Perhaps she would benefit from a gift subscription to PBS ~ or maybe a nice book on bulbs would help!!! Celeste Gornick Phoenix, AZ Hheaven77@aol.com -----Original Message----- From: David Ehrlich <idavide@sbcglobal.net> To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> Sent: Wed, 3 Sep 2008 4:09 pm Subject: [pbs] Hacking mowing and other plant abuses ’m writing this because I’m still rankling (a little) about my neighbor: she’s onsiderate, kind, good with plants, BUT last July I had to leave home for an xtended period. She volunteered to take care of my plants, and promptly rimmed my Ismenes to soil level. one deft maneuver of a knife, she managed to subvert two years worth of effort. ______________________________________________