Betty, it seems your husband fell hard for the man-bait here in the garden ... red roses and HTs. :) Your first rose looks like Climbing Dainty Bess. That's probably Grandma's Yellow at its feet. The other two roses are Elina (who is probably sitting on her label) and Mr. Lincoln (who I forgot to tag when I planted it last year). If your husband wants these, do what I did and order them this fall from Pickering or Palatine. Have them delivered in late March or early April. Rhode Island Red is a gorgeous color, and it blooms modestly all season long. It's not the most vigorous of plants here, which would make it a good candidate for a smaller structure ... I think. As with any roses, sun, water, and fertilizer are the most pressing needs. I add fungicide to the list, to try to help my roses keep as many of their leaves as possible. (It's on my propagation list for next year's crop. I'll put you down for one.) I'm glad everyone got to see the garden when they did, because the heat has fried most of the blooms that remained. In addition, the weeds are growing completely out of control ... and you have a recipe for the perfect summer mess in the rose garden. Most visitors see beyond the faults that bug me, and I'm glad. I want my garden to look its best when visitors come, and I guess this is the as good as it will get for a few weeks. Connie Here is a link that might be useful: Garden blog

SORRY Ken!!! When I read your post on the discussion side I responed that I have the same set up you do so that may be why we haven't been able to get together !!! I can e-mail others but not all so we'll get it taken care of and I can't wait to see my new darling! I will e-mail you tomorrow I promice. monConnie

Nope I missed it! National Geographic did open up a hornets nest with that one! LOL Lots of peeps po'd! They need to come in the summer time, not winter. Everyone hunkers down for the winter and true not a lot going on in the rural towns. Bigger ones there is though! I laughed about ND never experiencing a earthquake til now! Life is simple here, but good inspite of the cold! As long as my family is here I could never move. And you all know how I feel about COLD! Bwaahahaha Thanks for posting this Leslie!

Thanks, Connie. I just bought black beans. I changed your recipe a little more, hope you don't mind. I used ground turkey instead of the beef. I also had some blue organic corn chips so used those for about half of the casserole bottom. Used a taco sauce packet, a small can of tomatoes with lime and cilantro and a bigger one of Fire Roasted tomatoes with garlic. I wanted some fresh cilantro but our Kroger store didn't have any. I also used low fat Mexican "mix" cheese along with a little real Kraft sharp cheddar. Everything else is the same. I hope it turns out ok, it's in the oven now. I made Alex some chili mac and he was eyeing my casserole. He liked the way it looked up until I put the sour cream on it. Lauren comes home tomorrow so she can help me eat the rest.