Well, from what I've read, they really do work. Either I didn't get damping off, or it worked. I think I did get it on the one seedling, as I saw fungus growing at it's base. I sprinkled more cinnamon and then did the garlic remedy, too. To begin with, I sprinkled cinnamon all over the top of the soil before the seeds germinated and added more here and there after that when I thought it might need it. For the garlic, I did what Doug Green on his simplegiftsfarm.com said to do. Crush several garlic cloves into about an inch or so of simmering water in a saucepan. Simmer for a few minutes and then cool to lukewarm and water your seedlings with it. It stinks, but worked for me =:) Garlic is a natural fungicide.

Wow, I love those placemats and the fluted bakers. Those will be handy for Sherry, I'll bet. The canning labels are such a good idea too, Sherry will have to have them for everything she's going to learn to can! Our swap has such nice bright colors this time around, it must be the time of year. Annie

budge1 - you are so kind to my kitchen! :) Thank you for liking it. I hope I'll one day like it as much as you do - haha. I see the potential, that's for sure. I like the original cupboards too. It's hard though cause without having a lot of money - and we don't - I'm pretty limited about what I can do with that small space which I think is about 12x14' big! I'm maybe short a half-a foot in giving those dimensions. The hardwood floors are so worn they give splinters (!) and can't be sanded down again I've been told. They're just fir. But until I can knock down that mudroom wall and expand - if ever - having a nice countertop, backsplash, new sink and faucet (and first-ever dishwasher and disposal and good safe outlets) will be a HUGE improvement! I'm glad you like the height of the faucet (I've been pretty worried about that). The distance from wall to spout should end up being not too far out once the apron-front sink is put in, since by nature it has to be pulled out as far as the counter comes out. So, compared to the picture you see of my current sink, the new farm sink should poke out another 2 or 3 inches further, making the faucet actually reach just short of the middle of the sink. I hope I don't have the splashing issues others w/ much height have complained about! But supposedly having an aerator makes a difference. I'd hate to find out the hard way that they were wrong! When you wrote of an overhang, you mean the way a table or bar or island can allow chairs/stools to sit under it (but not as far as in those cases), right? Can you tell how ignorant I am when it comes to kitchens and remodeling? ;) Well there is a kitchen door on BOTH ends of the long counter, and if the counter visually comes out too much, it will appear to block the doorways which don't leave much room. Because we need to put a dishwasher in, which will go to the left of the sink (best place), we'll have to bring out the counter there, as far as the sink comes out in my photo. For symmetry we'll probably do that on the right side, too. My hope is that it won't make the doors looked blocked. The counter will angle back in and go back to being more shallow, before hitting the doorways...I just hope they'll do that soon enough to fool the eye into believing the counters aren't too far out! I do definitely look forward to having more counterspace, even if it's only a couple of inches!

I'm back home now so it must be mine! Although I confess I haven't got mine sent yet. Lots of things happened at the restaurant and I'm working all weekend. Mon. night it gets packed up.