Jennifer, I had a guy who looked at my succulent collection and said, "you can't eat it, what's the point?"

Bev, I had that exact same experience!!! How funny! Jennifer, that's good!! Better success than not!!

Wow Bev, that is a sad way to look at beauty. I feel sorry for him.

Jennifer, what all did you sow? I did not do any winter sowing this year.

Awwww, Greg love the photo of you. Now where is that little pinching his cheeks emoticon?

One of these days I need to change mine again.

I agree Lynn, how sad for him! He knows not what he is missing.

Thanks Lynn! Yes we should all follow Lori's example and have our photos as avatars! Lori, you inspired me to change mine!
When people say things like that to me, especially if I'm out at the bed, First I point to the measly little lettuce that I have growing there (sorry, its not measly! ) then I say, look at those, and then look at those, and the one that looks weakest (lettuce) is requiring far more effort!

I enjoy having a face with a name; that is the reason I chose a pic of Mike and I. You can "see" who you are talking to that way.

Love that photo of the two of you Lori.

Lynn, what didn't I wintersow might be easier!
This is just part of it:


It ended up being about 130 different things. Only about 12 things did not come up at all. A few things just had one or two sprouts. Many annuals are still so tiny, not worth doing again. But it was a great experience. Now if it would stop raining I could get planting!

Oh wow, Jennifer that is amazing. And just look at how healthy they all look. Is that red orach at the bottom left? It is beautiful.

That is Amatanthus Hoppi Red. It gets 6 feet tall! It is striking in the pics I've seen. But, i hardly need 50 of them!! And I already gave my mom at least 100!! I had someone helping me sow that day and I did not specify how much to sow

Greg,

Thank you for sharing pics of your semp bed.
Gives beginners like me something to drool over and ideas to pull from.

Lisa

Cool plant Jennifer.

Why is there a tally of how many posts people have made?

It is a new feature, so we can know when a newcomer arrives.
If they have no posts, or very few, we know to welcome them as a new member.

WOW! Nice collection!

Hi Vicky,
Do you grow sempervivum?
Love your avatar, I can almost smell the scent of them.

Yes I do have some.
I just posted a thread "Garden Gems" with some pics.

Hi Vicki, you and Jennifer are both in Mi, which is where I'm from (now live in Seattle, but from Detroit)

Thanks Greg!
I live north of Grand Rapids.

Nice! I used to go to summer camp at a place near Hastings, which I think is in that area??