You did recognize my question and addressed my concern as to when does wood loose its value as firewood and BBQ/Smoking wood. I have tried to pay attention and rotate my wood and burn the oldest first. With a harvest of 3 of 4 cords green last winter, that put me in good shape. In the past at my grandparent's they had the choice to cut standing wood timing it to their need vs me finding wood that is cut or dead and need cutting as I am notified of I spot it. Last, A Twist To BBQing! The best BBQ in town is flavored with green Hickory as soon as it hits the ground from Oklahoma. Gas is used for heating in large insulated custom built rotisserie oven/grills and a small amount of green hickory is used with rubs for flavoring. Also a friend was advised to burned seasoned oak for heat at his business vs expensive cords of seasoned hickory and add a small piece of green hickory the last 30-45 minutes of the cooking. I have tried their method using their personal small piece of hickory and rub with no luck compared to their quality. My best flavor and quality comes from mixing seasoned pecan (2 small sticks) and mesquite (1 small stick) on charcoals (6 lbs) to get even heat and their rub. loger

Marsha, here's a summary of my wintersown grass from seed last year: 2005, winterwsown ornamental grasses: Roughly, the code is as follows: Cells sprouted/cells sown, # seeds per cell, Name, (source (SG=self-gathered)) - how sown, S= surface, LC= lightly covered 2/12/2005 Flat #14 8/8 cells, 3 Festuca glauca (Park's) - S 8/8 cells, 13 Festuca glauca (Park's) - S 1/1 cell, 30 Festuca glauca (Park's) - S 15/15 cells, 14-15 Festuca glauca (trade) - S 8/8 cells, 9 Festuca scoparia (Jelitto) - S 8/8 cells, 9 Festuca mairei (Jelitto) - S 8/8 cells, 9 Festuca gigantea (Jelitto) - S 0/8 cells, 9 Pennisetum 'Burgundy Giant'(trade) - S 2/14/2005 Flat #15 0/8 cells, 20-25 Calamagrostis x acutiflora 'Karl Foerster's Feather Reed Grass'(trade) - S 0/8 cells, 6 "Bamboo 7-9'" individual seeds(trade) - S 0/8 cells, 3 'pods' of 2-3 seeds, "Bamboo 7-9' "(trade) - S 0/8 cells, 5 "Tall ornamental grass, 8-10' large reeds"(trade) - S 8/8 cells, 10 "Foxtail type grass"(trade) - S * was Setaria faberi 0/8 cells, 15-20 "Grass, tall & feathery"(trade) - S 8/8 cells, 5 "Grass, tall, reddish top"(trade) - S * was Tridens flavus 0/8 cells, 5 Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum'(trade) - S Flat #16 0/16 cells, 9-10 Anthoxanthum odoratum, (SG04) - S 15/16 cells, 8 Anthoxanthum odoratum, (Jelitto) - S 4/4 cells, 5 "Quaking Grass" (trade, larger than B.media seeds, may be B.maxima) - S 10/12 cells, 15 Briza media (Jelitto) - S 8/8 cells, 8 Briza maxima (trade) - S 0/8 cells, Cyperus alternifolius (trade)seeds & chaff, sowed heavily and mixed in a bit Flat #5 cont. 4/Added 8 cells, Carex grayi (trade) for 2-4 warmstrat - LC Flat #17 16/16 cells, Carex unknown, small fine volunteers, heavily sowed (SG04)- S 14/16 cells, 9 Carex muskingumensis (Jelitto) - S 14/16 cells, 5 Chasmanthium latifolium (Trade and SG04) - S 8/16 cells, 5 Chasmanthium latifolium (Jelitto) - S 2/15/2005 Flat #18 16/16 cells, Cortaderia selloana (trade)heavily sowed, w/chaff - S 0/16 cells, 9 Erianthus ravennae (trade)w/chaff - S 0/8 cells, ~15 Helictotrichon sempervirens (trade)w/chaff - S 5/8 cells, 9 Hystrix patula (Jelitto) - S 5/16 cells, 8 Lagurus ovatus (trade) hulled - S 2/16/2005 Flat #19 0/8 cells, 6 Leymus (trade)hulled - LC 0/24 cells, 5-6 Liriope minor (trade) - LC 11/32 cells, 8 Luzula nivea (Jelitto) - S 2/17/2005 Flat #20 13/24 cells, 5-6 Luzula sylvatica 'Select' (Jelitto) - S 0/8 cells, 5 Miscanthus sinensis condensatus 'Cosmopolitan' (trade source 1) - S 0/8 cells, 8 Miscanthus sinensis condensatus 'Cosmopolitan' (trade source 2) - S 0/8 cells, 8 "Variegated Japanese Grass" (trade) - S 0/8 cells, 8 Miscanthus sinensis 'Gracillimus' (trade) - S 0/8 cells, 8 Miscanthus "Unknownus" (trade) - S Flat #21 0/8 cells, 10 Miscanthus sinensis 'Zebrinus' (trade source 1) - S 0/8 cells, 10 Miscanthus sinensis 'Zebrinus' (trade source 2) - S 1/8 cells, 9 Miscanthus sinensis 'Central Park' (trade) - S 0/8 cells, 9 Miscanthus sinensis 'New Hybrids' (SG04 