"That was amazing!! It could only have been better in person!!" It was. :))) There was so much to see that I'd have been surprised if your web site shots included many of my own favorites. You did get LOTSA DOTS...and so did I LOL. I liked it so much that I ordered it from Faith. I ordered one other as well, DARK DRAGON, a double by Pat Bennett. I thought DD was very eye-catching, very unusual -- dark red with a gold throat. And the plant was loaded with scapes and buds. BTW, that clump of Jim Murphy's LOTSA DOTS was runner up for the Wente Award (more formally, The Dr. John Wente Award), for the best clump. Back to the garden...others I especially liked were BLACK PEARL, an oldie from 1963; HONEY CRUNCH CUPCAKE, one of Tim Herrington's cute doubles in his "cupcake" series; LOLA BRANHAM, which was huge and stunning; and a couple more of Emma Chandler in addition to the one in the photo--MEMPHIS INSOMNIAC and TALLAHATCHIE QUEEN. I'm pretty sure the Bange garden was also where I saw one stunning clump of red daylilies after another....Pat Cochenour's MYSTIC PIZZA (I highly recommend this one), Jamie Gossard's WAYNE FELGAR (ditto), and an amazing clump of HOLLY DANCER, proving once again that you don't have to have the newest daylily to enjoy a really spectacular display in the garden. In fact, I'm pretty sure both the Cochenour and the Warrell got lots of votes for the award for best red (Serge Rigaud Award).

Nice list of greens. I've done bok choi and it grows like a charm veilchen- do you have raised beds? In Portland the ground is warm and was dry as a bone. I do have some peas left in the packet and also I started growing some inside as an experiment- some are in a hanging planter which will go on the deck and some are in seed trays-to trade or transplant- they are a couple of inches tall. yesterday before the rain I prepared our pumpkin mounds. someone said to build the mound, lay down black weed block to heat up the mound, cover it all with dirt and before planting throw on the compost and cut through the weed block? it's a home owners special! sadly I discovered that our lawn is covered with grubs! yuck and I've read all the treatments and am not thrilled with any of them. I may try the tobacco one as that seems the least invasive, cheapest, and easiest. our neighbors just had a company come put something on the grass. I asked the kid what was in it and he really didn't know- its to kill crabgrass but with this rain we are sure to get some of it on our side and our veggie garden is pretty close (it is a raised bed) do you think I should be worried????

Most of the time I wake up before my 5:30 AM alarm goes off. Up, turn on the TV, and the computer, get dressed, read email and the paper online while eating breakfast. Then, peek in here at the KT, and on facebook, and get ready to go to work. If I ride my bike I leave the house 15 minutes earlier than if I drive. I work till 1:30 PM officially, but most times don't get out till after 2:00 I return to my bed after the 10:00 PM news and start the whole fun scenario again. :) Moni

You may get many different opinions which would all probably work as fig plants are pretty resilient. As you mentioned you already moved it to a cooler location personally i think thats fine until weather breaks and you can do the fig shuffle with it . Next season when time to go dormant if you have a attached garage it wise to sit plant on cement floor and up against the wall that attaches to home , for peace of mind a cardbaord sleeve covering the whole thing (its young) and water very very minimal during that time just too keep the roots from drying out as your doing so well now. You would be surprised at the dormant temps ours see in our winters but these are larger older plants in 30 gallon containers mostly. Martin