Xuan - I would be happy to send you a few seeds! I have two pods on Limona so far... I have promised to trade some with Dizzy, but I think there will be enough to share with you, as well... I will let you know when they are ripe, and we can arrange something... I have several flowers bred, and should have a few more varieties to breed soon... I still have lots of bulbs growing scapes, and I plan to breed everything! Since I know that Limona is a fertile plant, I know that I will get more seeds from it next year, too! Elizabeth - I have one seed pod ripening on Exotic Star so far... all the others aborted. I've had a lot of breedings abort, but I understand that there will be lots of failures, as well as a few successes... Mother Nature has her reasons for what she does, and we must abide by her decisions! The more I think about it, the more I believe I should make more self breedings, as these seem to take much better! Plus, the ensuing seeds will be offspring, and not necessarily exactly like the parent plant! If you got a late start, then you will have flowers after all mine have faded! I would love to see some pictures of yours! Please do post when your bulbs bloom!

I wouldn't be so concerned if it wasn't so still and clear. I brought the rooting ones which were on the front walkway basking in the warm sun into the garage. They are in between the fridge and car so there should be some supplemental warmth without a mat. The ones in the ground are just going to have to tough it out. I covered up all the smalls with a large tarp to just keep cold air from settling on them. I'll check the temp at 5am and make the call about starting a fire in the fire pit. That has been my last resort in the past and makes about a 10 degree difference within about 30 feet of the pit.

The BER likely pre-dated the free 3-inch rainfall. In other words, take a close look at how you're irrigating to determine why it isn't adequate.

We are in Baltimore County- over the city line by so little I can see it! I have hear that inspections in the city are a PITA. She did finally show up today, but too late for them to put the drywall up today. They installed my salvage wood floor that I have had stashed away for a couple of years. It is dirty, but it looks fabulous! They really did an amazing job beauase it turns out that the boards are about 1/16th-1/32 smaller in width than the existing floor, so it was not a simple install. They are hoping to have all the walls up and mudded tomorrow and then finish the mud coats on Thursday so I can prime on Thursday night. They want to check the finish for flaws on Friday before I put the color on. My guy is picky about his drywall finishing :). So, it wasn't completely unproductive, but still puts us back in the schedule a bit. Soapstone templating is on Tuesday, or Wednesday, depending on tomorrow's progress. I am starting to build cabs tonight and will finish that and paint this weekend. So by next week we should really be somewhere! weissman- from what this GC, and other previous contractors have indicated, if you complain, the inspectors just get pissed off, and aren't very motivated to get to your job. Since she did show up eventually, I am just going to let it be. It is just really irritating especially since they could almost walk here.