Oh geesh... I have a whole bunch harvested from last fall. I already have a HUGE pot ghetto, with no bed ready to plant. BUT... I don't think I can help myself! I have to start some of my seeds!! **For sure planting: Toothy Grin x Red Friday (bought) Unvanquished x Lucid Moment Ballerina Beautiful x Blue Hippo Velvet Eyes x Blue Hippo G.W. Painted Pony x Bluegrass Music G.W. Painted Pony x Heaven's Declaring (Seedling)Popping Pink Pizzaz x Blue Hippo Unvanquished x Bluegrass Music South Seas seedling x Magnificent Magpie (gift) Inquire Within Seedling x English Lavender (bought) Caribbean Twilight Time x G.W. Painted Pony Vino Brillante x Lucid Moment Pink Flirt x Emma Tomlinson McHugh Popcorn Pete x Awesome Artist Garden Greeting x Heaven's Declaring Hi Ho Silver x Bluegrass Music Crystal Sea x Topgun Kathy Arthur **I guess I have to plant these, they are sprouting in the bag: West Coast Blues x Clown's Cabaret Velvet Eyes x Mildred Mitchell How Sweet It Is x Create Your Dream Neusa Gergmann x Barn Owl Palladian Pink x Blue Hippo (these are super long rooted already!) Seedling 002 x Heavens Declaring (has leaves sprouting in the bag!) Spacecoast Surprise Purple x Clowns Cabaret Create Your Dream x Heaven's Declaring West Coast Blues x Blue Hippo OH MAN! I am in trouble... where to put all of these??? And that is only perhaps 10% of what I have. Hmm... maybe time to sell seeds! :o)

Cooking2day, I'd love to send you spare change, except I put all mine into pig feed, so I can make sausage. (grin) I get casings from Butcher-Packer, based on Detroit and price depends on size. I can get about that amount (the site says it will stuff between 45 and 60 pounds) in 20 mm sheep casings for $35.50, 22 mm sheep casings are $40.50, 24 mm sheep casings are $44.67, but the 24 mm sheep Vienna sausage casings are $60.50. The hog casings are anywhere from $3.50 for enough to stuff 25 pounds, all the way up to $25 or so for larger sausage. I'll attach a link. malna, that's funny, Elery just found that site this morning and emailed it to me, since he uses an iPod and I do better with the desktop and the BIG screen, LOL. I'm old and set in my ways, plus I can print from mine! I still need to try sleevendog's sausage recipe that I saved from the past thread, the one for boudin. Here I'm lucky. I have some sandy soil and some red clay but largely I have a nice loam, a mix of everything. Every fall I add a nice layer of cow manure and stuff from the chicken coop, along with whatever kitchen compost has been mixed in. I mulch plants with old hay, straw, chopped leaves, etc. The manure layer sits on top and gets worked in every spring before planting. I don't use any chemical fertilizers/ etc and the only problems I really encounter is potato bugs, not much wilt or other plant problems. Well, unless you count purslane and lambs quarter as problems, but I react by eating those! Annie

Sorry Frank, just seeing your question now. This is our 5th summer and still no issues or fading of liner. JC, best of luck with your build! You made the right decision in choosing SW as your builder. You basically just get to sit back and watch the magic. The self cleaning system is a must and you will never regret that expense... Can't wait to see the finished product...

I read an article on this site not long ago (can't remember where now) that I thought gave some good advice. Buy a couple of high quality pieces. Really nice sofa and chair for example in a neutral color. Then accessorize and add color with less expensive pillows and smaller more original pieces from flea markets as others have suggested or even second hand stores. If you spend some time browsing photos on Houzz and start an idea book you will soon see the similarities in what you like or don't like. Even colors you gravitate towards. So you could get some nice pieces and ideas from Ethan Allen but don't buy everything from them. Fill in with less expensive and unique pieces. It will keep the room from looking like a showroom. Also once you pick fabrics or pillows you like paint stores (at least my local SW) is great about helping pick out paint colors. I think you could very well pull a room together based on an inspiration photo and help from furniture and paint stores. I am no whiz at decorating but I have learned a lot from reading these forums. Good luck and have some fun with it :)