Yes, it was beer.  The slugs really go for it!  I'm having to use it a good bit now, because this yr. they are bad again.

the shastas you gave me and the chrinum{sp=?} i gave you. :)

 =) loks like you've been busy =)

chips new water bowl.....and 4 new painted pots!{ 3 wasn't enough!} lol

;o)

TY, I've been finding myself absorbed with adoration for these unusual blooms this year..... I can't wait to see what pops up next!

Regarding that gorgeous clematis, who needs for it to climb when it looks that beautiful!!!!

Biltmore is just another excuse for me to return. I enjoyed the time that we talked and got to know each other better. It got to almost 80 here today but we have a chance for frost over the weekend. I hope tha some of the trees that were hit by frost while I was gone will come out of it. I started posting some picture but there from SC. It was to big of a file and needed to trim it before I started posting, oh well.

Thanks so much for the great time you and your husband showed me by opening your home and garden to me. I'm still marveling at the great stone work that Ron and his Dad did on your home. I think I could have sat on your porch and talked to both of you for ever. I talked to my Dad when I got home and found out that my cousin was one of those Northerners that built up in the mountains near Asheville. He might have been the one Ron and I were talking about.They ended up selling and moving to Florida. Thanks again for the hospitality and making my last day in NC. so enjoyable.