as a cutting from a friend's mother after Dad purposely killed the rose and cut down the plum trees. (He was a farmer who fought "wilderness") Mine has filled the fence and now mingles with the grapevine and really needs to be tamed, but when it blooms I am in touch with the little girl still in me 60 years later!

There were 23 FEMA lots in New Hartford after the flood of 2008 ... people in these homes could either not afford to rebuild or have enough insurance to rebuild or just gave up on another flooded home...it means they took a 'buy-out' from FEMA ...so those lots can never be built on again...this was a 500-yr flood & affected many homes that never ever have flooded...but many of those that took the buy-out had flooded before ...but not on the main levels like this 2008 flood! So, when FEMA buys you out ...say like $25,000 or something I think may have been an avg (I don't know for sure)...then it becomes property of the city but cannot be built on to live in or have a business. The lots we are restoring have been this Vets Memorial, 4 Season Perennial Garden, Town Square Gazebo lot & a Community Gardens lot. We have written grants, raised money ...many of it donations & that's how we are doing it...we are wearing down as it is many retired people working long & hard...but we promised our community that we would have the 3 lots done by 1st week of June for the local yearly 'Beaver Creek Days.' It's all very worthwhile to all of us & brings a sense of pride back into the community. Thanks for asking, luvs & I appreciate all the comments from you 'Holiday-ers!' Jeanne S.

I brought back truffle oil, garden seeds, olive oil and wine. Italian seed packets are huge. Also, they add nothing to the weight and bulk of your luggage. The olive oil and wine were from a vineyard/olive grove tour. Four bottles were packaged for travel. Bologna is the main objective for my next trip to Italy. From what I've learned, it has the food I would most enjoy in all of Italy. That should be quite wonderful, since all the food I ate on my trip to the region around Florence was wonderful. For a month after that trip, I tried to duplicate those dishes on a daily basis. I did quite well for a while but now the memory needs refreshing. I need another trip. Mementos to bring home would be a low priority for me. The live experience is what's important -- the meals, the wine, the sights, the creature comforts which are abundant and essential to Italian life. They can't be packaged. The glass and pottery are beautiful though. I would probably shop for one of those serving bowls. Also, Italian shoes are the finest. Have a great trip. Jim