Hey Jerry! The funny thing is that I use the gritty mix and they still died. I am not sure how long they can dry out for before a next watering. I can't get it right. I either may have let them get too dry and then when watered, the roots were dead before hand. Or, the temps were just too cold at 55 degrees and the mix that cold with moisture did them in. I hope I get it this year. Yours is very very nice. My ZZ plant did great in the same enviroment along with all my other plants. I think it would of been too cold for my Jades, even with any type of watering they would of required, so I kept those warm and under lights last year and they did great. Mike:-)

Kirk: I'm just getting to write to you about that "best Garage Sale ever !" The best part was you took your daughter.. the together. fantastic.. the icing on that cake really.. was that you and daughter had fun.. and helped the person who was having the sale.. Truly it is fun to buy treasures... But you all know Giving it away ( although I might not do enough of that - I try) but really the JOY OF GIVING IS G R E A T and I can just picture that lady getting so much pleasure seeing YA'LL having so much F U N and also the fact that she knew that her T R E A S U R E S now had found a new home with the perfect family to love them and treasure them and then pass them on along.!! Keep up the teaching and keep up the quality family time P>S> Your little daughter is A DOLL (not a scarecrow - but she is the cutest one I've ever seen.. doesn't scare me !) tee hee ! God Bless You and God Bless Your Family! And Thank God America has Good Quality.. I mean to say F A N T A S T I C.... Teachers like you !! I'm a better person since I am getting to know you ! Grammie Jean susiesunshine

I'm not really encouraged my next week's weather predictions. It looks okay for the central & southern Rockies but too cool and rainy up here: Those are predicted rainfall amounts during the early part of the week. We have snow melt flooding of the rivers right now but, that isn't my gardening concern. The amount of cloud cover and cool temperatures may make hardening-off of plants from the greenhouse difficult. High temperatures on thru the week show that we will just break 60F for highs. The biggest problem for me is that the greenhouse is overflowing!! Overflow means - overflow. I need to get things outdoors or they are left in the shade under benches or in the garage. Having the older tomatoes in the unheated tunnel last night has me on pins & needles this morning. It was colder than predicted & windier than predicted: with 35F & gusts above 25mph . . . I'm still scared to open the door even with the sunrise! Om Mani Padme Hung. May all beings remain free from suffering and the causes of suffering . . . Steve

Posted by parsonse (My Page) on Fri, Jul 27, 12 at 11:46 Congrats dutty!!! I hope things dry out quickly for you so you can hit the ground running soon! Energy rater, we're in Murfreesboro, TN, about 30 miles east of Nashville. My husband and I are both from this area and since we're building on property that's been in the family for 30+ years, we don't plan on ever selling so yes, we are investing in doing what we can to make this house as energy efficient and tight as possible within our budget. If that means I don't have cabinets installed in the mud/laundry room right away, then so be it! Closing is this afternoon followed by a meeting with the builder and excavator to situate the house on the lot so we can pour footings next week! Hoping to be in by Christmas... Hello Parsonse, I am located a couple of exits down from you off the Sam Ridley exit. Where exactly are you building in Murf. and with what builder?