Thanks guys. Johnnieb, WOW, I was down there in September, and did not take any pics, but man those bananas were almost twice the height in Sept 08 than they are in your photo from July. It always amazes me how fast they grow. Ive had Musa basjoo go from 1 foot tall, to 15 feet in just a few months. Definitely the thing to grow if you want fast, and extremely noticeable results. I wonder if they would care if anyone took any of the seedlings? I would guess they would not since there are literally hundreds of them in that planter and the surrounding planters. I wish they would let them go to seed more. When I was there in Sept, I was there twice in two weeks, and the second time I went down I noticed they had removed all of the seed stalks from the Sabal Minor. It was kind of disappointing. I would venture to guess that once enough of those get planted around the DC area, and are left to go to see, we might start seeing them naturalise a bit in and around the city.

I think it was the Samsung WF 328 aaw - it had a heater but not steam. I gave all the paperwork back to the delivery/haul away guys today so I'd have to look it up to be sure. Today I've done an LG "Speed Wash" that took 29 mins. vs Samsung "Quick Wash" that took 1:02 with default ag* or switch off the ag* and get a 38 min "Quick Wash" Now I'm doing an LG Sanitary cycle with prewash, water plus and extra rinse with an estimated time of a little over 2 hours vs the Samsung Sanitary cycle that I think included a prewash and took 2:56 w/ ag* or 2:50 w/o ag* I was never convinced about the LG "roller balls" and thought they probably only added a rattle noise but the large fins and the roller balls do seem to be turning the laundry better than the almost smooth Samsung drum. My old LG tangled clothes in the washer like PJ's or long sleeved knit shirts but what is interesting is that even though the Samsung washer did not tangle clothes, the clothes came out of the dryer very wrinkled - no matter what washer cycle I used. I was able to wash most of my family's clothes and not need ironing with the LG washer. I still have my original LG dryer. I like that I can fine tune all the cycles on the LG - like change the water temps, speed up or slow down the spin, turn all cycles (except Sanitary) into a "Quick Cycle" More later...

Hello, My name is Sylvie, I bought my first home a year ago. I have been having major problem with the house so far. whenever it rains, water comes inside my basement from under the toilet. I have pumped out my septic 3 time in less than a month. actually I just pumped it out again on Thursday and today is Friday and its already fill up again. according to the county, my septic tank are only 3 years old. there were installed back in 2015, however they have no record on the drain field. I applied for a work order permit to have them come out and check the problem. the county came with the same contractor that installed the septic tank and did a perc test. the couldn't locate my drain field (not sure why) according to the county, the recommend a mound system because where i live, the water level is so high. I decided to temp turn my septic tank into a holding tank because whenever they come out to empty it, you can hear the water gushing back inside. the other contractor that came out emptied the tank and turned it into a holding tank, however i can still hear little water coming inside, but the guy told me it was the water from the top and it should be fine. they did said something to me that was kind of strange. they said my septic system didn't have a filter and something else didn't install properly. my questions: 1- how can i get someone to check the field to find out where my drain field is located 2- how much will it cost? 3- why the company that installed the septic tank didn't even know where the drain field was located. 4- was turning the septic tank into a holding a good idea? since it only take 1 days to get fill up? any help or idea will be greatly appreciated. I'm at a lost when it come to Septic. have no Idea what to ask or to look for.

I was told when I was closing that they were certain the inspection would pass that week, and that the cert of occupancy would be done then, and I could get the keys after that. I was okay with this, as it was just a few days, I had done a final walk through the previous week on the unit. And it sure looked complete to me. the landscaping around all the units still needed work doing, but that was ok. City Inspector told me they were waiting on a structural document, which they should have had, it needed to be mailed to the city, and they actually received it on Friday but that takes 2-5 days to process internally. He also said they have yet to request a final sewer inspection which is not something the builder has told me, but he said that was less important and he would be able to sign of the final once the structural report was handled from which ever city department was waiting for that - not the city inspectors office.