>  RH> > Sometimes they come as part of sets of Corelle Ware but that
>  RH> doesn't count. (G) What counts are the one gluwein came in at 
a
>  Christmas market
> 
>  RH> I find those here once in a while.
> 
> I've only got one of those.
> 
I only have one at the moment, but they do turn up; there's just no 
reason for me to grab them. 

>  RH> various freebies from assorted other places, etc, etc.
> 
>  RH> I have one my sister had made with my cat's picture on it. The 
one
>  RH> I'm using at the moment was hand made; I liked the colors.  
Others
>  RH> are souvenirs of Disney, gifts, etc.
> 
> We've given away some from time to time, wouldn't have the storage 
space
> if we'd kept all we'd acquired.

Me either. Some get chipped, broken, dishwasher-crazed, etc too.  
Waechtersbach is a prime candidate for the last one, and they're 
brutal in a microwave too. They get broiling hot including the 
handle, and one white-glazed one tends to boil liquids faster than 
any other mug I own.
 
>  RH> younger daughter planted some seeds from a piece of watermelon 
she
>  had on July 4. IIRC, she harvested one melon, some time in 
October.
> 
>  RH> In Arizona, they ought to grow with irrigation.  My growing 
season
>  RH> has been over for a while now; we've already had frost once.
> 
> This one was in a narrow strip of dirt between the fence and front
> patio. Over the years we grew tomatoes and peppers in it, made 
salsa,
> chili sauce, green tomato relish.............. all from a small 
area of
> dirt that had no sort of "enhancement".

We used to have a garden in the back yard, but a lot of things 
wouldn't grow back there. Too much shade, a problem Arizona generally 
doesn't have.