I had a couple of pink flamingos in my yard for awhile. I named them 'Tongue' and 'Cheek'. They finally died. I think of,embarrassment.

Thanks a lot for the compliment Bananafan! I appreciate it! I definitely try to make the best of my climate. Luckily there is a lot of moisture year round by me so that does give me the opportunity to grow a lot of vegetation. Every year I get more and more species of plants, it's hard to keep up with them all after a while, but so far I've managed pretty well. Not sure what purple sedum you are referring to (is it the purple heat vine?), but that, the arborvitae and the passion vine are all cold hardy here so they are one of the easier plants for me to grow! Arborvitaes are a little bit overused here so I'd rather have something else in my yard other than them, but they look nice and are expensive (and just as expensive to dig up and replace) so I'll be probably be keeping them for many more years! The passion vine is probably my favorite bloom. Not only is it cold tolerant, but it's a fast grower too. I got it as a small plant for 2 dollars at a local nursery in July 2010. Now they cover a huge portion of my pool fence and there are seedlings popping up around my yard (they dont seem too invasive though). I know that the Pacific Northwest has some of the best gardening in the country and it is definitely cool year round so I would agree that cool climates are actually great for a lot of flowering plants! It gets pretty hot by me in the summer so that does limit the number of flowers I can grow a little bit.

I'm sorry I misunderstood, I guess I can't help you with that. Although I can and pickle a lot, I've never pickled any kind of seed pod, at least not that I'm aware of. So they probably wouldn't be good in kim chi? I had to go search for a photo of "rat tail radishes". They look just like the big black radishes I planted last year and let go to seed, and the pods tasted like radishes only milder. Here I thought I'd come up with something new. Good luck. Annie This post was edited by annie1992 on Thu, Mar 27, 14 at 20:16

Just get out your tape measure. Copy that overhead diagram, and start measuring. From the wall to the corner. Make a note on the diagram. From the inside corner to that outside corner. Jot it down. Just to play around on the planner, you don't need 100% accurate measurements. And I don't know if what is pictured is your current space or not, but that fridge is dying to be placed on that pantry run to the right so as to have enough room around the cooking surface. What is pictured wouldn't pass fire safety codes!