yes heard they have health benefits for diabetics i used to eat them a lot at one stage can't say as they made a difference one way or the other, i did a little research i think for the health side you need to prepare them different than just using them in the cooking. yes i ahd no doubt the would be many varieties but the green ones go yellow and at that stage as far as i know had maybe different cullinary uses, had a friend who used to eat the seeds of the ripe one. only ever seen green ones for sale in shops a lot bigger than i could ever grow them. len Here is a link that might be useful: lens garden page

I have Dorper sheep and I love them ; -) I actually have Dorper/St. Coix crosses, but they are high% Dorper. Dorpers are as you probably know, a hair sheep. While they do have a little wool, its not of any real value, and they usually shed out in the summer. They are primarily a meat sheep (and they are quite tasty) I don't eat mine LOL but I have eaten some from a friend, and boy is it some good meat. As a breed they are pretty hardy, and low maint. They seem to stay fat on air LOL I only feed mine when there isn't much grass to graze. If I do feed them, they get the same thing as my horses, a little grain, maybe some coastal hay, or a flake of alfalfa. They don't need much. Although they are pretty parasite hardy, you do need to worm them periodlically, sheep seem to be particularly sensiitve to a parasite load (much more so than my horses I;ve noticed) Dorpers are very friendly and easy going sheep, even the rams seem to be very sensible (at least the ones I've been around. I have 9 head, 8 ewes (that I hope are bred) and a wether. I use my sheep for training for my dogs. I have Border Collies and we compete in sheepdog trials. We're in Texas, so the hair sheep work really well with the intense heat and drought conditions that we have (Dorpers are native to South Africa) Here is my lamb that was born around the first of May, she was HUGE and I think very pretty, typical Dorper, black head, white body. Another ewe, she's a cutie too My Liz, with mom and new baby My Stella, with what we call a 'dog broke' wether. His name is Curly ; -) and he's trained a lot of sheepdogs LOL Good luck with your new sheep! I'm sure you'll love them ; -) now you just need a dog LOL, then you'll be in BIG trouble, talk about addictive! WHoa!

Jackie, Roses Unlimited lists the following for sell in 2014: Ahimsa TM - HT - (my) - 1996 (thornless) Aussie Sixer TM - T - (ab) - 2010 vf Coffee Country TM - FL - (m) - 1998 Dixie Beauty TM - T - (yb) - 2010 f Emina TM - S - (rb) - 2006 Faith Whittlesey TM - T - (w) - 2005 Garnet Crest TM - T - (pb) - 2006 Krishna's Peach TM - T - (ab) - 2007 Manipur Magic TM - CL - (ly) 2005 Naga Belle TM - HT - (dp) - 2006 Pat Henry TM - S - (lp) - 2010 vf Pink Prelude TM - S - (mp) - 2005 Twilight Tryst TM - HT - (m) - 2006 vf Rogue Valley Roses lists the following online: Golden Threshhold - Large Flowered Climber Magic East - Hybrid Tea Silver Dawn Tipu's Flame Nik, I am in a hot and humid climate instead of hot and dry one, so keep that in mind regarding my comments. I have had Aussie Sixer for several years, and last year I added Faith Whittlesey (extremely slow growing for me, but it could just be the spot in which I planted it) and Pat Henry (blooms regularly). Aussie Sixer never seems to be covered in blossoms as a tea rose would be during a flush, but it usually has some flowers at any given time. Although it doesn't give the impression as a heavy bloomer, the number of hips when pruning would indicate that it blooms more than I realize. It has an upright, narrow shape, but that could be partly because the tea roses on either side grew faster than it did. Just arrived from Roses Unlimited last week are Ahimsa, Krishna's Peach and Naga Belle. Naga Belle arrived with three or four large open flowers which were quite pretty. This post was edited by plantloverkat on Wed, May 7, 14 at 19:54

Has anybody heard of From the Forest engineered wood floors? Sounds like they source and processed in Central North America, but looks like they're owned by the same Goodfellow group as Armstrong. I like that it's environmentally friendly (supposedly) and a US product, but what about the durability, reliability, etc? We're specifically looking at the Freedom and Choice lines.