Howdy...Happy Friday. How's everyone doing? It's been a while since posting, but there were things that needed doing, and thankfully, got most accomplished. I'm so upset!! I lost my list of AV sizes..Now I have to jot each name down, then check each individually...I went to the first AV Questions, Part 1, lol, then copied each plant Fred listed. Thanks Fred.. Fred, nope, no name of the AV w/white leaves. Actually, last winter I rooted a few different leaves. Two were from old plants, and one, possibly two from a leaf/ves won on Ebay. All were rooted in water, but only one made it. After roots formed, the survivor was placed in a little plastic cup sent with an AV that needed repotting. The problem is, the cup had writing with some type of marker that wouldn't wash off. All it says is, CZ0499..that means nothing. At the time I didn't think any leaves would root, so I didn't bother using labels..Also, some of the leaves were from my old AV's without names, bought locally..Stores in this area where AV;s are sold do not print AV names on containers or add a tag. The reason I didnt think they'd root is, years ago I'd root in soil. For some reason, later on, no matter what I did, they just wouldn't root. A woman I know told me her mom rooted AV's in water..She simply placed a piece of aluminum foil on top of a container, punched a hole in the foil, then slipped the cutting in the hole.. What's ironic is, I told her I never ever had luck rooting AV leaves in water..when she rooted AV's, she rooted in water, and I rooted in soil. She nor I could no longer root our usual ways..so, I tried using her mom's idea and she tried rooting in soil, and both our leaves rooted.. Since, AV leaves are rooted in water. Fred, why/how does Fish Emulsion put Chlorophyl back in a plant??? That's curious. I have Alaskian and Ferti-Lome brands..does it matter which is used? Both are 5-1-1. You don't have to give me a scientific, chemistry reason..I wouldn't have any idea what you're talking about..lol I'm not thrilled w/its odor either, but it only lasts 2-3 days, and if it helps, so be it. In autumn, all plants, (not AV's) gets a foliar feed with FE. Those outdoors are sprayed thoroughly, with added 2-4 drops of dish soap (not Dawn) citrus rind, garlic, and this year Cayenne pepper. FE kills and prevents scale..Believe me. About 4-5 yrs ago, when I bought my Olive tree, it arrived scale-packed..of course, I didn't notice the first couple days, and because it was winter, (the house full) it sat next to other plants..one day while misting, I looked at a leaf and saw a ton of scale..YUCK..inspected the entire plant and saw at least 100 scale..Not only on the Olive, but those little suckers attached to neighboring citrus. A woman in Fl who sells citrus once told me she uses FE as a scale preventative. I followed her directions..2 days later, scale went to scale heaven. Or hell!! I've been making the soap concoction many years, all is mixed together and voila, organic insecticide..since, plants are bug free..if only I would overcome the fear of spraying fuzzy leaf plants...but one day I'll try it, even though I've never seen bugs on AV's. Oh, does anyone knew how long it takes for the AVSA to ship a book??? Tomorrow will be a week..am I being hastey? Is that the correct spelling?? It looks odd..LOL..then again, I only slept 4 hours.. Hope everyone has a great, safe weekend. Enjoy before winter arrives..sigh..Toni

Thanks Lisa - I also have Adorne undercab lighting you can't see in the photo - I have no outlets or plugs on any of my tiles so it's superclean - its all hidden under the cabinets which is really nice - I could post photos but this post is about fridges and not lighting...:) Here's the link to their website http://www.legrand.us/adorne/inspiration/photo-gallery.aspx if you are interested (I don't know how to send you this privately or I would..:)

Ha! Well, my current fridge SUCKS (part of the reason my timetable is being moved up), so it's really stupidly simple. I keep the fridge as cold as I can without freezing the milk. First, I get the crispest cilantro I can find. I keep the cilantro in the bag from the store and wrapped lightly closed and make sure it sits on top of everything else in my broken crisper drawer. When I need it, I throw away anything that looks wilted first because that will spoil the bunch. Then I get out and wash just what I need and put the rest back. It literally does take a month to go bad. My ginger, I peel first, wrap tightly in foil, put in a baggie, and freeze. When I need it, I use my microplane. That's how it stays juicy instead of shriveling sadly in my fridge. Lemons go yucky in the door but are happy in the crisper drawer for 6 weeks. I have 170 spices and mixes last count. I buy in bulk put a little of each in my spice jars, except the ones I use a quarter cup at a time. The rest go in the deep freeze. Which is...yeah, it's mostly full of spices. I have enough asafoetida for about three lifetimes. #deepkitchensecrets I hate how much space produce takes up. Everything is spilling out the day after my shopping day. Whole fridge is in my future.

" Making your own face mask? Some fabrics work better than others, study finds " This study, non peer reviewed and non published that's touted all over NBC is, sorry, looking at the issue in the wrong way. They studied how various materials can filter out the virus, which is tiny teeny, 03 micron. Sounds like this means that they're trying to prevent incoming viruses from infecting the person who wears the mask. However, one primary mode of transmission is through face-to-face interaction. Fact is that in normal interaction, speaking, coughing, sneezing, the virus is ensconced in droplets --- these droplets are way, way bigger than what Segal tested. Therefore, 1. The point is to look at how to prevent EMITTING these virus carrying droplets, that is, the wearer prevents transmitting his/her infection to others. And this is where face covers are extremely efficient: They block the spit droplets from leaving the mouth of an infected person. 2. So, any meaningful tests of protective mouth covers needs to test such droplets. 3. Yes, there is evidence that such droplets that are emitted by talking, sneezing, coughing can become aerosolized, ie become tiny, the size of what Segal tested. However, again, this can be prevented by emitting droplets in the first place. Super frustrating to see some anesthesiologist's unpublished, non-peer reviewed "study" be all over the Internet.