If only I had found out about WS sooner, now I'm scrounging in my kitchen for containers! Can't wait to get started! Thinking the nearest dollar store will have SOMETHING to get me going!! Yes dirtbert, I was planning on putting the paper pots crammed together in some kind of plastic tray with a lid, so when it is time to transplant I can just plop the whole thing in the ground without disturbing any roots. I tried starting veggies from seed indoors a couple years ago, had no idea what I was doing, spent a ton of money on seed starter packs, etc. and it was a complete and utter failure. Last year I bought some perennials from Walmart and such, but I couldn't believe the cost for such tiny plants! Can't afford to do that every year! Plus, there's just something special about starting from seed. I've been researching more and more about gardening the past couple months, and feel much better prepared to tackle my dirt this year! EEEK! Gardenweed your little sprout is just darling! One of my biggest worries, I know when they start sprouting you're supposed to take the top off your container, right? Well I know where I am, we could get spring like weather for a week or two and then suddenly plunge back into -20 C temperatures. Wouldn't this kill anything that's sprouted? LOL, here I am concerned about this and I don't have a single seed planted! I'm so excited to get started though! Hubby and daughter think I've gone off-my-rocker, but I don't care! Can't wait to see their faces in the spring when I have a ton of plants for the garden with little to no cost!!

When wasps build nests where we don't want them, we spray the nest with water. The reason wasps build nest under eaves and porches (and light fixtures) is because these places are sheltered. If they keep getting wet, they'll abandon the nest and find a more suitable place. I don't know a lot about light fixtures, but can imagine that where the wires are, they will crawl through those small spaces.

cynanjon: Here's one. On that website when you search for bathroom hardware, 5 pages come up and each page has a couple of the open-ended ones. I was looking for Umbra specifically to find more of the ones I bought several years ago and LOVE. Not available anymore but I might have to try these open ended ones now. Think I'd mount them vertically just to make sure nothing rolls off the end. The one I have from Umbra has a metal bar the t.p. roll sits on. The bar sits in the side mounts. But it just drops down from the top and sits in. Has never popped up and out. Love not having to squeeze a roller to get it back in. Ouch! Lots of other manufacturers. I just wanted to find my old one by Umbra. Here is a link that might be useful: open end t.p. holder

1. I had a bucket of water with a little vinegar and wiped a section with a sponge. Then I'd take another sponge, wet it in the sink and wipe over the area and rinse the sponge in the sink again and wipe again. There was no glue that you could see when I started or finished, and I tried to feel if it was gone, but I it was hard to know for sure. 2. I really can't remember how long I waited before I applied Kilz. It was at least overnight, but I think it actually may have been a couple days later. 3. The GARDZ can said to apply it liberally but not too thick or it may sag. I thought I rolled it on thick enough, but who knows. Actually, the stickiest areas are in spots where I would have brushed it on around the door and shower. Does a brush apply it thicker than a roller? 4. It was Kilz 2 white latex sealer, primer, stainblocker. 5. No, a full coat of Kilz wasn't used. I just brushed on Kilz over the GARDZ on about a 3'X3' section of new drywall below the window, and around the window, and in several other very small spots where the orignal primer had peeled off a little. But those aren't the tacky areas - it is tacky where it is just the GARDZ and most tacky where I would have used a brush. What kind of mess have I gotten myself into? Sigh! Why is it risky to just prime back over it and then paint? Thank you all for trying to help!