Several years ago, I planted one piece of a ginger plant. Can't remember now who passed it along but it has done really well this year.
And I was really, really late in planting sunflowers but here they are and they've done well too. I love the sunflowers planted along the highways.
I also bought some lantanas for $1.00 and they are thriving. Butterflies and all types of bees love these flowers. All of them were yellow but for a buck, what do you expect.
Animal update - everybody is fine. One dog (Lily), one cat (Little Kitty), two chickens (never named) and I think about 15-16 goldfish and lots of bees.
