My Kentucky wonder pole seeds are white. If you cut the bean in cross section, it is round for KW. They grow pretty staight but not very long, nothing like Fortex or some of the other beans. They seem pretty resistant to heat and do pretty well here in the summer. I think I tried Blue lake once and found it stringy, the cross section was oval instead of round if I remember right? and the seeds were dark. Maybe someone else can confirm.

I have always thought that whites were a waste of space too until I grew White Queen last year. I was wildly impressed with the flavor, size of the tomatoes and prolific nature of the 2 plants I planted. I wish I took pictures because they were just fabulous tomatoes - really, in every way. I am looking forward to seeing what I get this year with them. So don't write off all whites... I've not grown Absinthe, although Trudi said they were good and I trust her opinion, but I have grown Cherokee Green, and they were fabulous. It's a keeper in my garden.

Hi, Mikie. Thanks. I guess I will look for a 1.5TB drive (unless I don't find any with very good reviews - I know I've seen some 1 TB drives that get great reviews for around $100). I know I have one open sata port (I did have my computer open last week to take my Tivo original hard drive and copy it to a new 1TB hard drive - with all the snafus this 1- 1/2 hr. project took 8 hours on Saturday - and on and off all Sunday to complete). There is definitely a bay for a second hard drive. I had 2 sata ports but just added an esata cable so I'm using one of those now. I definitely don't have such huge files (maybe 10-15GB at most for a long high-def movie), so I'll look into partitioning the drive (which is an intimidating idea now, but I'll work up to it). I'm not sure what you mean by break-away covers. But this computer comes with an empty slot in front where a firewire port can be. I think this is what you mean by does the faceplate have provisions for it. I've looked through Dell forums. I'm copying the link here: http://en.community.dell.com/forums/t/18748278.aspx?c=us&l=en&cs=04&s=bsd&PageIndex=1 It's amazing that for over a year folks have been trying to add this front firewire port after the face - and most of them cannot get a straight answer from Dell. The variety of responses - including it can't be done, it can only be added to the rear, a suggestion of different needed parts - and then perhaps one answer that seems right - but they got the part number wrong and it took the woman 30 minutes to find the information out. Anyway, I've read through it several times bc. it all seems to unclear. I wish I could have read that several people did the same thing and it worked. But people had different solutions. I think I'll call Dell parts and ask about this one: Part #J4975 ($32.99): * IEEE 1394 PCI Card (all internal cables included) for Dell Inspiron 530 Desktop * One end has FireWire port that will be accessible on front of computer (i.e., via the existing slot) * The other end is the PCI Card (which connects to the motherboard) and also has three additional FireWire ports accessible on back of computer. * Internal cables (included with purchase) connect the two ends. * All four FireWire ports have 6-pin heads. But even that part number is wrong - it's supposed to be Y4975. It sounds like the right thing to me. Then I can just plug in my Lego parts. Dell support is just so uninformed. Back to the hard drive, do I need to get cables as well as the drive? I'm sure I need 1 or 2 cables to connect the drive to my computer - and I'm asking in case that answer is more clear. Thanks. Lynn. PS - I'm not mechanical - but I'm determined to learn.

The island length was increased by 16" toward the DR - 1" for a decorative door/finished end panel on the side of the 6" cabinet and then 15" for the overhang. Since no one should sit in the space across from the wall, I put in a shallow 24" wide cabinet - it adds some storage and will keep people from sitting there :-) The refrigerator I put in is also cabinet-depth - or do you mean it's a built-in? It makes a difference! Cabinet depth refrigerators are actually closer to 30" to 31" deep when counting the doors, handles, and air space behind them. It's the refrigerators' carcasses/boxes that are cabinet-depth, not the entire refrigerator. Why? Because the doors must stick out past all adjacent items to open fully - that includes walls, cabinets, counters, other appliances, etc. Built-in refrigerators, on the other hand, are pretty close to counter-depth b/c of how they are designed. I think they only stick out a couple of inches - at most. Glad to hear the pullouts are in the base cabinets. But, that means some minor changes to the cabinets. Will you have a rangetop or simple cooktop? I'm asking b/c I think the pullouts and hoods you're looking at will look better with a rangetop or range than a simple cooktop. They wouldn't look bad with a cooktop, but they'd look better with a range/rangetop. About a bump out - unfortunately, you don't have room for a bump out. With the DW on the island and the cooktop & ovens on the same aisle, you need a minimum of 48" so the DW doesn't become a hazard and so there's room to maneuver around not just an open DW or oven, but also additional workers in the Kitchen (e.g., someone cleaning up while someone else preps/cooks a meal). I agree that it looks nice, but your space is too tight already. ------------- No, I'm not a KD (I'm in IT - Requirements & Testing, primarily). I learned a lot from the folks here when I remodeled my Kitchen in 2007/2008. I stuck around and kept learning to pay it forward. Lately I haven't posted nearly as much as I have in the past b/c life gets in the way - but every once in a while I have a block of time to devote to GW (like today!) I have been thinking of becoming certified and becoming a KD when I retire someday. It would be something to keep me busy (and it would be a job that I could leave at the office!)