Has anyone heard of "Spin N Stor" lettuce cleaner bags? I saw a show last weekend about it. Sure would take up a whole lot less space than a conventional spinner. Below is a link to a video on how it works and here is the URL for the item on Amazon. http://www.amazon.com/Argee-Spin-Reusable-Salad-Spinning/dp/B000E8X302/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=home-garden&qid=1242311926&sr=8-1 If I made more salads, I'd probably get the bags simply because I don't have room to store a big spinner. Jodi- Here is a link that might be useful: Spin N Stor

Your holiday sounds fabulous. I've always wanted to eat tapas and drink sherry! Collioure is a place in the south west of France that is famous for its anchovies. There isn't A recipe - any seasonal veggies that you have will do - from lettuce, roquette, baby spinach.... tomatoes, peppers or not, tuna as well as anchovies or not, asparagus, some people even add melon..... it's the anchovies that make it "Collioure". Banyuls is close by and famous for vinegar so perhaps that would help with an authentic flavour. http://levinaigre.com Really good anchovies are needed. Also good, is toasted bread, rubbed with a garlic clove and topped with these anchovies as a nibble with your apéritif. There seem to be 2 "good" suppliers of preserved anchovies - http://www.anchoisdesclaux.com/epages/box9106.mobile/?ObjectPath=/Shops/box9106 and http://anchois-roque.fr

Some crops that will grow in less than 8 hours sun are leafy and salad greens, root crops like radishes and onions, and most herbs. Peas and beans also, but will produce a smaller crop than in full sun. Consider planting the cherry tomatoes in a hanging basket so you can move it to a sunnier location if it is not doing well in the partial sun. Another crop you might consider is garlic; each clove will produce a whole new bulb. It is best planted in fall (September or October, though I've planted as late as early December with success), and will be harvested in May or June, depending on variety and your weather. It will send up some shoots that persist through winter - love seeing those! - then really take off in early spring.

@Sophia I just build a house that is what I call "senior real" (easy to get around, minimize falling), including the bathroom. Your architectural plan quite makes me dizzy, so I'll focus on just a few areas. 1. The first thing I noticed was how difficult it will be to be on a Zoom meeting in the Computer nook while another occupant is practicing the clarinet in the Music Room. Eeeeek! (literally, if you're just learning). 2. Guest (downstairs) suite; swap the bathroom and closet. Do not, under any conditions, put the toilet into a booth. Consider how you have to get in one of those; you have to kind of back in. To wipe, you have to kind of turn around squeezed in with your back to the door. Flush, then turn around again in a tight space. And suppose there has to be a helper? And how are you going to fit grab bars in there? Don't do it! My bathroom is ADA compliant (5' wheelchair turning radius), and it has a barn door. I know designers on here don't like barn doors for bathrooms, but the bathroom door in your suite only goes to the bedroom, not to the living room or anything like that. I can't tell you how genius this barn door is! The best thing I ever decided! It rolls right open with barely a flick of my finger. No going in through a door and then closing it behind me (since I'm solo, half the time I don't bother closing it, even) and then doing that in reverse. I have an extra air circulation boost right outside the bathroom. I hit it when I'm done. The house gets a new batch of air. I have a wall-mount sink. Very plain. I had all the walls in the bathroom reinforced, so if I want, I can put grab bars wherever. For some reason, I LOVE my sink. (It's Kohler); I think maybe because it's large, much larger than I could have in a vanity. You can get special valves on the shower to keep it from putting out scalding water The toilet for a bathroom like that would be elongated and "comfort height" (which I hate, but most Americans like). I have a curbless shower; no tub. Tubs are too risky. What you don't hear about curbless showers is how easy they are to clean. At the end of the day, when it's dried out, I can vacuum it lol. I could use a vacuum steamer in there if I wanted. Because I'm on a budget, I have cork floors. It turns out, I love them. My feet never get cold in the bathroom. And having rugs down is a tripping risk, so that's important. For a little bit of luxe, I've added a towel warmer (it also gave me more wall space to hang towels). If I'd had the budget, I would have tried to get one of those plumbed towel warmers because they warm up the space significantly, and bathrooms with a 5' turning radius might seem a little drafty. Elderly folks might really appreciate this. -the granny-suite closet should be reach-in. It's too hard to turn around in a walk-in. General, and most of these items will have insignificant cost: -When you choose windows, make sure someone in a chair can see out. I can sit on my couch and enjoy view and critters (actually from everywhere in the house except above my bed where I need privacy). In case someone is confined to bed, make sure they can see out from the bed. -All the doorways on the bottom floor of the house should be extra wide. Mine are 36". -In the home he built for his elderly father, my builder put deep-ish chair rails at hand height along the corridors and needed walls spaces. These are wide enough to steady someone, or let them grip for a moment; but really, they just look like chair rails. -lower all the light switches. There's an ADA standard. -all the exterior doors should be extra wide -wood floors; use area rugs for now, remove the area rugs if tripping is an issue. -Light switches should be rockers, not flip switches. -Put electric sockets higher than standard, so you can plug things in without crawling around. -If elderly folks will be using a microwave, make sure you have one low down so they don't end up with hot soup in their face. -use levers instead of twisty doorknobs -use c-shaped pulls in the kitchen instead of any kind of knob (arthritis can make knobs and switches very difficult) -put lights EVERYWHERE. I have maybe two extra in the bathroom, including over the shower, so I don't get disoriented. I added an additional 6 Ikea floor and table lamps of various descriptions in about half (aka 300 sq feet) of my house. My eyes don't work the way they used to, and I need light. -put in extra electric sockets. You'll need them for night lights, towel warmers, CPAP, lamps, lamps, and lamps, electronics, humidifier.... -extra exterior lights, so pathways are very visible -the kitchen should have a place where someone can mix cookies (or prepare a salad or whatever) while sitting (not on a high stool). -I actually had my wall cabinets lowered so I can see into all the shelves -except for my bed and couch, I can easily move my furniture around so I can set things up however I want. I have a groovy footstool for my aging tootsies, and I have a couple of nifty carts that I can pull to wherever I want. All my furnishings are super flexible and adaptable in configuration to whatever my needs in a particular moment. I can easily make room for a wheelchair, if I have a guest with one. -any faucet handle(s) should be the single lever variety; no twisty taps, left and right; besides, the levered faucets are much more practical for virus minimization, since they can be worked with an elbow or wrist -my CERV (air exchanger) can be fitted with MERV-13 filters. They remove viral particles (COVID! Flu! Pneumonia!) I hope this helps! It seems to be only about 1/3 of the nifty little features I had built into the house, so if you have questions, let me know. I tried to think of EVERYTHING, but all is a variant of standard. No extra cost.