Hi Karen_a_2007! Welcome to Garden Web. I suggest you go to the bottom of any page here and click on 'Member Pages'. then Edit Preferences. Then using the drop down box, set it to show your email addy to Members only. then check the box to allow others to email you via the forms here at GW. That will place a link on your member page so folks can then get your addy from the GW email form, since the GW email is often not reliable. You might also want to (while you are there) fill in your gardening zone...in the same box as your state abbreviation. Anyway, I emailed you privately (non GW) for you to send me a pic if you like. Sue

Yes, they're pretty easy to tell apart. The sugar snap peas have fleshy, watery, rather translucent pods, the shelling peas have thin, stiff, opaque pods. As soon as you've seen a few side by side, you'll see the differences. Sue

I write my crosses with a No. 2 pencil on string tags, slipping them onto the scape. (I tried the plastic tags, but the ones I got wouldn't stay on the scape.) I make sure that wilted blossoms don't cover the tags, as they can make it impossible to read the information. When the seed pods split open, I snap them off the scape along with the tag and place each pod in a separate small medicine bottle. I put the lid on, with the string hanging out. I carry two zip-lock plastic bags with me when I gather seed pods, one for the empty med bottles and the other for the ones containing harvested pods. When I come inside, I empty each pod into a small paper Dixie cup, along with the tag. I let the seeds air-dry 7 days. To store them, I use small clear plastic zip bags for coins that have a white space on them where I can write the cross. (Office Depot has them.) I put them in the refrigerator until I am ready to start soaking my seeds. If I start them in the fall soon after harvest, I seem to have a much better germination rate than if I wait until spring. I put the seeds I plan to start in a solution of 1/2 gallon of distilled water + 6 tablespoons hydrogen peroxide. I pour this in each little bag about 2/3 the way and seal. I put the small bags of seeds and solution into a plastic container, cover them with more solution and put a lid on it. I keep them in the refrigerator for six weeks. After the six weeks has passed, I put the container in a dark closet. After 4-5 days, I start checking for germinating seeds, removing and planting those that are beginning to grow. I prepare white styrofoam cups by punching holes around the bottom and writing the crosses, etc. on the sides with Sharpy pens. After preparing them, I fill them with pre-moistened potting soil and make depressions about 1/4" deep (no more). I then carefully set the sprouting seeds on their sides with the emerging white roots turning downward. On the average, I usually plant 3-4 seeds per cup. I cover them lightly with either potting soil, fine vermiculite or builder' sand. Once that's done, I slip sandwich baggies over the cups. I place the cups in large aluminum foil roasting pans that I get at Sam's Club by the bundle. I can put 15 cups in 1 pan. I fill the pans with water and set them outside in my little greenhouse. As soon as I see green shoots, I remove the sandwich baggies and move the pan of sprouting seedlings to the edge of the porch where they get sunshine. Once they develop their second set of leaves, I begin adding fertilizer - 1 scoop of Schultz's Expert Plant Food to 1 gallon of water. I live where winters are relatively mild, so I prefer starting seedlings in the fall. Due to the deer problem, this year I'll be moving the larger seedlings to white pots to remain for the duration of winter. (Since you live where winters are very cold, I think it best to start your seeds in spring.) I write the assigned seedling number and the cross with a Sharpy pen on white plastic knives to be used as markers. When I eventually move the seedlings to the garden next spring, I'll shove the knife almost completely underground so the ink doesn't fade, and so they don't get knocked away from the seedling. (I've had to learn this the hard way!) I planted some seeds this summer after letting them air-dry for only 4 days. I had problems with moldy seeds, so I won't be in that big of a hurry again. Nancy

Yes, you can put an outlet in the cabinet (consider putting in multiples/plugmold so you can use it as a charging station for all your small electronics and phone type thingies). You can also wire your kitchen for speakers before you put in the cabinetry. There are also wireless speakers. My speakers are in the ceiling.