[hoosiermama]

I have weeping willow, and have started them before....I'm hunting for the old fashion willow that grows along the river bank....My source is no longer available....I make garden nick-nacks out of the willow, have a swampy area that they should grow well in.

Just got in from putting newspapers in the area around the green beans....Hoe once and mulch....easier than the constant hoeing.

Took dad to town this afternoon and drove him past Miss America's house—two story white farm house with the expected outbuildings. She's a real farm girl. She's a ten year four-H member as were her mother and aunt and uncle. Often won ribbon at the fair.

In the mid eighteen hundreds a large area of our county was settled by ten large Lutheran farm families from Germany. Read THE LAST FARMER for more background. John Melloncamp is following in the authors footstep. Liberal during youth and turning more conservative as he ages.

Miss America, Katie Stam, and Melloncamp are both ancestors of some of these families. They know the meaning of hard work and perseverance.

[DelaWhere]

You may want to check with Segal Ranch for those willows:

http://hybridpoplar.com/home/sr1/smartlist/12/0

I am guessing you mean Coyote or Sandbar Willows. They have pictures there you can check out too. Hope that helps. I have bought from them a couple of years ago.

[DelaWhere]

>>>Took dad to town this afternoon and drove him past Miss America’s house—two story white farm house with the expected outbuildings. She’s a real farm girl. She’s a ten year four-H member as were her mother and aunt and uncle. Often won ribbon at the fair.<<<

As a long term 4-H’er, it is heart-warming to hear that she was too.

I was a member of if not the first, then one of the first (they could never seemed to be able to decide that) 4-H Clubs in the U.S.
The Houston Cardinal 4-H Club... No, not Texas either...

No, I was not a charter member either. (Old but not that old) :^)