Dear Judy, Thanks for this heads up http://nytimes.com/2010/06/… Considering the 'foodies' on this list I am surprised no one else has commented. For some reasons onions have been extremely expensive for the last couple of months here. Normally in the 30-40 cents/lb, recently they have been above $1 /lb and ranged pretty close to $2/lb for a while. And some specialty onions (red) have been over $2/lb. Wonder why? Oil spill? This is , I understand, ramp season in the eastern US. A delicacy I have never tried, but I hear good things. It is also the time for garlic flowers, the heads can be harvested and used in dishes with a distinct flavor of their own. And I recently was reading about 'black garlic', a fermented garlic that turns the bulbs black and produces a delicate sweet- sour flavor, but these have not appeared in my local food stores. Ornamental Allium are still blooming here and the close Ornithogalum with O. ponticum still the most ornamental in my garden. Eremerus is fading, alas. I really should get a wider range of colors as they do very well in my prairie situation. The season has progressed to lilies with a few open and lots in bud. Some remarkable new hybrids available now. So how does your garden grow? Best Jim W. -- Dr. James W. Waddick 8871 NW Brostrom Rd. Kansas City Missouri 64152-2711 USA Ph. 816-746-1949 Zone 5 Record low -23F Summer 100F +