Kay Lancaster <gardeners@globalgarden.com> wrote: > On Thu, 9 Apr 1998, Liz Albrook wrote: > > > believe my eyes so I took her a basket of forsythia stems and chatted > > her up about that camelia. She doesn't do anything but throw some > > straw around the base for winter protection. I almost cried when I > > saw it -- Grandma had one just like it. > > Did you ask her what her heating bill is? I used to see stuff > like that in Iowa, but only at the houses with no snow on the roof > in winter... You might be onto something there. Her house has metal siding and most houses here have little to no insulation. Hmmm. Liz