Hi again ethnobotany! I don't mind the play as I am not that touchy, it merely was a typing error and I in fact stopped using 35 years ago LOL. I'll remember that accidental pun for later use, though ;-) I am actually not (more of) a chemist at all, neither by trade, nor by conviction - but came to the conclusion that mineral based salts and chemicals (how would you call them best objectively?) are in fact clean and safe. And yet it's ideologically more complicated than that, as the manufacturing process is extremely energy consuming and polluting as well for sure (without the need to go into any details in this context). But isn't that the case with all kinds of stuff that surrounds us, including most of our favourite commodities, we wouldn't exactly be the first volunteers to abandon "including most hydroponic supply anyway..... "? But yes, I guess I see exactly what you are wrapping around your head at your end and what your master plan might be. I have been doing worm casting (liquid vermi-compost) with modular "worm farms" some twenty years back and would do it again anytime if time and space would permit. It's one (good-one) of a multitude of choices you have got. It's all about choices and the time you can- or are willing to spend on something, anyway. In my case, there is a semi-industrial (yet organic) worm farm at some agricultural university nearby where I can get cheap liquid and compost. There are other points that cross ones mind in a next step, when thinking "home made natural fertilisers or nutrient solutions" (instead of using the term organic). One is that you can't, or let's more like say you wouldn't mix both, natural and chemical ingrediants. Thus, if going natural you gotta give up all the mineral-chemical part in the first place. You don't absolutely need to do that, and yet it would be odd somehow if you wouldn't. One more crucial point is that you have to move from "calculation" and perfect dosing, - to intuition, less control and somewhat random. I am not saying that it is a bad or hard thing to do and yet it may take much getting used to it. If going down that road, there are several interesting and worth considering methods and means, you might look into. EM (effective micro-organisms) are still controversially discussed about there beneficial properties, but as a fermenting agent they are indisputably a good thing to use. Nitrogen isn't a problem as it is abundant in many organic substances and biomass of all kind. But to have sufficient amounts of Potassium, you have to "gather" it with specific bio-mass or ingredients that are exceptionally rich in Potassium. Seaweed extract (powder) is one of the key (additive) ingredients you would consider. If using manure, rabbit, horse, dunky and goat (elephant and some other exotics too) manures are the richest in Potassium. These are just a few examples how you would firstly need to find out about all dots, before you are able to make choices, to eventually connect them. As for manufacturing extracts, teas and concentrates, there are also a number of options. Machinery and tools range from simple bubblers over air lift pumps to high capacity Vortex Brewers. You may go for cooking a "quick fire" compost or rather have the patience and only use naturally fermented 1 year plus matured "stuff", rich in beneficial micro-organisms and with more readily available elements and trace elements. As you can see a whole new world and realm with multiple choices and options is opening here, waiting to be discovered by you! ;-) Cheers, Lucas Here is a link that might be useful: Vortex Compost Tea Brewer @ YouTube!

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Talley Sue has it exactly right, as always. Send invitations, not announcements, to those whom you want to invite. Don't send some "casual" invitations and some "formal" -- all the same, whether or not you think they will attend. Don't overdo it in an attempt to be helpful; it very quickly becomes pushy. I understand that you want to give people plenty of time to plan (and save up). But unless you run with a very wealthy crowd, please understand that very few people will be able to accept your invitation, and don't feel hurt that most cannot. (If they don't, it won't be because you didn't send them enough brochures and stuff early.) I think you can even pretty much figure on only your closest family and friends, and probably relatively few of them. That being the case, it should be easy just to let them know (if they don't already) that the wedding will be in Jamaica and what the date is. I would do this by phone call, a handwritten note, or e-mail, not a printed "pre-invitation" (you save a little money that way, too). You can either ask them if they'd like you to send the info about the resort, or just included it with a letter or as an e-mail attachment. I'm happy for you that some of your friends or relatives (you just said "couples") say they are planning to attend. Expect some drop-off, though. My cousin had his wedding in Kenya (where his fiance's family lived, not just because it was cool), and they sent us all info that did make it seem like the trip of a lifetime. Although several of us said we'd try to come, and we meant it (at least before learning the cost!), in the none of us did. Yes, it would have been amazing. But if I am going to save up that kind of dough, I want it to be for MY trip of a lifetime, not someone else's. Jamaica would be a lot less than Kenya, but it is still an expensive trip for just a weekend (except maybe for Floridians) so you may be contemplating everyone making it a whole week or something. But please understand that few people will be able to arrange their vacation schedules around your wedding plans, and even those who could might prefer to choose their own destinations and arrangements for what will be rather an expensive trip and possibly their only vacation of the year. There is another string going on about destination weddings right now; you might want to check it out. Is there some reason that the ceremony itself, not just the honeymoon, has to be in Jamaica?

I don't think a user with normal PC experience (and with neither exposure to nor understanding of the depths and bowels of the project) can knowledgeably assess whether or not to do a software update. Even someone with advanced technical knowledge can often not make sense of details gained from only an over-the-fence peek. My advice - accept all updates. When there are cosmetic or unintended hiccups, they're usually detected and fixed in days. For Windows, have restore points so that problems can be rolled back. For browsers, have two or more onboard and current. If one starts acting silly, use another for awhile. As far as differences between browsers? Eh, not really to my eye. They all do the same things the same ways. Some are smaller, some are larger. As with most software, most people don't need or use the bells and whistles so special features don't much matter.