M> I have some sugar snap peas that should be blooming any old day
 M> now.  I don't grow the regular english peas anymore, too hard to
 M> grow in the heat down here. The sugar snap take heat better.
 
   I think my problem is the way our property slopes. The house is on top of 
the hill, the back yard slopes gently down to a woodsy area, then has a 
really sharp angle down to the flood plains. The ground where my garden is  
is wet until the ground around the house is finished, then it kind of 
straightens out. It just takes so long! My main problem though, is I don't 
think I'm planting enough peas in the first place!  :)
 
  
 M> Oh you are really into herbs!  I keep seeing those old roses,
 M> they are so pretty and haven't had the beautiful fragrance bred
 M> out of them.
 
    I love herbs, they're just so useful and decorative and most smell 
wonderful (some are a funny kind of wonderful:)  ). And I just don't 
understand why anyone would want to grow a rose, no matter how perfect, that 
doesn't smell like a rose? Puzzles me to no end.
 
 
 M> I noticed today it's showing some signs that it's alive, I can
 M> see some little buds on it.  I killed the first couple of
 
  Good for you! 
 
 M> round.  I think many people have trouble when they have to bring
 M> it in for the winter. It's hard to harden off plants for the
 
  I'm starting to think that's my problem, too. The house is too cool, too 
dry in winter.
 
     Lisa
 
  p.s. where do you live?
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