Penny, please post photos of those bags - they sound wonderful! And I agree, I don't usually just sit and watch TV or movies, I like to be doing something else. That's a great occupation that you can take the garments and convert them into a value-added product for the charity. I'm not ready to move the sewing machine to the living room yet, but I've done it in the past and for most programs it is enough to listen and glance up every so often. Radio with an occasional picture.

Andrea, unless your spruce was broken, severing the stem from the root ball, you can rescue it. Soak the rootball in a tub and let all of the dirt work free (this requires a bit of work!) and straighten out the roots as much as you can, and then either replant in a larger pot with new soil or put it in the ground in a hole only as deep as is needed to spread out the roots. Be sure the root "flare," the wide part of the tree at the base of the stem, is exposed. They suffer when they're planted too deep in the ground and bare root planting is actually better for them than preserving a root-bound ball.

I'm contemplating my lumber support this afternoon, and then I'll proceed with the roof on the greenhouse. I have a couple of helpers in mind, and with a support it should be much easier* (*that's the goal, anyway.)

SRS