Samat40: Here are some photos of our basement. These were taken when we weren't quite finished. The wet bar wasn't in. Our basement is completely done now but can't get you the finished photos. I lost my digital for a couple of weeks now and for the life of me can't find it. As soon as I find my camera or buy a new one, I will get updated photos. I have my photos downloaded on snapfish site. The first pic is the brick wall at the bottom of the stairs. That is the first thing you see when you go down the basement. The second pic is how we bricked the metal poles with leftover brick. The tiled area is where the wet bar is and the rest of the basement is carpet. Third pic is where we put all out stereo components. It was a section of the basement where the water trap/pipes (I think that is what it's called)is located. They are on the floor so my husband had to build the wall on an angle to go around them. So that left us with a little cubby section to put the components in. We painted the back of the wall black and use the darkest glass in the door that we can get and still be able to use the remote controls through it. We built the wood edge shelving so they look like they are floating. There is a light inside also. The fourth pic is how we divided the rooms with an arched doorway for the pool table room. We were going to put in french doors but decided not to. My husband thought it wouldn't be good if a pool ball went through the glass if someone accidentally over shot a ball. The fifth pic is the pool table room. My husband doesn't like the low ceiling. He was disappointed that we didn't go with the 10 foot ceilings. Next time we build we are going with the higher ceilings. The sixth pic is our fireplace. We had to put it in for a source of heat. It's a gas one but does the job. This the most cost efficient way to go for us. Since we have a two story house we would of had to put in another furnace to heat the basement and cut in all the duct work for vents (there was only one vent for heat, which is located above the furnace). We also have a bonus room upstairs and if we only use one furnace trying to heat the basement would of made the upstairs bonus room seem very cold. The fireplace heats up the whole basement. The seventh pic is a cabinet my husband built to cover our sub pump. The eighth pic is the stair rails we put in. The ninth pic is a door and face frame to cover our electrical box. The tenth pic is a door to my storage room and bathroom. When we built our house we had the builder put the furnace, water heater, central vac and water softener all in one area so we could frame it in a room together. The furnace room (as we call it) also has some storage space inside. We put up shelving in both the furnace room and storage room. When I find my camera I will get you some up todate pics.Sorry it took so long for me to post these. Susan Here is a link that might be useful: Our basement

tbean, you write that "most of them (fruits) dropped off for some reason." It is totally normal that the tree discarded many of the new small fruits. A citrus tree will retain only the amount of fruit that it is capable of bring to maturity. If every flower on a citrus tree produced fruit, and if every fruit stayed attached to the tree, a citrus tree would be crushed under its own weight. Generally, only 1 to 3 percent of the total amount of flowers that a citrus tree produces, will ever produce fruit that remains attached to the tree until maturity. - Silica

Mustang, here is my first rose planting story... I read the directions and dug the 24" deep holes...5 total. Then I planted the roses. I realized afterwards that I forgot to mix in the compost, so I dug them all up and replanted them in the pouring rain!!!!!! With all the mud slop I had in the end, I doubt whether the compost did any good. The roses thrived and grew like crazy, though. :) Have FUN planting!! My 6 Perditas are coming grafted from David Austin this week!! I am so excited, I am having trouble sleeping! Rebecca p.s. I usually put the dirt in the hole halfway, then water it in well and let it drain... Then fill up the rest of the hole and make a well around it. I bury the graft 4-6 inches down because I live in zone 4. That way I never have to cover my roses and they survive my 30 below zero winters.

If you mean for the plant to remain viable, and in reasonably good vitality, you'll need to be proactive and repot the plant. Root congestion begins to limit vitality at the approximate point in time when the root and soil mass can be lifted from the pot intact. As root congestion increases, growth rate and vitality decreases in a direct relationship until such time as the plant is so weakened it will be taken by insects, disease, or it will simply run out of the energy it takes to keep its systems orderly and succumb to the stress. In a necked-down light purple pot that happens to be a favorite. From a cutting, I started a species of potentilla that will form a single trunk (sp fruticosa). It's highly unusual in that it produces light purple blooms, which are nicely complimented by the shade of the pot. It's become a very nice bonsai, and one of my favorites. Because of its unusual bloom color, I wouldn't want to lose it, so come spring, I plan on breaking the pot. Your plant is naturally vigorous, which is a genetic trait. Given the right conditions, it's a plant that's hard to stop and quick to recover. Vitality (or 'health', if you prefer) is not a genetic trait. Vitality is a measure of how ably your plant is dealing with the current cultural hand its been dealt. Since the tendency will be toward decline in vitality as the root congestion increases, I would suggest you separate pot from root/soil mass and get after fixing all the root issues before the plant awakens in spring. You might be able to do that w/o breaking the pot, but there's no way to tell w/o a sense of what you have to deal and work with. This is a Hyde brand scraper you can find at most paint stores. I have ground down the bottom straight edge so it's radiused, and honed it so it's very sharp. It's made of spring steel, so it holds an edge quite well. I push the tool along the outer edge of the pot to cut through roots and free up the root/soil. I just thought of something. An offset frosting spatula used to ice cakes would be very flexible and should work well - especially if it's sharpened so it will cut roots instead of mangle them. See one Al