Hello, It sounds like you may have leafhoppers. I've been having a problem with these little green buggers too. I just sprayed mine today with some random insecticide that my father-in-law brought over and I don't know if it was for them but it killed them. Many of my dahlias have severely stunted growth and I don't know if they will recover. I'm hopeful though. Hope that helps. Katy Here is a link that might be useful: Insect Problems for dahlias

"When your body is worn out"..... humm. We don't think it will ever happen to us until it actually heppens, but it sure does happen - it's inevitable. I was hopping around a squash court only about 5 or 6 year ago, but now at 65, getting on a treadmill only for 30 min. daily is a big deal. Once you get over the hill, down slope seems to get increasingly steeper.... ;-( Since we accumulate knowledge and become wiser through experience, it is natural that we pass them on to less experienced people. Or, we may become smart enough to hire people to have them do most of physical labor. There are few more choices I can think of; One is to establish nichey expertise. One good xample is my wife. she is specialized in prunine Japnese maple tree. She mastered it through experience and self-learning, and become a real master. And, she is expensive now. (Come to think of it, she has always been expensive.... haha). Another choice is what I am doing - to introduce something new. If you go and look at this Forum ÂÃ Professional ÂÃ Irrigation ÂÃ Electrolysis Water Agriculture, you will see one project I am introducing now. There are so many things we don't know in this world; every country has its own unique things and method. It is a real fun to introduce new things, and when and if it turns into a business, it would be even better.

LOL Timmy and cearab. I'm glad you could have fun with my play on words;-) I look forward to hearing how to make "Woodchuck sausage." I don't have curbside pick up of debris. In fact, I don't even have garbage pickup. I make a once a week dump run for regular garbage. Our yard waste has to go to an even farther away dump. I do drive up to Va every Sunday in the fall to pick up bagged leaves off the curb. It's about a 45 minute drive to my old neighborhood. I must admit that I sometimes find myself wondering, as I'm opening the bags, just what I might find lurking in them.....So far I haven't found any severed body parts! Thank goodness! I can squish a Japanese Beetle with my bare fingers but I sure couldn't handle finding anyone's fingers!

i'm not a fan. we're putting together a pretty luxe master; double sinks, bain air tub, two commodes and a large walk in shower. the shower has a rain head, massage head and a hand spray. no steam, no body sprays. maybe not so luxe after all? my inlaws have body sprays and yikes ...i HATE them.