Let's see that would be AT daylilies....some days! Rick, you are so sweet! Thank you! I try to do them like I would like to read/see...meaning, tell me/show me some things that I wouldn't otherwise know (like how early you have to get up...lol!). Hi Kathy: I don't have the answer, except I do know around here...they are commonly sold for planting like that...either in a mixed container or for you to make one with. I've never had one to grow as you describe, lucky you (!), but you are in Florida, after all. They might actually be closer (Houston folks), climate wise, to you. One garden especially (I'll get to it....it'll be the last one) had a lot of tropical plants in it. I heard one of our bus captains say (after being asked...I'll probably write about this because it is a bit more involved and pretty interesting) that the garden was probably only 10-15 miles from the Gulf. Thank you! Hello Debra, I'm trying! Thank you for the kind words. Stay tuned, there were some really interesting things in some of the gardens (non plants!)....they were great! I like to look for things I haven't seen before or that I find unusual/interesting/creative/different. Gardeners are such interesting/neat folks! Chris....you might be kidding, but you are closer to the truth than you know! Lol! I take...excessive....photos. My DH keeps telling me that I don't have to take three of the same thing...but, geez, you never know, right! We won't talk about the two very huge memory cards (or whatever they're called) that I took...and used...and the fact that I had to drag out my point and shoot to get my prized picture of Jack Carpenter receiving the Stout Medal (yes! Just wait!)...because I had exhausted my new camera. Hehe. Thanks you guys! Be patient with me...it takes me a while, but I'm almost done playing with the pictures from the second garden. I'll try to get them up this weekend.

Becky, Congratulations! Isn't it fun when you get to start seeing the fruits of your labor? For cabbage loopers, the easiest solution is to spray the plants with Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt)'Kurstaki'. It is a bacteria that specifically kills caterpillars. You spray it on the plants they are chewing holes in, they ingest it as they eat, they get sick and die within a day or so. The nice thing about it is that it only targets caterpillars. The bad thing about it is that it targets caterpillars that might otherwise turn into butterflies, too, so use it carefully. You can find it pretty much anywhere that sells pesticides (including places like Wa-Mart or Lowe's or Home Depot), and there are many different brands. Look for something labeled Thuricide, Dipel, Caterpillar-Killer, Bio-trol, etc. and read the active ingredient list to make sure it contains Bt. (For future reference, there are other forms of Bt that kill other pests, including Bt "Israelensis" which targets mosquito larvae in water and Bt 'San Diego' which targets Colorado Potato Beetles and other leaf-chewing beetles.) With tomatoes, it is hard to give an "average", but usually you will have ripe fruit within about 7 weeks of the appearance of blossoms. There is wide variation, though, since some tomatoes (like Early Girl) produce fruit roughly 53 to 57 days from transplantation, and others, like Brandywine, take 90 days or longer. Also, the widely quoted Days to Maturity (DTM) for tomatoes are averages only, and I have found that many tomatoes produce ripe fruit in fewer days in our hot climate than in cooler climates. Determinates seem to bloom anywhere from a little later to a lot later, but yours should have blooms by mid-June if your Early Girls have already bloomed. Most of my determinates already have fruit and flowers, but I planted a lot earlier than y'all did. About the Swiss Chard and lettuce......Swiss Chard produces well in the summer, and in general, lettuce doesn't do well after temps are regularly exceeding 85 degrees, although a few kinds are more heat tolerant than others. So, don't take it too hard if the lettuce peters out in the heat....that is typical. Keeping it very well watered and shading it a bit can help prolong its' life. I am glad things are going so well in the garden. Hope your weekend was terrific and that you have a great Memorial Day too. Dawn

Brrrr Medo! His job sounds cold. You'd better watch out, I wouldn't be surprised if you get our weather. I don't really know for sure how the weather patterns go here yet, but sometimes it heads your way... When I lived in Montana, most times when we had major weather changes, about a week later it would get to my mom in Vermont. Once in a while, when I was in MT and DH was in Alaska, I could follow it from AK to MT then on to VT! (well, it can always be followed, but I don't REALLY pay that much attention) The weather guys didn't really predict the snowfall, they said "flurries". Just north of us about 5 mi got about 20". South Colorado Springs got none I guess. We were sunny and in the 40's today, and it supposed to be 60 tomorrow...

You probably missed it because I did it as soon as the date changed after midnight. It had probably slipped down the list by the time you were looking for it.