I'm such a lurker most of the time that I figured anybody outside Iowa probably would know who I was, that's all.

Teresa, we are all going to be so jealous of you for a couple months yet. You are way ahead of us. Do you have alot of snow to melt off and dry up yet?

No, snow left here. We have had snow showers off and on today. It is pretty to see falling thru the air and the sun shining brightly thru it.

Hi All,
Hit that random cubit & landed here, what a great pick for me, Love it & will be back, as I did join your cubit.. Have a great day all..:)Anita

Welcome, Anita. Please tell us about your hostas.
Ann

Hi everyone, I'm Elizabeth. I am in Iowa City and have less than a quarter of an acre to garden on. I've known Diann several years and she lives only half an hour away but I still have not seen her gardens

I have about 135 hosta cultivars currently in the ground under the snow, about another 20 on order to arrive in May.

Here is a leaf on 'Fingerprint' that was especially beautiful last year.

Hi Elizabeth. Thpppppppppppppppppppt. You can come see my gardens, but I suggest you wait till it warms up a bit. They are currently under 2 feet of snow. LOL

Diann

Now that the snow is finally melting.. (slow but steady) I am having Gardener's anxiety about losing plants over this horrible long winter. We have been under a blanket for so long, and had below normal temps too. I know the snow does insulate, but there are still some spots in my yard where no sun reaches that have a couple feet piled up! It is kind of like glaciers, all hard and crusted. Yuck... I'm about ready to go out and scoop snow to disperse it. Then my neighbors will really wonder about me!

Kay - resist the urge to remove snow. You could still get some really cold weather and the snow will protect any confused plants that try to come up too early. Reest assured, your hostas will be better off WITH the protection.

Just added Gunther's Prize to my "needs" list.

I've been down in SW Fla for 3 weeks and it's COLD. I can't wait to get home to the 40;s, where it is supposed to be cold this time of the year.

i know this is OT...

but can someone sent me a PM on how to do a Signature line? I did a search and couldnt find how, and didnt see an FAQ.

It would be in your profile, but I can't give you specifics - I don't use one and don't display them, either in my preferences.

found it: http://cubits.org/tools/prefs/...

on the right side: Public Profile
Set your public profile

Chickadee, relax, your hostas will be fine as will most other perenials. All this snow is the best insulation for them. I agree with Ann, don't go out and remove snow. Nature will take care of things for you.

TCS, You'll love Gunther. He is a show stopper. I got mine from Dawn's Bloomer's in Independence Iowa. It has maintained its streaks perfectly. You can probably pay less for one from someone else and in some cases pay more, but I really can't stress how good of one got from Dawn's. I've got three of them now and the only one that is really worth a darn is the one I got from Art Jacobson at Dawn's Bloomers.

Thanks Molly.

Tinker -- I will have to look into it for sure. a real stunner.

Good morning!

One suggestion if you don't mind? =).

If there are spinoffs from this thread, would the moderators add a link
to the new cubits thread in thier tagline?



Can't beleive how fast Post DG cubits is growing - yeah!

Min

Thanks for the suggestion, Min. It's growing so fast over here it can be tricky finding things.

This is the Introduce yourself thread. If you click on the HOSTAS Cubit, you will get a personalized page of the things you choose to watch, and also a red "Yes" will come up on the individual forums in the list showing there is something new.

Also, after introductions, please start a thread in Chit Chat and it will keep the Intro thread short for new people to chime in. Thanks.

Hi everyone. I'm Gary. DW (Kit) and I moved into our present home about 5 years ago. We brought about 30 hostas with us from the old house. Shortly after moving here the hostaphobia struck us and we have been feverously trying to keep up ever since. We currently have 625 cultivars as well as a couple grass gardens , lilies, day lilies, iris, coneflowers, and about anything else that our enablers talk us into. It is our dream that we won't need to mow our .6 acre lot some day. This year we want to put up another shade structure to house the many baby hostas we have grown from seed. This is a pic of the first structure we put up almost 3 years ago.

Here is another of the hosta beds

The first hosta bed. Picture taken 2 years ago.