Hi, Caroline,
Thank you for the warm welcome! I'm sure I'll be learning a lot here. I see a lot of good info posted and have only started browsing around through the site.
Yes, it seems all the gardening forums are pretty slow these days. With our early onset of winter, I'm looking around to get my gardening fix, I guess! Were you able to make it to the CRAGS meeting the other night? I got home rather late and with the snow and roads in bad condition, I dissuaded myself from making the drive. Dang, I was looking forward to that one.
Echinocystis lobata is actually quite fragrant. I try to keep at least one in the yard every summer. They do seed around (with big flat watermelon-like seeds) but are easy to pull up.
