Thank you for the feedback. That does explain a lot. I've never grown a melon before. The plants are in a large kiddie pool with some tomatoes and eggplant. Hopefully, that is enough for the roots. But the vines are just starting to gain some major length and size so it may be that the plant is not large enough for fruitset yet. The blossoms on the lemon cukes really are difficult to distinguish. I was staring at them for a long time yesterday trying to figure out which were females. But at least the one I pollenated the day before was, it started to grow. I pollenated an armenian cuke yesterday so we will see if it is a pollenation problem. I do see lots of bees buzzing around my garden. I found them in the squash blossoms yesterday doing their job. Ania

Not yet hon. Beins how I live near Bawlmore hon, I will. but on video hon. And yeah, an ay do talk like that an all hon. Must be somthin in the worter hon. ;-) And John Waters grew up in Lutherville in my old neighborhood where there were no hons!! Sue

Oh yeah I've seen this blog before. Thanks for the reminder, I've added it to my RSS list along with lolcats, failblog, Thibeault's Table and Opera Chic... Another link below, to other cakewrecks. Here is a link that might be useful: Cakewreck blog

This looks like something that, if we'd seen it in say, 1975, we'd ooh and ahh over. But now, it looks kind of silly. What are all those screens on the wall, are they photo frames? Is that a TV or computer to the left of the fridge embedded in the upper cabs? If TV, why do you need it? There's a large screen in the breakfast area a few feet away. You're not going to have both of them on at the same time. A computer on the island (getting splashed as you prep?) and two on the desk. And is that a sink in the island? Or some kind of trash recepticle? And yes, the shape of the island is awkward. IME curve rounded things look cool and sometimes are necssary due to the space, but are never ideal for either a useful workspace or storage. It's amazing how many kitchens I've noticed since doing my own that go for the look over the functionality. Cool, sleek, ornate, gorgeous.... all fine IF the kitchen works well. Otherwise, the look is just a lot of wasted design. I would guess none of the designers of this kitchen A. are cooks and B. have every remodeled their own kitchens. Thanks for posting!