garden, I used to use the Bayer drench. It will help against black spot, but you may still need a spray if the BS pressure is high and conditions are right. If you have active BS now, I'd also spray with the Bayer disease control spray. As far as JBs go, it will kill them after then eat the leaves or flowers. It probably will not stop your buds from getting damaged a bit. I never saw the bees affected by using the drench, but I can't be sure. If there are no open flowers, then they will not come in contact with it. I have to be honest that when I used the drench, I did not have a thrip problem. I thought it was a coincidence that I started having the thrips after I stopped using the Bayer. I stopped using the drench because it became too expensive to use once I had 100+ roses. I also preferred to use the spray for disease because it works so well and I wanted to use organic fertilizers. However, since my thrip problems are SO BAD, I did decide to use the Bayer drench on a few roses that have bad problems with thrips. I don't get a lot of JBs. I did put down Milky Spore a few years ago. I'm not sure if it's that or other things, but I only get a few. And the few that I saw were dead. Not sure if that was from the drench, but I can't really think of anything else. I know you are like me, you want to be organic and do all the right things, but sometimes it's not possible. I also wish there was just a drench for bugs or BS, but there isn't. I think judicial use of the drench is fine. When I used it, I still had many bees, butterflies and other bugs. Just not thrips :)

- Mix 1 to 2 tablespoons soap with 1 quart of water; - Shake; - Apply/spray (It acts on contact, which means that it must touch the insect in order to be effective); - after 30 minutes, rinse plant with fresh water; - re-apply every 3 days over a 9 - 12 day period to break the reproductive cycle.

I don't know what you do about the lawn, but I know what to do about itching. Apply the very hottest water you can stand, for as long as you can stand it. This releases the histamines and relief lasts for about 6 hours, maybe 8. Works like a charm. Alternatively, you could set your iron at a low temp and iron yourself. I once had a device for that very purpose. It was like a small, round iron. It died and I was very sad.

Thank you JDS. I dont know why I was focused on just the changes either. I have never tried to understand building codes before so this is new to me. You suggestion makes sense. I tried to print chapter 4 off the web and it wont - which I assume is a way for them to get you to pay for it. I'm not going to do that because I am getting too deep into the weeds as it is. This is a tract home and I dont want to be the customer who shows up every day with a dog eared copy of the building code. I do however want to know enough about what is required and what is above and beyond so that I can have an intelligent conversation with the builder about what is important to me including those things that I might be willing to spend money on. Am I reading the current code to say that builders have to do blower door tests and show 3 ACH or less? (402.4.1.2) If so, my approach should probably be to specify that I would like to see a lower number - something that is achievable with typical materials and maybe a more conscientious attention to detail. Does that make sense? Thanks again