The website I am doing is completely free. If you want to have your own domain name, which I did...you can buy it by going to http://www.netfirms.ca/ A domain name of your own...you choose its name and then, for $10 a year you can keep it and no one else can have it. I have my site hosted by Weebly, a company in California, as you will see their name at the bottom of the website pages. I love it as it is so easy to use. I have never taken any courses with computers but have been easily able to set up my own website. I have a friend who looked at quite a few free website building sites on the internet, tried out a few and chose this one as it was the most user friendly. So, I figured that since she used it and found it easy to use, I would also use it. On Weebly there is no limit on the size my website will be able to be or number of pictures it can hold. I upload regular pictures from my computer, I think the largest it will accept is between 4 - 5 MB in size .... but, if my picture is larger in my computer, I just shrink it a bit first. You will know if it won't take it...it will take forever and then come up with error. Shrink the picture a bit and upload again. No reducing it to email size is necessary. The site uploads very quickly. Brenda

Jammie, Eggplants need one third of the water rest of the summer vegetables. I am planning build PVC lines to each bed and connect them with one soaker hose per 16ft bed. Our raised beds and trellies run east-west. Lukcy is one of the nicest and very intelligent cats I ever had. Bettycbowen, I stated these grapes after my visit to Central Asia, I saw most of the houses in rural Uzbekistan especially in Fergana valley has grapes vines in front and backyards. They ate looks awesome and very tasty. So started them over pergola. Good to know about Linnaeus teaching garden, I did�t know about it, will visit one of my next visit to Tulsa. I saw some of the pics of cattle panel arches, I will build one or two next year for the trelling flowers creepers. Tracydr, We cook with all most all kinds of gourds. Some of the luffas such as sponge and ridge makes one of the best curries and also use them for stuffing, making dosa etc. They usually taste much better than zucchinis. Paula, Some of the credits goes to you too. All your peppers, eggplants, beans are doing great. Yes there is green-light at the end of the tunnel! I may buy Pea sheller based on the how all our peas blooms and set fruits. Fresh peas coup sounds yummy, will try once I get some peas, may be that time I wll ask for the recipes. Please stop at our place any time, you know that all most all our friends ring the bell without any notice! Say hello to Ken, bring him as well. Tom, Thanks, picasa is my one of the most secured archive. I always select some representative pics of each trip and store them there in that way I never loose memories. Picasa charge just 20 for 20GB. I will release of the albums soon. Pat, Thank you, our garden encourage many of the friends start gardening. I hope more and more people start gardening and greening the Oklahoma! I hope mother nature will provide better conditions next year. Thank you all for your kind support. Regards �Chandra

Thanks everyone ;-) hrsg: It is fun! It's messy, though. Not loving that part-- it would be tons easier if I had a real backyard and garage to mess around in. Annie: I got the face mold at www.dickblick.com. I think it was only a couple of dollars. They had some other ethnic faces molds and some of the smaller ones. Not exactly sure what I am going to do with the horns yet-- just have some vague ideas about them. Maria: Thanks... and you're welcome. I'm trying to get back here more. Had a bit of a delay this time around-- some due to lack of sleep and playing catchup and some of it having to do with playing catchup in my garden. Oh man, I don't think I will ever get that sucker in shape. My Calla Lily plants are doing great, though-- finally! crystal01: Go for it! I was going to use the styrofoam balls, but those larger ones (8" I think) are like nine bucks over here. I have to admit, I've been surprised at how well the plain rubber ball has worked out. At $.99, they are a real bargain. Hazie: Yeah, I do love the process. I *hate* the cleanup, though. It's getting easier as I figure out better ways of doing things. Still and all, it's messy messy messy! klinger: Thanks Cindy. Reading posts like yours, both here and for a long time over at the Hypertufa forum, were so helpful. I'm not sure I would've ever tried it on my own without all that help. Thanks for the suggestion about posting over there. I owe them for sure. They can learn from my bloopers as well as from all of the good, solid information. bamasusanna: Dig in! You really should get busy with it or you will drive yourself nuts with the "what ifs." I'm not sure if this is going to be a long term thing for me like it's turned out to be for Cindy, but I've wanted to do it for so long. Be sure to get yourself a facemask or three. A respirator would be even better if you can swing it. You don't want to be breathing this stuff. squirrellycanadian: Leaf castings! Oh man, now there's something I'd love to try. You're braver than me! My balls have quite a few lumps and bumps, especially the first two. I think the mosaic will cover most of that up, though. The last one turned out pretty good (lump-wise) and I think practice will help make it better. The one I did with the mold was really smooth and would've been even better with a better mold release agent. I just need to figure out how to deal with the seams, because you can really tell it was there. Not sure yet what I am going to do with the face-- right now I am thinking it would be fun to have a whole forest of faces hanging on little poles amongst the plants. chickeemama: You made some cement bowls? So where are your pictures??? Thanks, I'm glad I wasn't laid flat for a long time, too. ;-) crafty_lady: Thanks! I bet you could do this if it was something you wanted to do. It's kind of a pain, but I am finding some satisfaction in it, too. I haven't weighed the balls. I think the heaviest one is lighter than a regular bowling ball. A couple of them are very light. calamity_j: Thanks! Hey, that Davey is a great dog. A little monster at times, but overall a sweetheart. Davey doing what he loves: running hard Davey doing what he does most: checking for any action in the vicinity-- anything that might require him to run

GE gets the best reviews for inexpensive cooking equipment. The Whirlpool/Maytag conglomerate does OK with mid range stuff, but their cheap stuff is really cheap. Frigidaire is builder grade all the way through till you get to the top price level, and even then a lot of it uses the same crappy components. My top suggestion to you would be the GE JBS55DMWW. It gets wonderful reviews and is a workhorse. You can get black or white on sale for $499 with free delivery. (Remember that the actual range cord will need to be purchased, and that older homes will need a 3 wire cord.) If they want stainless steel, that's $100 more that I would make them pay for. There's no shame in having black or white appliances in a starter home! Here is a link that might be useful: JBS55DMWW