beautiful....good for you

Many of the weeds you are pulling now are actually annuals that won't come back next year unless you don't mulch and they re-seed. The perennials like dandelion and Canadian thistle should be pulled but how many are you wasting your time pulling that won't come back anyway? If you heavily mulch over all of them then you can worry about it in the spring. The ones that are very hardy and can come up through the mulch in the spring will be the ones you want to pull. I admit I am a very lazy gardener and just refuse to do work that isn't necessary!

99% of all of the cheap hoods available on Ebay are exactly that: cheap. There's a difference in that crap and finding something like a Broan or Faber hood on Ebay that someone put on there because they bought the wrong size. If it uses a 6" duct or smaller, it's not something that will actually be able to provide above around 400 CFM, and if it claims that it will, that's a fraudulent claim. Most on Ebay fall into this category. "Italian design" means Chinese made. Not good. If it's not 304 stainless in 16 gauge (smaller numbers are thicker) or thicker, then it's highly suspect. If it's not a well known name brand, and there is no information available as to the country of origin, or the quality and thickness of the stainless, and you cannot readily find a parts diagram, and you cannot find replacement parts available, and you are not very handy with electrical motors and machining, then steer clear of purchasing it.

I don't know about the BBB in Arizona, but here in Roanoke, VA good companies DO respond to BBB complaints with their own side of the story. Very often it is the consumer who seems to be unreasonable ... and the reader can make the call as to who is at fault. schicksal, these subway tiles samples were 3"x6", not very big & heavy. ajc71, I was a bit in shock about the extra $6 the postman said I owed, and that wasn't part of the deal. The postman suggested I refuse delivery, and I agreed. The company made the error, not me. When I called Steve immediately after the incident, he was not in the least apologetic for his company's error, sneeringly said I should have paid the extra $6 his tone implying I was being ridiculous and mockingly said he'd send me a check for $6, & I should get the package back from the PO because "the PO is so slow, I know it's still there". I considered doing that and I did call the PO, but they had already shipped it back. I called Steve back and told him that, and I asked for a refund. He said "IF I get them back" (like he didn't believe he'd get them) he'd refund my money. That story of his that the "box was empty" I believe is false. But maybe there are a bunch of Newmans running the Arizona POs. But like I said, each is entitled to their own opinion. If I ran a company & made an error like that, I would immediately apologize to the customer for the extra shipping charges and resend the 3 tiles according to the original deal, or give the customer a full refund, their choice. But that's just me, I guess.