Have had a ton of turnips, beets (and their yummy beet greens), mustard greens, a few carrots, some radishes, lots of lettuce, peas almost ready to harvest. Half my onions look great and half look weak. ...and lots of eggs from my chickens who are now back to producing after being very lackadaisical over Winter. With very weak sun and many overcast days here in NoCal lately, the tomatoes have not had a chance to spring up, the peppers look sadly puny and frankly, I'm just a bit tired of waking up every morning only to see "64 degrees" as the day's "high".

I went looking when I was in the Bay area on business. The dealers there were less than useless. We bought ours from Trevor & he delivered it to Texas. There were no problems with shipment or delivery. I was capable of setting it up myself, but not everyone is. Trevor is there to help though.

I understand the attraction of French ranges and the conflict between the high end and the moderately priced ranges, but, were I doing cooking for a large family and catering on a regular basis, I'd probably go with a Blue Star plus a couple of induction modules. We are looking at small Lacanches and Cornue Fe 1908s for a secondary kitchen because I want the "French look" and because I specifically desire less fire power in this one than in my big kitchen. The other brands that you have mentioned are simply out of the question for us. You may want to contact Green Demolitions with your specific needs and preferences and see what they come up with.

daylily, no offense at all :-)) I completely understand where you are coming from and only wanted to point out that this is indeed a pretty common occurrence!! However, one of the major responsibilities of a skilled landscape designer is to guide their clients/homeowners towards good design choices. That is, after all, one of the primary reasons they have contracted with a designer in the first place! And one of those "proper" choices is to ensure that the garden is not overplanted from the beginning. IMO, designers that do overplant (or overdesign) - even at the client's wishes - are doing their clients a major disservice both in terms of economics and overall plant health. And appearance!! This is not always an easy concept to communicate, however. Most homeowners get any garden design exposure they have from TV landscaping shows and we all know how condensed and far from true life these really are. They are done entirely for show, not for practicality, so an overplanted landscape is pretty much par for the course. It has to look perfect, not spotty, for the reveal at the end of the show!! I sometimes wonder what these "perfectly filled-in" landscapes look like a year or two down the road........not very good, I bet. I just did a consult yesterday afternoon that mirrored this exact situation. The clients inherited a grossly overgrown garden when they moved in and have spent considerable time and effort in clearing out the excess. Now they want to replant and wanted my help in plant choices and placement. The wife totally got the need for restraint and allowing things to fill in over time. The husband however wanted to cram it full of plants right now - no bare soil showing - and it took both of us some doing to convince him otherwise!!