Jeez! It was an inquiry to see if you HAD the ones I listed! You don't need duplicates and if they were dups for you I might have sent them to someone else! LOLOLOL!

Alexa

I might want them!

Dave

oh really.. i got so greedy.. i didnt even bother to check the names..

i thought... JUST SEND THEM ... lol ...

will check the names ...

ken

I agree, Ken. Just send 'em - lol

Alexa, I live much closer.

I am actually at the "no thanks - I'm about hosta-ed out stage."

Seriously - I can hardly keep up on the weeding of the beds I've got. We've had a week of rain and when it cleared yesterday I walked out on my deck I thought - it looks like I've never weeded this place. Next door neighbor has all kinds of weeds going to seed and they are finding there way into my amended soil and thriving on the Osmocote I put down! Any minute they are going to start asking for cocktails in their new comfy home. How is it possible for a weed to grow 6" in a day anyway?????

Teresa,
I hear you!
The weeds are out of control this year! I can't get a 24 hour window to spray Roundup because it has rained every day twice a day, for the last month. The Hostas look great if you can find them!The Chiggers are like a plague this year and the humidity is tropical! I am sure that I will be crying for rain in a month or so but for now I gonna whine like a pig with his nose stuck in a gate!

Denny

Grass is my weed here. Darn stuff keeps showing up in all of my beds. Now when I remove grass to make a new bed, I don't even try to compost or bury and re-use it (soil clumps), I put it in the trash can to be hauled away.

I admit, I should have used round up on the grass before anything else, but I thought digging up grass and breaking it up, turning it upsidedown and covering it with an inch of mulch would stop it. I was quite wrong.

Jamie

Jamie, I did the same thing. And what really ticks me off is that the reason I planted hosta in this location was because I could never get the grass to grow. Now that I've amended the soil and planted hosta, the grass loves that spot, even though it doesn't get any more sun than it ever did. Go figure.

Jamie - I'm so glad you posted that today because this very day i'm about to do exactly what you did!!!

Looks like roundup or sod stripping is in order before i start doing that. *sigh*

or maybe, smothering it with newspaper and cardboard first, then mulching it would keep it at bay?

Candice - I should've put Preen on the top of the mulch. it would keep the weeds that are going to seed from sprouting. I got a big pail of it ($22 at Costco). Putting it down once I re-weed the beds. Gosh - if I had taken one hour a month ago, I would not be in the mess I am in now.

Alexa, don't wait to hear back from Ken. I KNOW Ken already has them! I am quite sure, so I think I should help out and take them. I'll send my address if you want. I still of lots of space...I am heading out to do battle with the weeds to create the perfect home. ;)

Cynthia

Teresa - you have weeds because you have space for more hostas! More hostas will choke those weeds right out. Leave no space empty - lol
Pam

Now all of you dont have to argue back and forth on who will get them..so none of you will be disappointed..LOL.. I will take ALL of them, afterall I am the newbie on board and only have a very VERY few named hostas, ... So there its official..this newbie should take them..LOL..
Corinne
OK, joking aside ..if anyone has any they dont want I would gladly pay postage for any.

More Hostas? I only have 250, 114 different ones, I seem to use 2-3 lbs of Ortho Bug-Geta Plus every week, and that is only on the newer ones. Slugs seem to attack when it rains, when I stay inside. Garden work in spring is a lot of work, but very satisfying. Love to read all your stories and see your garden pictures.

For starting a new bed, I've had decent luck with 2 applications of RoundUp.... about 2 weeks apart. Then, just cut the grass really really short after it's all brown and straw-like and plant directly into that.

I did, however, dig a trench at the edge of the garden so that the live grass would stay out.

Here's my most recent garden start (April). So far, no grass.

I really like the trench deal... I'm gonna have to try that one day