Thanks for the response. The cut it in half idea isn't too bad, but not a worth while effort for me. I don't own a circular saw, so it'd take extra time and effort to cut it down. Also, 3' height was an estimation. Looking at it now, it's maybe 2 1/2 foot... but that includes the 4" taken by the 2x4s on the bottom, plus the bottom is two 3/4" boards. The container itself is maybe just over 2' deep. If nothing else I can get gravel for free... so I could potentially use that for filler on the bottom if necessary. As it is, I'm kind of leaning towards making it a compost bin anyways. I could make some improvements to it by buying a few hinges for the lid, remove the 2x4s, make a few 3" holes on the bottom, then paint the whole thing black. Homemade bin for around $10. I do like your idea of lining the inside with plastic though. I know I can get a roll of thick plastic for around $8 at WalMart. I might even have some in the garage left over from a project a few years ago. For whichever purpose I use it for (compost or planting), that will likely be what I do for the inside. Thanks again for the thought. My wife is going to think I'm crazy when I get home with a pine box, lol...

Charlie, I'm in S. Central PA, not too far from TMI (10 mile radius) but North of Reeser's Summit, which seems to make a difference in growing conditions. I've noticed the garden shops in the county South of us sells plnts that are less cold-tolerant than the shops in my county do. (That's why I'm not entirely certain I'm in the 6a region.) The Black Horehound label just said "Black Horehound". It looked like regular horehound except it didn't have all the white hairs over lighter green that white horehound does. It was darker green but not really black, and had the usual scalloped edges to the leaves. I can't remember what reference on the Internet said it was poisonous. " The onus is on the buyer of the plant to know if that plant is used in the kitchen or not and how it is used. The nursery is not responsible for the assumptions of a buyer nor what they may put into their mouth without knowing for sure what it is and how it is used." Actually, Fata, whether there is any onus or not depends on how the nursery is selling the herbs. If they have a warning sign up they're covered. IMO, if they don't, and someone is poisoned, it serves them right if they are sued, especially if they are selling the plants contiguous to things like garden vegetables. The garden shop made a real mistake with the black horehound. I think the sign behind it was for white horehound, and all they had was the black, which is why I purchased it. ASA I realized it was not like my usual horehound, would spread, and was just an ornamental, I pulled it up. It was an attractive plant, but in the earlier stages of growth it was difficult to tell them apart, and I use my white horehound quite frequently. It is all well and good to believe that everyone has the resources to research herbs, but there are still people in the USA that can't even read, let alone have access to the Internet. Luckily for most of them, they also cannot afford to purchase herbs from garden shops.

We have a Maytag Performa single door that is now our basement fridge since we remodeled & put in a KA counter depth French Door in the kitchen. Obviously, I don't have the direct experience you are looking for a recent Maytag FD, but I might be able to comment on several of your questions since both are now made by the same American company. Our Maytag is probably 7 years old & may have been manufactured prior to Whirlpool purchasing, thus some of my experience may not apply. The price seems great for a French Door fridge so if you don't need the bells & whistles this might be just the one for you. My experience with French Door is that the closing & sealing is hard to get used to. I do not think it is elegant on any brand. I still check our KA periodically, but I think it is FD, not the Maytag. The next time you are in a showroom open & close several of the FD refrigerators. You may have the same experience with all of them. We did have ice fall to the bottom of the Maytag because of the baskets, but I don't remember it being a problem -- sometimes the ice evaporates or shrinks in size before you know it is there. We fill our freezers quite full & often have small items pop over the baskets/containers. I felt the Maytag was easier to retreive items from under the basket than the KA is. My memory of ice for the Maytag was that the ice container was HUGE giving us more ice than we required. I used some other smaller container & had plenty of ice & more freezer space. I cannot remember it being particularly noisy, but our floorplan is not an open one. One issue I did have is since it wasn't digital (but didn't understand until I got a digital one) is veggies would freeze when we traveled. I ultimately would turn the temp up a few degrees to accomodate for the door not being opened during our absence. In all my refrigerators I have to work with the shelf arrangement to assure air is flowing properly. It seems initially I invariably have air blocked & freeze a few items until I can rearrange the shelves to make sure I'm not concentrating air in any one place. I love it when I can save enough on one applicance to justify (or purchase) another one. I say "go for it!". It sounds like your expecations will be met. Good luck.

Irina, Thanks for the info. I checked the parts diagram and except for the lever design and the hidden spray head of the Solna, the Brizo Solna, Delta Trask and Delta Trinisic use exactly the same parts for one hole installation. Hopefully, that means your experience with the handle should apply to the similar Delta models as well. I need a faucet immediately to replace a leaky faucet. In the long run, I need two faucets and possibly a beverage faucet for a kitchen remodel, but I am not ready to purchase them now. I went ahead and purchased a Delta Trask faucet in chrome to replace the leaky faucet. I like the look of the Solna but I like the convenience of a non-hidden spray head. The lower price of the Trask and being able to buy it today at Lowes tipped the scale. I figure if I want to match pieces from Trinsic or Solna later on, I can always change out the lever if I need to. For anyone looking for reviews on the articulating Brizo Solna, we did order it. Unlike some of the other member of this forum, I love the industrial/modern look of it. The faucet head is a little bit bigger than the "upside down J models", namely the Delta Trask and Trinsic and presumably the similar-looking non-articulating member of the Solna family. Hence, it should generate wider streams and sprays. The lever moves very smoothly. The lever motion range allows the temperature setting to be saved when the faucet is turned off. The articulating Solna shares some looks but (virtually?) no parts with other members of the Solna family. I really like the idea of being able to adjust the spray head up/down and forward/back in addition to side-to-side. However, we reluctantly decided to return the articulating Solna without even installing it because of two design flaws. The most obvious one is that the lever is long and it is mounted very high on the stem. It significantly interferes with the rotation of the faucet arm. The second potential problem is that the black hose from the stem to the spray head is very stiff and not very long. Not only does it resist being bent into the position necessary to aim it toward what is being washed, it stresses the point where the hose is connected to the metal stem. This point is reinforced but only with plastic or rubber. Seems like a high chance for the hose to crack at this connection point. The first should be a really easy design change. It simply requires lowering the handle and making it a little bit shorter so the top is below the point where the articulating arm attaches to the stem. Hopefully, the Brizo designers will figure this out and fix this problem. It is a really cool looking faucet! The articulating arm would have been very functional as well. I am sad to return it.