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Hi!

Been wondering if this list was a dead one or not myself.  Since I finally received a message from it, I'll assume it isn't, and
I'll introduce myself; I'm new to this list, my name is Kelly Sutton, I live in Michigan, where we're loving this warm,
beautiful spring, and I HAVE to garden or play with plants in one way or another, it's in my blood.
I'm 33, married, have a nine year old son, and a new home, which is already running out of places for more plants..heheh
I have a variety of houseplants, including a four and a half foot schleffera tree; think I lost count at thirty or so on the
plants in the house, and just finished planting outside a 28' x 4' flower garden, as well as flowers around my tree in front,
and I also am doing a bit of vegetables (just tomatoes and cukes) in containers this year.  Everything so far is doing great,
despite the ground in front of the house being nothing but hard clay, or so it seems.  I'm going to get some peat moss and mix
it in with the soil around everything, in an effort to help it.  Nothing but annuals this year in my flower beds, as I'm still
settling into the new surroundings, but hope to get into a nice perennial garden starting next year.

I have a question for all of you.  I have a dieffenbachia (or at least that's what I think it is...one of those plants that gets
humungous, with long stems to each arrowhead-shaped leaf, and I've had it for a while.  Haven't changed soil or anything in it
in a very long time.  Recently, I found a surprise in the pot...mushrooms! Bright yellow ones! With sort of tan spots on them.
I read a bit on mushrooms on the web, and guessing by the neck ring on each of the stems, will assume they're toxic, possibly
because dieffenbachia themselves are toxic.  My question is...why are they there?  I haven't changed anything.  I'm wondering if
it's necessary to change the soil out, or just leave it as is (some mushrooms are good for soil).  The plant itself is happily
growing along...just chopped down a bunch of the branches of it, they were overhanging the pot quite a bit, and there was a lot
of new growth in the middle.  It's a very healthy plant, and I really don't want to ruin that.  Anyone have any ideas?

Off topic, I also own my own business on the web, and invite anyone who'd like to see it to check it out.  I have an online
gifts and collectibles shoppe called "The Domesticated Penguin", and we're very new...we're at http://www.theigloo.dyn.ml.org if
you'd like to browse a bit.  It'll be up and down the next several days, we're doing a lot of heavy work right now on improving
some of the graphics.

Thanks for listening..and I hope to be a regular contributor here.

Kelly
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