Dear Cynthia, The topic this week and next is an outgrowth of Ernie's request that we do a topic of the week highlighting growing conditions where he lived with people sharing what they had success growing. He hoped to come up with ideas for new things to try. These would not be items for frames or greenhouses or pots or to be protected from the elements, just those things you could plant out (with maybe supplemental water occasionally.) Although this topic, Bulbs for the Pacific Northwest, started slowly it finally took off and I thought was wonderful as people shared their experiences. Hopefully Ernie was pleased as well. I thought it was an idea worth extending and asked for input on this. A few people responded in support of this. So Mediterranean is the second and Boyce wanted to do his area so his will be the third. After that no one else has expressed an interest. If you'd like to lead a discussion of what you can easily grow in Texas I'll write you in for May. There would be yours and Charles and Shawn's experiences. And maybe you could expand it to include other areas of the south. If you don't think there would be enough for a whole topic you can always just tell us about your garden and which geophytes are happy in it. I was hoping we could do a different area each month, but only if there was an interest in this. Mary Sue PBS TOW Coordinator