Do you still have day lilys to trade?I have a few to trade. I have pardon me,summerwine,so lovely,prophet,sammy rusell, franz hal,calgerystampead,matt,mauna loa,little buisness,kents favorite,blackeyed stellas,red ribbons,butter popcorn,nagasaka,becon light,happy returnes,and farmers daughter.Also lots of stellas.I am interested in barn owl,all american baby,etched in gold,country fair wind,fashion bug,wild mustang,beyond thunder dome,designer jeans,gental shepard,jump start,lemon parchment and maiden bliss. PAT

Lou: I have a pretty good idea as to how you felt on Monday. I underestimate how hard these jobs will be and how long they will take. Planting 50 small trees and seedlings sounds like a snap - until you do it. I've read articles that say a person can plant a seedling in a couple of minutes, but that's not been my experience. The articles also don't mention land prep ahead of time, carrying water, and mulching the seedlings. If my memory is correct, you are planting your seedlings on land that doesn't have a convenient source of water yet, so that makes your job more difficult. I am planting where I live so I had a few conveniences - a well and 1,000 feet of hose. I need to develop a watering system so I don't have to drag the hose to water new trees, drag it away to mow, then drag it back to water. I have a riding mower and got a little trailer for less than $100. The trailer helped because I can carry shovels, mattock, a few buckets of water or mulch, or few small trees. The land is bumpy so half of the water spilled out of the buckets. I shifted to 5 gallon water jugs - they work much better. It was a very long, hot, tedious process - thank goodness for ibuprofen. Bottom line: it will take longer than you expect and when you finish, you'll feel it.The good news is that the pain passes in a couple of days, just in time for you to plant the next batch of seedlings. I hope you have good weather this weekend. I can't start yet because we've had so much rain, everything is soaked, so I need to wait. Jan -early April tends to be very wet here so I don't know how much longer I'll have to wait. I hope all goes well this weekend. Take care, Pam

I'm bringing 20-24 hotdogs, buns, kraut, mustard, ketchup, onion and relish for lunch. Tony, what the heck is your last name. I'm old and my memory .. uh ... memory...uh ... now what was I asking - oh yeah, memory sometimes fails me. I'm bringing your Canary Island palm. Wayne Smith, I'm bring your 2 EEs and Turk's Cap. Anything else? BTW, did you ever live in Tarrant? Have I missed anything I promised or anyone? I'm also bringing a few well rooted brugs. Look at my list !!!! - Terry

Well, I heard back from the lady I thought might be able to help you find the perfect tray, but I think it might be a bust. She located three trays she said are very close to your inspiration pic, one 24 inches and the other 25 inches and around $650-750. Bad part, they are new. :( The other she found is 31 inches and circa 1850, sounds perfect, right? Then I heard the price, $6500. Had to pick my jaw up of the floor and think that the 1st Dibs tray is looking especially good now, even though I already thought it was a cool piece. By the way, did you see the marble tray in the WSJ this weekend? Probably not what you want since you have an inspiration room with a great silver tray, but what a great piece. Anyway, good luck with your continued search. Hope you have success this week in NYC.