You truely don't know what you have. I have spent the last 5 years doing dry stack walls with the same stuff. It is incredable. Start with the smallest 1st. then gradually go up in size, with the top stone covering the the lower two. work in really small ones in the gaps to help block some holes that soil can exscape from. I have terraced my 3/4 acre lot with these, and had to go find a few more to finish the projects. I also have 24" high round free standing bed for flowers (8 ft diameter). You can free form any size and shape beds you want. I also inter mix really large stones periodically to change the dynamics of the the bed, and then peice together the smaller stones around and up over the larger rock. once you figure it out, you will be hooked. Have some fun.

Hi Chery2, I enjoy that site too and have bookmarked a number of recipes. They sure run a variety and I spent hours reading many of them. Cheers, McPeg

I too sent away for Carls sourdough starter...mine didn't do so hot. But I'm sure it was due to pilot error :) I have a very nice one going that I've been tending for almost a year. Not from a starter tho, just kept feeding it. It was so-so until I'd read that AnnT added a bit of rye to hers (she has both rye and white floured ones) and now mine rocks!! Ann says it helped boost her starter. I'd read where commercial bakeries sometimes add 1 tbls. rye to their white dough to give it "tooth" and I've been doing it since, so adding a bit of rye to my sourdough clicked. Here is a link that might be useful: Ann's explanation

I post too only when I feel I have something to contribute so please don't feel your posts are being ignored. You are welcome here. And, in defense to some of the long-time Kitchen Forum posters, there are times when you post and think, why bother, because it leaves a bad taste in your mouth. For example, not too long ago, someone asked if anyone had a Moen Extensa faucet and if they did, could they answer a few questions. Having 2 Moen Extensa faucets, I felt qualified to respond and did so. After posting, I continued to monitor the thread just in case the OP came back with additional questions. That was my mistake. The next poster says words to the effect "I looked at Moen Extensa faucets and saw they had a plastic spray button on the top which looked cheap so I went with something else" and then the poster went on to rave about the faucet he/she purchased that cost 3 times as much as a Moen Extensa. I shouldn't sit in judgment of that poster but I can't help but wonder how useful that post was to the OP who may or may not be able to afford a more expensive faucet and was really asking for people with Moen Extensa faucets to discuss their experiences with them. Had the next poster owned a Moen Extensa faucet and said "I really hate the plastic spray button and wish I'd never bought it," I'd have no quarrel with the post. But I would think, if one is considering the purchase of a Moen Extensa faucet, that means one has gotten past "appearance issues" and is interesting in hearing how the faucet performs, so a post of that nature is not only unhelpful, it's rude. If you experience enough situations like that, your zeal for posting diminishes.