Jane, you were definitely not an ungracious hostess. Everyone there was aware of how much work you must have done to put on such a wonderful weekend. On top of that you opened your garden. You did try to answer everyone's question and we all realized you had lots of questions and someone always standing in the wings with another request. So get over that feeling, you were very gracious. The entire weekend was wonderful. All of the speakers were wonderful and highly entertaining as well as informative. Thanks much to you and everyone else who worked so hard to put on this event. And congratulations on your writing award. Thanks for all of your contributions to the e-mail forum of the PBS. We all learn a lot from you and appreciate it very much. I did want to tell you on a personal note some information I have on Lichen planus since you said you had this on your skin previously. It can come back. I have gone through a nightmare circus with this. One doctor was screaming at the others to remove my toungue and do other radical things. It hit me fast and furious and caused a lot of problems in my mouth. I have had several strange surguries in my mouth lately, including 3 bone grafts. I was sent to a total of 9 different specialist before getting to where I am now. Luckily one of those specialist is specifically studying this condition in the mouth. I went to UC Medical Center in SF weekly to see her for a couple of months. This is where I learned information that you should know if you get it again, especially in the mouth. She thinks it is caused by food allergies. I have always known I was allergic to most fish which causes internal hives and can be life threatening. I knew milk products causes me stomach upset. She had me tested for food allergies and found I am even far more allergic to wheat, soy, and peanuts, and a few other things, none of which I was aware of. She thinks some allergies manifest themselves in other than obvious ways and thereby cause more silent serious problems. The other doctors all disagree with her, but as long as I avoid these foods I have no lichen planus. Occassionally It will flare again briefly so I just guess I have eaten something else that I am allergic to and don't know what it is. If I eat 1 cracker, 1 cookie or a small piece of bread, it flares up in my mouth again. In spite of all of the disruption it has caused in my life I still think of myself as a healthy normal person and always have. But i am irritated at 2-3 doctor appts weekly this year. I am not telling you this for sympathy, I'm a lucky healthy person, it could have been so much worse if I had listened to the wrong doctors. I just wanted to tell you because you said you had lichen planus on your hip. If it ever comes back and hopefully it doesn't, I wanted you to have this information so you could look for a cause that could eliminate the problem easily. Again, I feel lucky, so many people have much worse problems and it's so easy just to eliminate these foods from my life it that solves the problem. Thanks again for such a wonderful weekend experience. My only regret was I didn't get to all of the gardens. Carolyn Craft **************Feeling the pinch at the grocery store? Make dinner for $10 or less. (http://food.aol.com/frugal-feasts/…)