Hi Allen, Wish I were in your gardening shoes these days -- the only thing blooming in my yard are crocuses -- I've been saying that for days! It will be 6 more weeks before any young veggie plants show up in the nurseries. Nothing but pansies for sale... I'm still voting for my Korean pickles (called Kimchee Oy, or pickled cucumbers) as my favorite. They're "new" type, hot, crisp and savory -- only problem is that they can't be made more than a week ahead of eating. Do you raise daikon, the large, white Oriental radish? In fact, we have a problem with all radishes -- they get attacked underground much of the time. In the same area, onion sets grow picture perfect, and get harvested as scallions. Rain here for Easter Sunday, plus a thunderstorm or two. And of course, more wind. Funny thing, though -- the U.S.mailmen are wearing shorts! They'll look pretty funny if it decides to sleet..... Penny, NY zone 6, no sun at all ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]