Annette~ No, I didn't know about Des Kennedy's new book. Thanks! The young lady with the Angora on her lap made keeping them sound suspiciously easy. I think they would have a difficult time in the heat here. Lorna~ I missed the dogs. I knew they had them and I got to hear about the demo after the fact. I figure I missed out on as much as I saw. I have to confess that the drop spinning seems, to me, a little slow. I had no idea there are so many types of spindles and ways of doing it. I was hoping to see someone demonstrating a Navajo spindle, but I didn't see any of that type there. A friend of mine has one and has offered to show me how to do that too. A spinning enabler.

Hi Robert; I had a similar experience with epoxy and caulk. I was trying to recreate a $50- Bokashi bucket (wherein all the liquid drains out and none is left at the bottom). After 3 days the epoxy (specifically for gluing plastics) and the silicon caulk (which was rated as waterproof and resistant to most chemicals) became useless. I guess they tested it on everything else except Bokashi juice. The picture I posted is the inside of a Bokashi bucket which can be purchased online (usually around $30 to $50). The strainer (at the left) sits on that lip around the inside. At one end is a small square indentation where the liquid flows out. The round, white, piece is obviously the plastic nut which secures the spigot in place. The small square space under it seems to be; that just in case you would need to change the spigot, there would be enough room to turn the nut and remove it (and then replace it again). In the end, the only liquid remaining in the bucket, at any one time, seems to be about: 1/4"-1/2" (D) X 1"-1.5" (square). That's not very much liquid at all. Now, I have no problem installing a spigot at the very bottom of the 5 Gal buckets I use. The problem is that there needs to be room for the rubber washers and the nut to hold the spigot in place. In general, the bottom of the tube (where the liquid flows out through the spigot) is at least 1/2" off the floor. This means that the whole bottom of the bucket up to at least 1/2" is covered with liquid and then anything above that level is what flows out. This is far more than what there should be. One solution I've thought of (though I haven't yet been able to accomplish it) is to somehow raise the level of the floor to the level of the outlet tube. If anyone has any thoughts on this idea or any others, I'd appreciate it. Shaul

Clare, I could definitely see my Odo doing that. Once we took him near a horse ring and he ran his little butt off down to bark at the horses and tell them the boss was in the house! The wabbit is adowable! Sheep are so, so, sheep-like!

west gardener, what fun to see the video of your daughter dancing with the chickens. She was so graceful, it was a pleasure to watch. I kept hoping she'd pick up one of the chickens for a dance, but probably good she didn't. Again, thanks for sharing; D and I watch a British show called "Pie in the Sky". The main character is a very heavy-set detective who also owns a restaurant called "Pie in the Sky". He has a chicken house in the garden, so he can get fresh eggs. He truly cares about his chickens and plays Beethoven for them, b/c as he says "a contented chicken is a happy chicken, and happy chickens lay better eggs". I was reminded of his 'hen house' when I saw the video.