Oak leaves.....I have been dealing with them my whole life. I currently have a dozen or so mature (aka huge) oaks. The volume of leaves I have every fall is mind boggling. The most efficient removal method I have used is as follows. Rake or blow leaves out of flower beds and away from the house and into the middle of each section of the yard being careful not to make piles. Then mulch the leaves with your mower going over them several times. Change your mower over to bagging and vacuum the mulched particles. You can then add this to your compost pile, bag them in tough contractor plastic bags, or if your and idiot burn the particles in the street next to the curb. Haha. By mulching first and then bagging, the volume of leaves is reduced at least 20 fold or more. The few leaf particles missed by the mower and left deep in the St. Augustine will be unseen, beneficial, and gone in a few days. The average city yard covered with leaves deeply will take 2 to 3 large bags if mulched enough. No big deal. It works. I've done it this way for years.

Hi- Carolyn, thanks for the info on (Rostova ), I did read part of it on anioleka seeds web site a year or more ago (actualy they ruined their own business in a way ) by suddenly creating about fifty new web site names to do with seeds of all kinds, and it so confused people they didnt quite know what was going on,they also used to sell seeds on e-bay quite a lot, and listed dozens of tomatoes on there last year,, but now they seem to have stopped,perhaps e-bay chargeds were too high, Unfortunatly I got the wrong andrea- I meant the one in Belarus, I would have thought he would have listed it on his very comprehensive lists of tomatoes,but I couldnt seem to find it, I absolutly love the Sunset Red Horizon (Rostova ) tomatoes I am growing this year, dissapointing at first, but after they reached the halfway stage-then they realy seem to come into their own, producing truss after truss of large-to very large tomatoes, not bad flavour-sort of savoury rather than sweet, very-very strong plants, i am having a bit of a job stopping mine after they reached six trusses, as they seem to want to go on forever, I chopped the tops off at that stage-but within a week they were sending out new side shoots all over the place, I dont quite know what eventual height or girth they would finaly reach under ideal frost free growing climates, but I bet they would be some size, overall. the only thing I dont like about this variety is the long wispy leaves, as they seem to be twice as long as normal tomato plants, and tend to get in the way a bit when you are trying to service each plant in the normal way, side shooting, pollinating , general inspection etc, etc, I am sorry-and appologise, with your reference to your book,dont be so darned touchy at everything anybody says ,nothing is meant by it, its a damn good book-I have a copy of it I often refer to it myself for certain things and info,but it would have been far better if it had run to perhaps a thousand different varieties, rather than a hundred, I know it would have meant a lot more work involved , or even an updated version to bring it up to date with all the new varieties that have come to light recently, as nobody seems to have taken up the challenge to carry on where you left off, and often find themselves wanting-in that respect, I myself was the other day looking round for info on a variety called Oaxacan Jewel but couldnt find much info on it, The only reason I mentioned the other book , was because everybody to a tee, seems to use your book as a reference point regarding tomatoes, whereas the other book by Terry Marshall covers purely organic culture,varieties in limited amounts,greenhouse construction-scientific breakdown of the suns rays and angles it strikes the glass,for best effect,seed germination, root growth to maximum possible,flower bud enhancment with temp control in the early stages, deseases of every kind and of course pests,composts from home made to commercial -which gives very suprising results,especialy on root growth,for example a natural peat product gleaned from the fine grains of peat washed down the mountain streams and collected in sieves at the water treatment plant,as a by-product of their water filteration, gives superior results and massive root growth to tomatoes -than peat dug out of the ground, nobody seems to know why ?, something seems to happen to it on its way down the streams that makes all the difference, photographic evidence in this book shows roots nearly bursting out of eight inch pots and curled round in the bottom several times,it also covers pollen forming temp and heat temp pollen destruction, giving the max and min of temp for pollen usage, just as a general guide,also lots of favourite recipes for favourite organic feeds,from hen dip-to comfrey green soup, also covering, pigeon, turkey, and animal manures, and their various effects on tomatoes,Loam production from turf heaps,etc, etc, altogether a different type of book to yours entirely,covering different aspects of the tomato world completly,so you see- you musnt be so darned touchy if anyone happens to mention another book other than yours,its a very good book and I still read it on a regular basis,you musnt take any notice whatsoever of me when I might have said in passing-there are other books on tomatoes other than yours,nothing was meant by it, other than almost everyone in the USA uses your book to refer to, as a general guide,in its own right its ideal for reference to varieties , but it doesnt cover many other aspects of tomato growing-nor was it designed to do so,and other books do cover other aspects, Personaly I wish you would write a new book -covering many more updated varieties , I would probably be one of the first to buy a copy,

I have 1/2" inch lines coming into a two person shower. We are going with a 1/2" Grohtherm valve that will feed a Grohe Movario hand-held shower head and a Brasstech overhead rainshower. A Movario fixed head will be on a separate pressure-balance valve. I was told that a 1/2 valve will support two heads but probably not three. Since my husband wants to be able to control his water temp anyway, we went this route. I discussed this arrangement with several people, including a Grohe rep, who seemed to think it will work. We have the rough plumbing done but are in the middle of tile work so I can't say for sure what it is like. Good Luck!

Great post! When we moved to Florida, before I even knew the neighborhood, I got recruited to serve on the HOA board as secretary. First of all, I was born/raised in NYC and never lived with an HOA and had no idea what they did. The HOA board would meet monthly throughout the year. As secretary, I would try to take notes for the minutes but it was almost impossible as people talked over each other, arguments would ensue and the discussions were so mixed up. I went to Staples to see if they had a voice recorder (7 yrs ago). I found one that could upload to the computer. Since I had to type the minutes, I thought this would be easy as I could listen, type, pause, etc. I think I paid about $70.00 for it. I don't remember the name as I gave it back to the HOA after I left. It was a common name, maybe Panasonic? It was easy to use as it was a digital voice recorder. It ran for hours as the Board meetings typically took over 2 hrs. It had a USB which plugged into the computer and the sound came through the computer speakers. I could pause, I could go back, fast forward, etc. I could type while the recording played and type the minutes. Very handy. I think that would work well for your situation especially if you plan to type the recording. It really was a great little recorder and didn't make anyone uncomfortable being recorded as it was silent and small. No one paid any attention to it. Some people feel uncomfortable being recorded. I would do a search on Amazon. Jane