I wouldn't call it sandy, Jim, but it certainly wasn't heavy either. Well-drained loam. Russell At 10:22 AM 7/28/2006, you wrote: >At 08:02 PM 7/27/2006 -0400, Russell Stafford wrote: > >Yes -- Jim -- it wintered most years in SW Michigan, in the Lake > >Michigan snowbelt (USDA zone 6a). > > > >Russell Stafford > >Odyssey Bulbs > >Russell, > >Was the soil pretty sandy there in Michigan? > >Jim > >************************************************* >Jim Shields USDA Zone 5 Shields Gardens, Ltd. >P.O. Box 92 WWW: http://www.shieldsgardens.com/ >Westfield, Indiana 46074, USA >Tel. ++1-317-867-3344 or toll-free 1-866-449-3344 in USA > > >_______________________________________________ >pbs mailing list >pbs@lists.ibiblio.org >http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php Russell Stafford Odyssey Bulbs PO Box 382 South Lancaster, MA 01561 508-335-8106