I've grown all sorts of crops by flood, furrow, drip, and sprinkler irrigation. In furrow and flood, the crops were mostly planted on beds about 6-8 inches high and 30 to 60 inches center to center. So this leaves a furrow about a 12-18 inches wide between the beds. The difference between flood and furrow is that the flood is level and furrow has a grade and water runs from one end to the other. Flood could be planted flat. Your crops won't float away but the soil can crust badly after being flooded. This mostly causes a problem with seedling emergence. The main problem that can develop with beds is a salt buildup since the soil is never leached. A good sprinkling once or twice a yr will solve that problem. I'd run the rows NS for better light distribution. I plant sweet corn in furrows spaced 30 inches apart. It is easier to get emergence this way in my soil. Small seeded crops are harder to get up planted in furrows because of crusting. The Fruitnut

We're on an acre beside a creek (actually was dug as a drainage ditch nearly 100 years ago). The back corner of our lot is in a 100-year flood plain. I think the FEMA model assumes our *house* is built on that part -- not. I'm not worried that we would flood due to the ditch. I'm worried we would flood due to an electrical outage making our sump fail to bail the groundwater from a heavy rain. The FEMA chart shows three categories, something like: Building and Contents, Building Only, Contents Only. My questions are: 1) Does Contents Only mean coverage for the furnaces, water heater, etc. or just "furnishings"; 2) Can we get Contents Only? Still waiting to hear back from State Farm. (Know they are busy after flooding in WI and IL.)

The light fixture would usually state the type of bulb such as PAR30 or PAR38 long neck.

"most SMs insist that it is wrong for BMs to constantly call the other parent when children are there, it interfers with visitations." Who are these evil women? When my SD was going to moms one week, then one week with us, her mom would call her two or three times during the week. Okay, she actually called DH while he was still at work and ask to talk to SD (hmmm knowing SD was not at work with him) and when i asked him why doesn't he call SD on mom's weeks, just to say goodnight or whatever, he'd say that's her time. He didn't want to interrupt it. He was annoyed that BM would call him on his time. Personally, as a SM, I think BM should call her daughter at least every other day (if not every day) since she left. I still find SD in her room crying because she misses her mom and it's been six months. I let her call her mom whenever she wants but she usually gets a voice mail. In my opinion as a mom, I would call my child at least every couple of days. Not just to check up on them, but to let them know I'm thinking about them. I don't think it's as big a deal if it doesn't bother either of them to not talk on the phone. In one case on here, a daughter doesn't want to talk to her mom on the phone but the mom wants to talk to her, in my SD's case, she wants to talk to her mom all the time but her mom is never available. If you have a mom & child that are both happy with the amount of calls, then it doesn't really matter how frequent they are.