Howdy, I too have an 8x12 green house. Wish it was larger, or better yet, a solarium built to the house. Inside are larger plants that no longer fit in the house. Citrus, Agaves, a few Aloes, Olive tree, variegated Ginger, and a few other odds and ends. Plants are kept in the gh during winter months..once temps warm up, plants are set outdoors. With utility prices, why pay extra when plants do well outside, not to mention easier to manage...? The first year it was erected, 'December, Christmas present,) on the coldest night of the year, the heater went out. In the process, I lost either 32 or 37 plants which froze. I cried, literally cried. After that dreadful night, we figured the problem and made sure the gas heater was working. We added an electric heater in case something went wrong with the gas again. We also purchased a temp/guage/alarm. The guage displays indoor, outdoor and gh temps and humidity. If temp drops to 45F, the alarm beeps. The guage is kept in the house. Mike, although Feb is cold, 'usually the coldest month of the year,' the sun is stronger and will burn certain plants. I hesitate adding shading since most plants are sun lovers, and eventually adapt to strong rays. During summer, gh temps reaches 117F+. This last summer, especially July, temps rose 140 and higher. Even with two opened vents and the storm/screen door ajar. Although my gh is on the small side, it's great having extra space. Don't know what I'd do without the extra room. It's a great investment, especially for those of us who have, more than a few, plants. lol. Toni

Years ago my ex mother-in-law had a cone shaped stainless steel one with a wood pestle and it did a wonderful job on making tomato juice. Recently, I got back into canning and was searching madly for one of these. I found the sieve in an antique shop but it did not have the wood pestle and I found one of these on ebay. All together, it cost me approximately $16.00 which is a bargain considering new they cost around $40.00. A used one can be found on ebay including the wood pestle for around $25.00. I highly recommend searching antique stores though as the cost will be lower. I personally would not want to do without one of these when making juice. :)

Thanks ravencajun, I didn't know that you could go into IE and block the Third Party Cookies. Thanks so much for the "What are Third-Party Cookies" link. I saved it and I also followed their instructions as well. Also when I went to the CookieSafe 3.0.5 link that you provided I found this at the bottom of the page. You might want to check it out, I really don't know what it all means but you should know when you look at it. Version 3.0.5 Â January 27, 2009 Â 260 KB * Improved error handling for the import/export features Due to some technical problems related to the cookiesafe website I'm forced to temporarily remove the 'update blocklist' and 'clean cookies' features from the extension along with a few other links. They may be reimplemented at some point in a future version. Thanks again..... thirdfrt!!!

I have been using Byetta since September 2008...and have lost weight...maybe 50 lbs. The first months were difficult, with the nausea, but carrying that weight was really getting me down. I have back surgery in a week or so, so I am doubly glad that I stayed with it and am going into the surgery minus those pounds. I have always had lows...rarely high-highs, and fasting and anesthia are troubling but will talk to the anestheist today.Cholestrol is also not an easy fix but a work in progress. From most of the meds I suffer side effects...trying oatmeal as of today. I took Avandia for 10 years, suffering a multitude of side effects...and gaining 10 lbs+ a year...so I am grateful for the newer fixes...like Byetta. I have not heard of the serious side effects...but will check it out. Nanny