Yes its hard when the beloved pet does that to your loved plants. You know over the years I have had a lot of dogs and never have they eaten any plants. The males have killed a few cocking a leg, and also pulled the washing off the line I wonder why hummm maybe I was too strict with Obedience from when they were puppies Well someone has to look after those those beautiful creations . No idea about which parsley to get seeds or whatever, myself I would get another punnet Put them in the Ground and maybe a fence of sorts, just an idea. Good luck anyway. Cheers..MM

When I moved from Illinois to Ca, I had never seen then except in motels when I was a kid. Every new house we looked at had them, and since we were spending more money on a home than we thought we ever would, it was hard for me to accept. We eventually had them scraped, but it wasn't a cheap fix. They also get gray from dust, dirt, etc. as they age, making them look even worse, and painting them is a nightmare. There isn't a thing I can say that is nice re:popcorn ceilings, sorry.

OK, this morning I see that BOTH sides of the garden are illuminated by dappled sunshine in the early a.m., but that the left side has the dappling persisting much longer due to the angle of the sun coming through the pin oak tree. So that is why I think I should put the STGN on the left side of the garden, right off of the sidewalk leading to the building. I thought that the corner of the raised bed containing 2 rose bushes, which is a few feet from the porch, would be a good place because then it would have the rose bushes in front of it and the Obligatory Bushes to its right, giving it some sun protection on 2 sides in the morning, while the shadow from the building completely covers that spot by 3 p.m.

Nothing elicits a face palm urge in me quicker than seeing an expensively done kitchen with a cook top on an island and no overhead exhaust fan. Especially if a gas cook top, which I've seen and am amazed it's even code compliant. My reaction (which I keep to myself), in good valley girl talk, would be "like wow, like doesn't anyone here like know what happens when you like cook something there? Do you like ever cook things here that are like smelly, like onions or garlic or spices, or like smoky, like meat? Do you, like, like having those smells and the combustion poisons from the gas flames throughout your like house?" We once went to a open house held by someone we knew on the occasion of the completion of a kitchen remodel. Yes, a gas cook top on an island was there, sans exhaust fan. I asked the lady of the house about it when a quiet moment presented itself - why no exhaust fan? The response was "Our designer found some hanging fixtures she thought would look perfect here when seen when first entering the room. She said there was no way to use the fixtures and also have an overhead exhaust system so she convinced us to stick with these lights instead. Aren't they lovely?"