frank does mail order??? plant in later september ... plenty of time to find mail order ... insist on single leader trees ... or make them yourselves ... to save on mail order ... i would suggest.. in 3 years.... there will be no difference between a 2 to 4 footer... in other words.. a waste of money.. including extra shipping ... have a soil test done ..... NEVER FERT unless a soil test indicates something is missing..and never fert a stressed tree.. and a transplant will be stressed for two years ... i dont have a link to brandons planting guide on my laptop ... dave.. reality check ... you will get no privacy from a 2 to 3 foot plant.. so do it in the next proper planting season .... as per above ... we will need to know the soil type.. clay has special instructions ... for TWO YEARS... the ONLY important thing.. is PROPER WATERING ... spacing depends on how fast you want them to fill in ... give us some facts .... including how big the yard is .... my 4 inchers in 2000 are going on 15 to 20 feet tall.. and 8 to 10 feet wide ...ON MY 5 ACRES .... these arent for most suburban settings .... presuming you have other goals for your yard ... ken

Shipping bolts is a real good place to start. The next thing to check is whether the weight of the washer is shared equally on all four feet. You can test this by feeling with your finger where each of the two front feet meet the floor while someone else is trying to rock the washer on the diagonal. If you feel either of the feet moving, even ever so slightly, then you should adjust the foot that moves until it doesn't move anymore. If niether of these suggestions is your problem, then you might just have a slippery surface underneath the washer feet. One thing you can try to fix this is to put double-sided tape under each of the two front feet. If that improves the situation but there's still a bit of movement, you can try doing it to back feet as as well, but getting to the back feet is a real hassle.

Your kitchen plan with its L-shaped island looks like it has less counter and storage space than your existing kitchen. Add in a coffee maker and toaster on the counters and you have even less counter space. This is not normally the direction people move in a remodel. I'm guessing the reason for opening up the perimeter L is to gain direct access from range to table. Is this a high priority for you? Tell us what you hope to gain. It's pretty hard to offer suggestions without knowing what you're flexible on and what are "must haves." That said, if you're open to lay-out suggestions, here's one for you: I ditched the L-island and went with a large (roughly 6x8), curved, one-level island with the sink facing your lovely views and a nice long stretch of counter across from the range for prep, in addition to the prep space on either side of the range. You could also use that stretch of island counter for party spreads. At the top of the island facing the DR is a cabinet (approx 18" judging by the size of the DW) facing the DR. Tucked under the island in front of the stools are cabinets for storage of items seldom used. I didn't add island seating at the top of the island because I thought this would crowd your DR table. Nice photo, Co-Co! I would be tempted to create a "wall of tall" (what you see in the photo above) and build in lots of great storage on that wall but only if I gained counter space elsewhere. As for putting a wine rack above the MW, Coll_3, you could but it would be best for short-term storage only since wine stores best when kept away from heat - both MW and fridge create heat. You may get more function out of your pantry closet (I'm assuming it's just a closet with shelves) by switching to a pantry cabinet with pull-outs or at least a better organizational system in the closet.

I definitely like a 4-season climate and, in my younger years, enjoyed the snowy season. However, once I became disabled, enjoying snowy-season activities ended! Now snowy-season is hazard-season and cabin-fever-season :-( A friend with the same medical condition as I have had a fall on black ice earlier in the winter - she broke one knee-cap and damaged the other! Another friend fell on ice around the community mailbox while walking her dog in one of the recent storms. Luckily she was wearing several layers of bulky winter clothes that gave her some protection when she fell flat on her back and hit her head! She didn't have a cell phone with her and there was no one else around. It took her awhile to find an ice-free area where she could safely get up. I never walk alone in winter - but I also never go out unless the road is bare. I've spent far too much time indoors this winter and am very bored! :-) Like floral_uk, I don't do well in heat either so late May/early June and September/early October are perfect weather condition times for me. I'd be happy if the snowy part of winter started a week or so before Christmas and wound up around the end of January - enough to give a white Christmas and satisfy any 'winter wonderland' viewing cravings without the drawbacks of months of restrictions on activity!