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Comments (7)Ohsillyme, I checked lasagna bed on search engine. Yes, it is good idea. Thank you your good suggedtion. Anewgarden, I like idea of poppies in a container sitting on top of the tree stump. Last year, I planted multiple colored petunia plants in large planting continer and put on tree stump. Thank you for taking your time to reply. Andrey, I am from Japan and I live in city of Philadelphia, PA. Do you know most Japanese people who are raised and educated in Japan have difficulty of pronouncing letter L? Yes, still cannot pronounce L sound. Good luck with your teaching!...See MoreThought I would introduce myself :)
Comments (14)Welcome Lyn :-) They're a great bunch of people here and very helpful. Don't feel bad about not having as many tomatoes as some of the tomatophiles around here, LOL, I only have 14 and have 7 different varieties going this year. I took my cue from people's best and worst lists on this forum and all but one of the varieties we're putting in are new to us. As for planting out, Melbourne Cup Day is the traditional tomato-planting day as that's when you're likely to have passed the last frost. After the last few weeks and the cold snaps we've been having, our tommies are enjoying the life of riley in small pots sunning it on the patio getting the reflected warmth and light from the northern wall of the house. I'm not taking any chances, LOL, so we're going for Peter Cundall's treat-em-mean-and-keep-em-keen approach to force them into flower prior to planting out in the ground. We'll see how that goes, but so far they are very healthy (pics in the baby pics thread). We also have some eggplant started - a bit early but they'll stay in pots to keep warm for a while yet and we are about to start our cucumbers, capsicum and chilli. Corn is also about to be started in the other end of the bed with our potatoes. Thinking of trying the climbing beans on the corn trick. Apparently they're great companions. Umm what else are we planting this year... butternut pumpkin, and scads of basil which I've just started so they're ready to transplant around the tomatoes. Lots of herbs, and garlic which is going great guns thanks to advice from someone here to give it a regular liquid feed. I've learned heaps form others here, so post away, and this year I have some lovely baby toms courtesy of another member who sent me seeds when I couldn't source them :-)...See MoreEnglish a Second Language Suggestions for Good Quality Writing
Comments (10)Thank you for your suggestions so far. anyanka, I don't know what sort of J books she enjoys as I have only met her about half-a-dozen times and hardly ever had a one-to-one conversation with her. Rie (d-in-l) asked for 'English classics' but I did feel the language might be rather difficult for her.Although her conversational English is not bad she is very diffident about meeting people or getting a job . . . although she must realise that only by doing the above will her confidence increase. She doesn't even answer the telephone and is really 'protected' by our son who, of course, she gives way to in everything! Agnes the different culture thing is interesting because she has been brought up in a traditional Japanese way with what appears to us to be a veneer of Americanisation, but our two worlds are so different once below the surface of wearing jeans, watching TV and worrying about up-coming exams etc that a 'course' in Understanding your New Country would be really useful. The idea of well-written children's books is excellent. Can anyone suggest any faily up-to-date ones that don't speak 'down' to the reader please?...See MoreQuartzite countertops owners. HELP!!!
Comments (1)"How is he going to make sink cutout straight without detaching sink from countertops. And to be honest, I do not want the stone being cut on my $30000 cabinets. Is it even possible? I've made thousands of perfectly straight sink cutouts over expensive cabinets with no dust or mess using a Festool rail saw with a vacuum. Yes, he's going to have to drop the sink, but that's not a big deal. The new raw cuts can be profiled and polished with the mess contained and no damage. "The cut out for cooktop is not centered, it is 1/3 in to the left. Yes, it is possible to move stone a little bit to the right, but then one overhung on one side of the cabinets will be 2 in, while another is going to be 1in." This depends upon how large the cooktop flange is. He may end up buying you a larger cooktop. "Please look at seam? Is it ok joining, for me it is super ugly, and it very noticeable that 2 pieces has different thickness." Stone comes in different thicknesses which is not his fault, however, not fooling your eye by tapering the thicker one with a cup wheel back a couple feet or so is his fault. " Will they be able to make nice mitered edge with such an uneven cut?" Absolutely not. "Can they reprofile all countertops edges without removing them from cabinets?" Yes, depending on the profile. "The island is 9 ft long, and they did 16in overhung without any support. I asked multiple times if we need some kind of brackets, and I was told that due to waterfall walls no additional support is required. Is it true?" No, it is not. 3cm quartzite cantilevered 16" over 9' will sag, I promise, the waterfall ends notwithstanding. Have them read the Natural Stone Institute's Residential Standards please. "Also, they just glued my huge undermount sink without any additional support.How is it acceptable?" It depends on the "glue". Some fabricators swear by Black Mamba. It must work or we would have heard of failures by now, however, I'm a fan of silicone and straps which are easily reversible and the sink is ready for the plumber instantly, not in 24 or 48 hours. " I better demand the countertops be removed and start with a new fabricator." I would, especially considering the scale of the ineptitude this fabricator has shown and your incredibly strong negotiating position. I'd pick a different stone next time too. That stuff's just too chippy....See MoreOklaMoni
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