Well, the upside is you're providing lots of good eatin' for the toads! Probably better somewhere other than your pots though, lol. Maybe you can scrape the stuff off and put it in some out of the way shady spot for the toads to enjoy.

I'm having a problem with cabbage loopers currently and their droppings look more blackish, almost like large coffee grounds. At least the droppings are easy to see...the loopers not so much...they blend in with the leaves and I keep grabbing onto them along with the tip of the leaf when I'm searching and freak myself out almost every time!

One thing I recommend when buying a pellet stove is checking how the pellets arrive at the burn pot. A drop feed auger is better than one that just pushes the pellets to the pot. I have the latter, my parents have the former. BIG difference in maintenance!! The drop feeder needs cleaned maybe once a week. The push feed needs cleaned daily. If I would have known that earlier, I would not have bought this stove. I purchased it at Lowes. It was around $1200 after I purchased all the other kits ( chimney, fresh air intake kit, etc.), I also installed it myself. Unless you are installing this into an existing chimney, I recommend having it installed. You really need to have experience in room remodeling because it is a lot of work making the hole(s) in the wall. Home Depot and Lowes purchase low end stoves, so I do not recommend them. I have had issues with mine every year since I purchased it. It is and Englander Stove model 25-PDVC. I have replaced several parts on it already due to frequent shut down errors. So far I have replaced three vaccuum/ shut down switches, an auger, an auger motor and several heat gaskets. I'm not impressed. If you are not mechanically inclined, the task of repair could seem overwhelming. On a positive note, their customer service is very good. They can walk you through the steps to fix things, but it is very time consuming and the parts are not cheap. My advice is find a local dealer that installs and services their stoves. That way you know you have backup. Plus most of these stores will buy quality products because they can't afford to be making a lot of house calls for stove repair! :) Plan on spending close to $2000 minimum. That is the price of a small mid range stove. I have seen them go as high as $5000. With the price of oil and nat. gas on the increase, I think you will get a good return on your investment quickly. If you have some storage space, purchase pellets in the spring. You can sometimes get them for 1/2 price because they need to get rid of them. I saved $100 on a ton last spring at Home Depot. That sent the price per bag down to $2.72! Hard to beat that! Keep them dry and you're in business!

first and formost there is are some real good pellet experts over at www.hearth.com. There is a harmon dealer that posts there with the handle of harryback. PL pipe is a specific kind of pipe listed for pellet stove installates going through combustable walls. When you reline the chimney you us stainless steel liner, (rigid or flex) you dont want to use double wall because of the corrosion and moisture issues. You cant hook up a stronger exaust blower for two reason, that would void the listing and warrenty of the stove, second, it would change the combustion properties of the stove and make the stove burn different then designed. Harmon makes a fine stove, so does lopi and quad. Harmons are bottem feed stoves, quad and lopi are top feed stoves. Bottem feed stoves can burn a wide varitey of fuels, but jam easier. Top feed stoves are hard to jam, but have less fuel options. There are more differences then that but thats the basic stuff. All pellet stoves are potential problems. Most all are extremly safe, but they will require maintenace and can break down. Most dont work when then power is out so you need a battery backup if thats a concern. Pellet fuel is expensive. Its alot more then natural gas but cheaper then oil or propane. If you have natrual gas in your home, its a very cheap way to zone heat with very little maintenace and they work with the power out. HTH