I think he is a goldfish too.. I was out eyeballing the baby and when he was in the sunshine he had a definite orange cast to his brown, and I couldnt see any barbells on him but of course I didn't get that close to him.

Lime, thanks for the advice. No offence taken, thats why I post here for ideas advice etc, even if sometimes it isn't agreeing with my ideas. I didn't realize caledulas were annuals. I must see the results of re seeding in my sisters garden. But it's nice to know. I planned the lay out quite well, the holly hocks are on the edge of the bed so they will be out of the way. I guess I didn't expect them to get too big this season to worry about it. I didn't plant foxglove. I decided to do it this way thinking this would be the first year of the seedilings, and hoping next spring when they emerge from winter they can be planted out and be somewhat sizeable, but I am not expecting to have full grown plants. The bed is made out of cinder blocks and divided into sections so in the event something does need to be moved it will be a snap. I sowed 3 seeds of each variety, so I could determine % rate of germination, and it is actually an experiment so if it is a great big flop, I still have seeds and can try something else.

Had another one overnight folks! Yes, it is cold here at the moment, -4C last night and all set for another cold one tonight with weekend temps down to -10C. Had the community hatching pot on the windowcill again today as despite the cold, it's been bright and sunny so with a lid on they keep warm and moist. Once the sun goes down I shove 'em back into the airing cupboard for the night! Once they pop I give them as much light as possible, so the twins are now potted individually and are sitting under a lamp in the living room. Gill from the UK.

OMG, this sounds so familiar! I had the most beautiful, 100% complete, dee nest and opened the box to find it FULL of ants! Not fire ants, just common sweet ants. They were not there before the heavy rains came but were all over the inside of the box after two days of rain. My pole is greased (I use axle grease) and the only way ants got into that box was that they were carried in by the dees in the moss. They continued to build during the rain. I sprayed the inside of the box, nest and all, with something called Camicide. I have lovebirds and it is a 100% bird safe product that I've used in my bird room many times so I knew it wouldn't harm the adults. The camicide killed 80 to 90% of the ants but some remained in the nest so I did what I thought had to be done and pulled the nest. I cleaned the box thoroughly, spraying again with Camicide and washing it and they were busy building again the next day. This current nest with the 6 eggs is much smaller than the first but they were in a hurry to lay and couldn't spend more time building. If you can find Camicide, it is safe and does work. In Atlanta you can find it in PET BIRD specialty stores. I buy it at bird fairs. You can also order it on line. BTW, on the bottle it does not mention "ants" as one of the things the spray will kill but I was told on my "lovebird" forum to buy it and it really works very well. I've sprayed it in my lovebirds cages with them inside the cages at the time. There are two types of Camicide spray, one is used inside or out and is SAFE for birds. The others is for outside use only and isn't safe for birds.