Thanks. I don't know what variety the roses are...I lost the tags a while ago. That's an Endless Summer hydrangea, the most successful hydrangea I've grown. It blooms on old and new wood. I'm really impressed with the new double wave petunia as well...what a beauty! The pictures were supposed to have captions describing what everything is...I guess I need to work on that. In my small vegetable patches I'm growing: Zucchini, swiss chard, B-sprouts, peppers, cucumbers and tomatoes. I have a few Earth Box's with some more tomatoes. I figure if I plant enough of them, the critters might just leave some for me!

Catching a snake is frustrating and time consuming if you are sitting out there waiting for it to come out of it's hole. You can't sit quietly enough to keep it from knowing you are there. They hunt by detecting heat and vibrations. The easiest way is to use the normal behavior of a snake to get it to go where you want. Snakes like warm dark places so you can lay out a paper bag ( a pillow case will be too bright, a burlap sack will do fine) with an opening arranged so the snake can go inside. Wire or a frame of some sort will help keep it open but the object is to create a dark cave. If there is no sun to make the bag warm put a heating pad under it. The snake eventually will go inside, curl up and go to sleep. Then you can scoop up the bag at the open end, twist it a couple of times and tie it off. Twilight is a good time as is noon. Those are times the snake finds a place to nap. Put the snake, bag and all in a garbage can with a snug lid. They can get out of anything that is shorter than a standard garbage can. The advantage to this is you don't have to chase it and it won't be injured and you won't get hurt either. Sandy

i was out there saturday from 1:00-8 and sunday 8:30-8:30. today 2-6:30. sons got to go to boyscouts so I had to come in and feed him. I am starting to think I have a compulsive gardening disorder. seriously. I can't stop! i can't get enough plants. I worked the master gardner plant sale in our county and came home with plants, went to a nursery i had never been to before "totally awesome" i bought plants. of course it was just stuff i didnt have seeds to winter sow. this year I will. Tanya

Did you get message rejected when you started a new thread? Did you have a title in the subject line? I've never had a message rejected because my photo coding was wrong. It happens to me for 3 reasons: 1. when you reply to a thread too soon after posting a comment. Go back to your message and type something different in the subject line, hit preview, then hit submit. 2. when you didn't type anything in the subject line. Go back and type something in the subject line, hit preview, then hit submit. 3. when you put something in the "Optional Link URL" box but didn't type anything in the "name of the Link" box. Go back, type something in the box, hit preview, then submit. You are NOT posting your pic in the "Optional Link URL" box. You should be pasting it into the "Mesage" box along with your typed words.