I'm resetting to default, Robert, and again welcome your posts, but Dean's request to be dispassionate about these things...hmmm, IDKAT (I don't know about that) = if we're not passionate about TPOO (These Plants of Ours), we wouldn't be here, NCP (n'est-ce pas)?. Dean, Great word! You do mean #1, yes? despatch - 3 dictionary results des�patch â âÂÂ[dih-spach] Show IPA �verb (used with object), verb (used without object), noun dispatch. Use despatch in a Sentence �Related forms out�des�patch, verb (used with object) un�des�patched, adjective Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Dictionary, � Random House, Inc. 2011. Cite This Source : Link To despatch Explore the Visual Thesaurus � Related Words for : despatch communique, dispatch, send off, expedition, expeditiousness View more related words � World English Dictionary despatch (dêÃÂsp�tÃÂ) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide] � vb ( tr ) a less common spelling of dispatch des'patcher � n dispatch or despatch (dêÃÂsp�tÃÂ) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide] � vb 1. to send off promptly, as to a destination or to perform a task 2. to discharge or complete (a task, duty, etc) promptly 3. informal to eat up quickly 4. to murder or execute � n 5. the act of sending off a letter, messenger, etc 6. prompt action or speed (often in the phrase with dispatch ) 7. an official communication or report, sent in haste 8. journalism a report sent to a newspaper, etc, by a correspondent 9. murder or execution Here is a link that might be useful: Despatch

MK, hope you are feeling better. I think we all can relate to the pain that you have been through. We all remember those wisdom teeth.... awwy Thanks for the compliments on the pictures. About the sunflowers, no I am not planting any this year as I just kinda stuck with the basics, peas & corn. My wife has two raised beds of tomatoes. My life long best friend is in about the same shape as me, but he owns a dealership and I don't, so he sent the Club Car down to me. He came down this past week (from Warner Robins) and we rode around for 4 hours looking at our childhood. My butt was so sore I could barely get up the next day! Aw, come on... let hubby get a golf cart... then take it away from him.... like my zero turn mower... I am not even allowed on it and it was suppose to be for me! Birds... like the good son that always sent his mom & dad something at Christmas as he travelled all over the world. This past year he sent him an exotic bird from South America and later phoned to check on it. He asked his dad if he got the bird. Dad replied, "yep, and it was delious too". The son almost yelled at him and said "Dad, that was an exotic bird, expensive amd spoke two languages". Dad said, "Well, he should have spoke up then". ESH, this is like old times getting to message you back and forth. The cart is nice, just plug it in and charge the batteries every few days. The dog loves to ride with my wife. Will ride with me sometimes. It is a dog pound dog, but made a home here as did the other dog, both have been fixed. BMMALONE, thanks for the remarks on the pictures. I took them from the club car. Actually, my wife can take better pics than I, but she was at work. Someone has to work in the family... You called me young man, I am 64 if you call that young. Guess it is a relative term. The rain has been missing us for the past few days. I've heard that you should cut back on watering corn when it is near maturing. If I get a mess of corn in a week or two I will take a pic of it and post it. Shot

Jen, LOL... you have not heard what I bought this week on Ebay. Many apologies if I swiped your plants folks... but this girl is on a mission! Once I get everything on my list I can sit back and admire. The damage alone this week: Vera Cruz Rose Jeannie Moragne JL Pink Pany Makaha Sunn Bill Moragne Donald Angus Kimo I accidentally bought a Duvachelle CUTTING. What am I going to do with that? I guess I can practice to see if I can root it. :) What I really really want now are JL Metallica JJ Viola G Lani ET Lemon Drop CA Sally I really should shift my focus and try to find ingredients for Al's gritty mix. But thus far it sounds near impossible to find. Like yesterday I ran to a few stores to look for Foliage Pro and NONE of them carry it. I ended up ordering from Amazon of all places!

Hvalfjörður, not far from Reykjavík :) Specifically, this ravine right here:http://ja.is/kort/?x=366056&y=425108&z=10&type=aerial Indeed, I already own extensive artificial lighting. About 20-25 square meters of my apartment is a giant grow tent (over 4 meters tall - high ceilings here). The plants never see natural sunlight as it is! A greenhouse will in the long run actually save me a ton of money on power bills. I have dozens of species - banana, dragonfruit, coconut palm, date palm, acerola, coffee, cocoa, several annona species, guava, papayuela, miracle fruit, lemon, pineapple.... yeah, the list just keeps going. :) But even in a grow tent the size that I have now, it's obviously just not enough space. What I love about the ravine idea is how I can just keep expanding it further down the ravine whenever the plants get too big, with practically no bounds. Greenhouses here are usually pretty conservative / traditional, there's not much innovation in them. They're generally single pane glass, built on flat ground, vertical walls with a v-pitched roof, etc. Sometimes hoophouses are used but not usually year round. Lighting is almost universally high pressure sodium (I use LED at home). Driving through greenhouse towns like Hveragerði in the winter is kinda neat, there's such a bright glow from all of the greenhouses. But yeah, it's all pretty old-school. The only main difference between older greenhouses and newer ones is what they're made out of; old ones are usually of wood or steel, while the new ones are all aluminum. In terms of getting help, what do you envision? I was thinking about having a licensed engineer go over the design and determine what sort of reinforcement would be required to withstand the winds, and having my excavator guy (who has a couple decades of experience in all sorts of parts of the construction industry) supervise and advise the project. Do you think that would be enough, or are you picturing that I should hire a company that specializes in greenhouse construction to do everything? Beyond the personal-project issue, I just have concerns that they'll add in a ton of labor costs and a bunch of profit taking and the final bill will be something like 3 times higher than the materials costs. And probably won't want to do an unconventional design like mine, or would want to charge a big premium.