"Bob - yay for the Rattlesnakes!  You are just like me - I always say to myself - just look and don't buy - I don't need another plant - and then I come home with more - I am weak!"

"Hi Bob, What are you speaking about at the Apopka show?  I may be heading out there tomorrow.  Did your Rattlesnake watermelon seeds germinate?"

"Have all the Mgs gone to sleep?  No posts since Feb?  Hopefully, it's because you are all too busy gardening!  Our Seminole FL group just had our plant sale last weekend - good success despite threat of rain.  Now we have…"

"Muriel, you are my kind of gardener!  We need more compassionate, free-thinking people in this world.  Go grow a few more!"

"Love your nurturing of the Kindergarteners, Muriel!"

"Willis, thanks for the link.  I will enjoy comparing my many varieties to the photos and descriptions on the site.  I have never planted ferns - all of mine are native - and I have some beautiful large ones that grow along the east side of…"

"One of my spring projects is going to be trying to make an inventory of all the different types of ferns I have growing on my property.  I don't know much about ferns, but I've noticed several different varieties and I've just…"

"Bob, congrats!  My next grandbaby is due on Christmas eve - will be my daughter's first and is a boy.  You're right - it does cut into gardening time, but if you work it right, you will have a couple of future little weeders to…"

"Bob, I missed you at the MG meeting in Sanford today.  I brought the GA Rattlesnake Watermelon seeds I had for you.  I will bring them with me again to the Dec 8th meeting in the hope of being able to give them to you then.  "

"I've got beautiful fat Meyer Lemons - so I can make the Lemonade!"

"Hi Ivan, I grew Butternut Squash in my veggie garden this year for the first time and I have 3 nice small ones that I am contemplating using in a pie.  I think their combined weight might total yours.  What a nice one!"

"Our baby Buff Orpingtons are now 5 weeks old and all 8 have survived!  They are feathering out and look like fluffy beige houseshoes when they tuck in to sleep.  My son who has the property next to us just lost 2 Rhode Island Reds from his…"

"Willis, thanks for the orchid idea!  I have heard of people growing orchids outdoors in the wilds of florida, but I have never tried it.  I have a couple of pretty ones in my greenhouse and they do very well, but I am a newbie with…"

"Bob, Georgia Rattlesnake is an Heirloom and I already have seed packets ready to give you at the next MG meeting.  I have planted the Hollyhock seeds you shared with me and am looking forward to some tall lovely Black flowers!"

"Hi, I have about 36 acres of Florida woods on the St Johns River.  It runs from Slash Pine and Long Leaf Pine forrest to Saw Palmetto jungle to beautiful old Live Oak forrests to swamps and lake meadows.  Several different…"