All the dehydrator does is take out the moisture doesn't it? This doesn't have any directions. It was from a yard sale. It just has tray on top of tray and it plugs in. It never reaches 100 degrees in Vermont so I guess I'm okay to go. I'm just not sure about which herbs are the best to do in it, and how long for them to remain in it. Maybe I'll see if I can find info about this particular dehydrator on-line.

Well Thanks Ladies, So it DOES want higher humidity, huh? OK, I was racking my brain trying to figure out what to do (have no fish tanks) to help keep humidity, I don't like look of plants in plastic bags. Then the light bulb when off in my head! I have a variety of clear plastic containers I use for propagation, including some round plastic salad type bowls from take out salad bars. So (I have it potted small in my fast draining Hoya mix w/ some Coir), I sat that in one of the bowls, on a shallow bed of pumice to help retain moisture & inverted another bowl on top as a lid (not airtight, but 9 tenths covered). Ta Da, improvised terrarium! Unfortunately, I had to cut off a couple of sprigs 2 nodes long to allow the top to fit evenly. So yes, that'll make me two little cuttings (rooting in water) just in case (thx Mel, always good idea). That's in addition to a small rooted sprig that was separate from the rootball when I first repotted it. That Jiffy pot must have had netting around it as it was really sort of strangling the roots (had some on 1 side & few on others), the peat still in it had become hard & sawdustish, so I really had to rough it up w/ a fork. I'll have to see how the sunlight hits it as Spring arrives in the hopes it'll do as well as yrs. Jen; tripled in size & 3 SPURS, yowsa, you grow girl! Thanks for yr. encouragement, you know I appreciate it!

Socks, not to worry.....I'm still driving my cop car, and still loving it after 17 years. I'm trading in my 4Runner. Both of these vehicles have 8 cylinders, which is why I was thinking I should get a 6. I couldn't imagine adjusting to a 4. But I believe I'll have to adjust my thinking instead. Dees is right....nobody has a 6-cyl. Subaru for sale. I drove two 4-cyl. Subarus on Wednesday--a 2011 Outback and a 2011 Forester-- and liked them both pretty well. Then today I drove a 2011 Outback Limited, and loved it. I like to think I'm a smooth driver, and this car felt like we were in synch. The price was higher, of course, and I'm getting nervous about how much I should spend. I wish I had a firm dollar amount that knew I could work with. This is the first time I've gone car shopping without a job. I also drove a 6-cyl. 2010 Toyota Rav4, and didn't like it at all. Hard to explain, but I didn't feel like I was driving it; I was sort of there to steer. And when I had to back into a parking space--something I'm usually good at--the visibility was so bad I was practically paralyzed. I'm beginning to wish I'd started this process during the summer, because I have a lot to think about. I LOVE driving my big Chevy "cop car," for the comfort, for the amazing steering radius that enables me to make U-turns in tight places, and for the big engine that can handle anything I throw at it. My 4Runner, too, can get me up to speed on a highway in the blink of an eye, which keeps me out of the way of trucks bearing down at ridiculous speeds. But everything's a trade-off, and I can't buy vehicles like those anymore. The Certified Pre-Owned cars (like the ones I've been looking at) come with nice warranties, of course, and they look terrific. The Subaru I drove today has only $28,000 miles. I've seen them as low as 8,000 miles. I find it hard to understand why someone would trade in a car with such low mileage, but that's just me. Mare, I was in W-B this week. Could have gone to MotorWorld, but I get so tired if I do too much in one day. I'll definitely be back. I may have to think about getting an older car with higher miles.....and then I start worrying about getting one that was flooded in Hurricane Sandy. I was right about one thing: Car shopping is exhausting!

My computer was hit by lightning. I took it to a repair place and they said they could not fix it. The insurance company gave me a new computer. I gave the old one to a friend's teenage son. He got the computer up and running and sent me a disk of my precious pictures! I save some to photobucket , but i was pleased he could get the other ones. So if your computer crashes - don't give up on getting photos out. Take it to someone who can. Hubby got a new camera for Christmas and the first thing I did was take a photo of an address label. I just hope an honest person would find it.