Thanks Duchess,we are still researching the soap,we want to tyr using olive oil,in place of animal fat. Up date on hubby: OK, now listen to this,when leaving the emegancy room, they said to put an antibotic cream on the wound,so i did,. The next day, the doctor saud NO,do not use that,i felt really bad, like i did something bad for my husband,i told the doctor they said to use it,but he still said no. Now, this morning when we go in for his check up, they soak it in a salien solution,mixed with peroxide,said to do this and buy this,so i did. The drugest said to never use peroxide,because it kills tissue,he says,did the doctor tell you to use this, i said yes,he said,well, i guess if sai so, but i would never reccomend useing it. No wonder they are so many that end up with an infection,every one we talked to had something different to sayon how to treat this wound,i just feel like screaming! Sorry, i just had to vent,so now i don't know if i should use the peroxide or not.Doctores do not know every thing,this i have found out over years. I will be doing more WSing later today,seedmama is going to do a container count for us,thank you seedmama Carol

One trick for tying up excess nitrogen in over fed situations is to add some sugar as the carbon will allow the bacteria to consume soluble nitrogen and store it as their own biomass. The other method is to leach the pots out a bit. I think once you remove all the old foliage you are probably safe but you could add a spoon of sugar to soil when you water.

Happy Spring! Today as the snow melted, the iris reticulata poked through... And the first crocuses survived the snow I am late with starting seeds. I have snapdragons, violas, calandulas and poppies going so far. More to go.

I purchased 8.5x11 photo paper so I can print photos. I have colored construction paper for printing cute cards. Business cards and return address labels. Get a 3-hole punch for printing recipes & putting in a binder. Now don't forget to go on Ebay and buy extra ink cartridges for this thing. Have fun with it! And yes....an mp3 player is sooooooooooo worth it. The black Friday sales should provide one for about $10, 2mp. You can download lots of free music on the internet...