I came to this post late, but I have enjoyed each and every one of these dreams immensely. Eduarda, your dream sounds a lot like like Huntington Gardens in San Marino, CA, right down to the tea room. It's a huge place, with art galleries, a research library, a rose garden, and themed gardens from different parts of the world. I love going there. It's not free; the admission is a bit steep, but it's well worth the visit, if you ever come this way. Lorinscott, have you considered those doggy suppliments that take the burn out of dog urine? I have a friend who uses the pill form for her little dog, and she swears by them. Her lawn is perfectly green. I haven't tried them because my poochie already takes two prescriptions, but you could ask your vet about them. I don't think they're expensive. cziga, I'm aiming towards the Secret Garden with my cottage/potager. It's isolated behind my garage, and I think of it as my special "hiding" place. I ofen fantasize about owning a hobby farm/bed and breakfast combination. A place that has a homey restaurant (and pub) supplied by the gardens outside, where people could come to escape for a weekend. It would be a fantasy place, like it popped right out of the Shire. It would have acreage with hiking trails, and it would be a real working farm with animals, but it would also be quaint with a fairybook quality to it. I know it's not practical at all, but I often think of it.

Thanks rthummer, Yes, that's the kind of pain I'm talking about. I wonder if they make seats out of that gel stuff they use in shoe inserts? lol! That would help alot! My knee still yells out every once in a while, but I finally got rid of the constant pain and limping. It made me realize that with my fibromyalgia, anything I have done will hurt alot more and alot longer than "normal" people, but that eventually it gets well. It was GREAT walking without pain again! Thanks! :)

Here to the T5 and then to a 600 watt metal halide full spectrum, with mylar. I have experience with indoor lights. I was only going to grow it as an annual and save cuttings, but you can cut them to a stump and they'll still leaf out. I need a heated greenhouse. Apple of Sodom? Well, if they were eating them that would explain their rude behavior. It would be worse than eating artichoke silk.They do really use the sap for poison arrows. No fire and brimstone wilt come nigh my house! Here's a log of a member growing Calotropis from seed. She has since mysteriously dissapeared. And she's from Arkansas! It's good you kept the Impatiens. https://www.gardenweb.com/discussions/4453958/growing-calotropis-procera-from-seed

For a custom house, I agree, there is much to be desired with this plan, but the owner is okay with it. Bottom line is this is absolutely true. I do know that when I drive up or walk up to my house, it always puts a smile on my face because my house does not look or feel run of the mill or like a tract house, but feels like it's been part of my neighborhood for 100 years, which is what I wanted. I smile because my interior and exterior, including the way the house and garden are sited on the lot are a cohesive whole and work together. I know that when I walk through my house, I am constantly smiling because my layout is expansive with little wasted space and it has an excellent flow. I smile because in every closet I can easily reach every corner. I smile because my mudroom can easily handle multiple people entering at the same time and my staircase doesn't take up a huge amount of my floor plan. I smile because my kitchen has windows on 2 walls and the dining area adds a third wall with windows and because of that I only have to turn lights on at night. I smile because my kitchen is designed so that no one can walk through my work zone to get to another part of my house. Between my kitchen and dining area? Yes, but my kitchen is safely designed to be self contained. I smile because all three of my bedrooms do not share walls with one another so there's no sharing of noises. I smile because all three bedrooms (actually one doubles as my studio) have windows on at least 2 walls to let in lots of natural light. And I smile because my south facing balcony into my living room and dining area is not so deep that light doesn't penetrate it. In summer yes, it only gets filtered light (but still gets light from the north windows) but in winter, the warming sun warms those rooms on cooler days.