Alex, thanks for the confirmation! It's fir bark, primarily because I can't find pine bark here in SF to save my life. As for fertilizing, I added 10-10-10 fish meal when I made the soil (8 weeks ago or so?) and I fertilize weakly every 3 waterings or so -- which would be about 10-12 days these days. Like 1/4 tsp per gallon. Probably not enough to be doing much of anything but better than nothing. I don't like fertilizing edibles too much. And this soil I used has a lot of other literal sh*t, lol, in addition to this fungus business. ;-) Left alone, I'd probably mix in a Tbsp of more fish meal in a few weeks. Knowing my plants are not rotting from below, I transplanted the edible mums into it today for one area. What doesn't kill me makes me stronger, right? Haha.

Thank you, Thank you, Thank you Ginger! I'm trying to lose weight and eat healthier. Lite Yogurt adds calcium & protein to my diet but it gets boring day after day. I can't wait to try these recipes. I'm off to order the popcicle molds now!

EFC, OMG, just google counter stools and you will find enough sites online that you can browse from now till next Tuesday! You can even use the store's own search function to specify height, back, arm, look, materials..... During my last remodel I ordered a counter stool from Winnipeg, Manitoba, CA and footstools from Miami, FLA, USA on the same day. I had fun checking to see each day on the shipping company trackers where which item was, en-route. I believe Winnipeg won. It was like my own little parimutuel betting parlor.

Did you ever find what you were looking for? I have the same criteria. I am short and like to read in the tub. so not too long nor wide and want arm rests.