I recently acquired one of these charming little plants and found the following information on various pages on the Net. I'm hoping I'll have decent luck with it ! Hope some or any of what I found is helpful to anyone else trying to grow it. Hope also the information I have copied here doesn't take up too much space. Cultivation Details. Requires a light well-drained soil in semi-shade and shelter from cold winds. Plants are intolerant of excessive winter wet. A prostrate mat-forming plant that forms roots at the nodes of stems, it grows well in a rock garden in areas where frosts are light and short-lived. It is almost hardy in Britain, merely covering it with a pane of glass in the winter is usually ample protection. Propagation Seed - sow in spring in a shaded part of a cool greenhouse or cold frame. When they are large enough to handle, prick the seedlings out into individual pots and grow them on in a lightly shaded position in the greenhouse for at least their first winter. Plant them out into their permanent positions in late spring or early summer, after the last expected frosts. Consider giving the plants some protection from the cold for their first winter outdoors. Division in spring. NERTERA Granadensis, also known as Nertera Depressa Origin - mountain regions of Central/South America, New Zealand, Tazmania Family - Rubiaceae Care Tips Will not bear much fruit if too warm or not enough light. Cool sunny position or south facing windowsill ideal. Can go outdoors in sheltered spot for summers. Keep moist throughout spring and summer, allow to dry between waterings in autumn, winter. Feed monthly with weak fertilizer spring/summer until berries begin forming. Zones 9b - 11. Nertera granadensis - ( Mutis ex L.f.) Druce Family: Rubiaceae Common names: Bead Plant, Pin Cushion Plant, Coral Bead Plant Origin: South America, New Zealand and Tasmani Flowering: Summer - White Height: 10cm (4in.) Width: 4 cm (2in.) Culture Information: Indoor Plant Photo from Australian National Botanic Gardens Photographer: Totterdell C - ANBG Photo No.: a.11109 Remarks: Nertera granadensis is grown for it's orange round bead like fruits it produces in autumn. Temperature: They make excellent indoor plants in cooler climates, they require cool tempertures to produce flowers usually around 10-12°C (52-56°F) Light: Place in a semi-shaded position Watering: During the spring and summer keep plant moist at all times. In autumn and winter allow plant to dry almost out between watering. Humidity: This plant need high humidity to flower. Propagation: Seed should be sown early spring (kept at a temp above 18ºC / 64ºF) Care&Tips: Best if planted in a "gritty" open soil mix which retains moisture. They are not hardy plant and are not recommended for beginners Vase life: not applicable Hydroponics: plant is suitable...

For Memorial Day coming up - how about a 4 X 4 piece of styofoam, about an inch thick or so, covered in green tissue paper, using sewing pins to secure it either on the sides or underneath and then sticking a small USA Flag on a stick in the styofoam and covering the base with glued on flowers. You can get several types of faux floral bouquets at Walmart for about $1 a piece and pull the separate flowers off each stem - or using wire cutters, cut the separate flowers/buds off with some of the stem still on it for easy insertion into the tissue paper covered styrofoam. Maybe add a small round tag and/or small rectangular shipping label (get them at Walmart or Staples office supply store) with words written on it - "We Will Always Remember" - "We Will Never Forget" on one side and "Thank You" on the back using red and blue markers. Tie the tag onto the flag stick or tie it to a separate floral pick and insert it into the styrofoam. Maybe a Star colored in red or blue on one side of the tag. Sal

You can get those Sterilite drawers to go on the lower shelves. Or save up and buy drawers to go in bookcases (www.shelvesthatslide.com). I prefer drawers, usually--like Marge, I can remember what is where--even to whether it's in the front or the back. And I like the visual calm. But, since you have the pegboard, maybe you can make SMALL use of it--in other words, don't put EVERYTHING on it. I only really have office stuff and sewing stuff, so I'm going to use them as examples; think of how OFTEN you use things, whether they're part of a "set" when you use them, and also what size and SHAPE they are (for example, in sewing the transfer paper and the marking wheel get used together, although they're such different sizes that I don't store them together; the wheel goes in the tools box, and the transfer paper stores on the side of the cabinet by itself) I'd put scissors, ruler, hole punch on hooks. I'd have a short, shallow shelf about 6 inches above the work surface to perch the tape, stapler, and maybe glue or other stuff I grab often. I'd have one of those basket things for stuff like pin cushion, tape measure. They're more likely to fall off a shelf, so I'd want them more contained. Then, for stuff I use less often, say rubber stamps and stamp pad, I'd put those 8" shelves off to the side and up a little bit (kitchen-cabinet height, so I can reach them when I stand), and buy photo boxes to put them in. Just because you have a wall full of pegboard, don't think you have to hang every tool on it. It'll be easier, I'd bet, to just have a few things out. But using those accessories (esp. the shelf brackets) can make it really easy to put up shelves wherever you want. Esp. if those cabinets are hard to reach when you stand up at the desk. And I *do* like the idea of getting a bigger basket that you designate for "current project"--say you're doing a scrapbook, and you want rubber stamps and a certain set of paper. You get that stuff out of the cabinets and off the shelves, and spread it out on your workspace. Some of it gets in the way, so you stick it up in the basket--handy to reach, but UP. When you stop for the day, you decide you want the work surface clear, so you stash it there. Then, if you need to sit at the desk and sew on a button, your current project isn't in the way, but isn't lost either. (Of course, you do have to put all that stuff away when the project is done....there would be my problem)

ROFLOL, Alice...they were taking you to the fake eyes, not the eyelets!!! This whole line of card creating stuff was new to the stores this fall, so maybe your store has not been stocked yet. In my store, it was on a free-standing display in the main aisle near the Sizzix die-cuts, then a whole huge wall section near the scrapping aisle and the picture frames. I could not believe all the stuff! I did find some great packs of little metal charms in matched theme sets...meant for cards, but perfect for making wine glass charms and cheaper than the official "wine glass" ones. It is so true to shop all the aisles to compare products & prices. I remember a post on another board where a girl got those skeleton leaves for half the price in the floral department than the packaged ones in the rubber stamp department!