1st bloomers) - S 0/8 cells, 9 Miscanthus sinensis 'New Hybrids' (SG04 2nd bloomers) - S 6/8 cells, 9 Miscanthus sinensis 'New Hybrids' (SG04 full mix) - S 2/16 cells, 6 Millium effusum 'Aureum' (Jelitto) - S Flat #22 31/32 cells, 12 Muhlenbergia capillaris (trade) - S * was Eragrostis spectabilis 0/16 cells, 3 Pennisetum glaucum 'Purple Majesty' (trade)hulled - S 0/16 cells, 5 Pennisetum glaucum 'Purple Majesty' (trade)hulled - S 2/19/2005 Flat #23 24/24 cells, 9 Pennisetum alopecuroides (SG04)hulled - S 12/24 cells, 9 Pennisetum alopecuroides 'Moudry'(trade)hulled - S 0/8 cells, 6-7 Pennisetum ? "Dwarf Fountain Grass" (trade)hulled - S 0/8 cells, 5 Pennisetum glaucum 'Purple Majesty' (trade)hulled - S 2/20/2005 Flat #24 16/16 cells, 9 Sesleria caerulea (Jellito) - S 0/16 cells, 9 Sesleria nitida (Jellito) - S 7/8 cells, 9 Stipa capillata (Jelitto) - S 3/16 cells, 9 Nassella tenuissima (AKA Stipa tenuissima) (Jellito) - S 0/8 cells, 5 Tripsacum dactyloides (trade)hulled - LC Summary: 704 cells sown with several thousand seeds, 51 varieties. 308 cells sprouted, 43.7% Notes: Cultivar grasses like named Miscanthus and Feather Reed, did not, for the most part, sprout. Neither did 'Purple' Pennisetums, and a few of the unknown 'Bamboo' described trades. Cold season grasses seemed to sprout at a higher percentage than warm season grasses. I'll confirm this next year, and spring-sow warm season grasses, after wintersowing cool season grasses. Some Jelitto sourced seeds did well, others did poorly. Where I still have some left, I'll spring sow them next year. I ran out of flats last winter, and did no spring sowing. M.s. 'New Hybrids' have two distinctly different bloom times, but the seeds gathered from each blooming did not sprout at all. They may not have been ripe. The last batch gathered was a mix of both, and were left on the plants much longer. They sprouted, but not as well as spring-sown seeds 2 years ago, and direct-sown seeds this year. Clumping grasses: Festuca glauca cells were sown with from 3 to 30 seeds each. Today, you can't tell the difference between the clumps. Briza maxima, an annual grass, self-seeded vigorously before I harvested the seeds. Setaria faberi, Giant Foxtail, an annual, is extremely vigorous. It reached 5+' from seed, and seedheads were higher. To prevent reseeding, I cut it to the ground in early September, before seeds were ripe. It grew back to 1.5' and threw up new seedheads. Eragrostis spectabilis, traded to me as Pink Muhly, is a fantastic grass. It's got a gorgeous pinkish-purple cloud-like infloresence that lasts for 2 months, so far, and is very fine. The flowers catch moisture droplets out of humid air or rain, and glisten nicely. It also germinates beautifully (96.8%). Highly recommended as a massing grass or low border. Pennisetum glaucum 'Purple Majesty' was a real disappointment, but I'm going to do them again. I got no sprouts from 40 cells, 3-5 seeds each. Next year I'm going to try them again, in a variety of ways, from WS to spring-sowing to direct-sowing.

Not sure what Class II refers to, but RS's "adapter" is also a transformer because it reduces line voltage (120v or 240v) to low voltage (12v) needed for most electronics. You'll also have to verify the polarity is the same as your old one (look for a symbol with + and - symbols pointing to the inside and/or outside of the round plug, though not sure if correct polarity is crucial if it's only powering a lamp) and that the output amperage (in amps or milliamps/mA) is the same or higher than the old one.

Constanceann, don' be afraid, it will look amazing. I've seen that look time and time again, and it works beautifully. The color breaks up the whites and the whites make the color pop. You don't have anything to loose if you put up the bead board first in white, if you don't like it, you can paint it. If you do decide to paint it, I'd go with just a darker white, or a VERY light light gray on the ceiling, and still leave the bead board white. Here's a link with some pictures that may help, not exactly what you're thinking of doing but still a good visual. Here is a link that might be useful: country cottage