I have: Cherry Bell Campanulas Shasta Daisies Primroses Sheffield Pink Chrysanthemums Hostas (green) Tansies Agastache Geraniums Pink\White\Blue Hibiscus(Rose of Sharon) Lambs Ears Want: Tall phlox, any color Blue salvia Red Salvia Blue Sage Larspur Creeping thyme Creeping Phlox Hydrangea Rhodedendron Azalea Boxwood Yellow thread cypress Roses

Slating T post put post inline with row this allow mowing closer to plants in row that one reason. next when go to cut old canes out they are easier to remove. Next on first year plants are smaller so wire can be lower and closer to ground to support half size plant. The growth of plant will show need to move wire up slanted T post on Triple crown are Chickasaw blackberry plant vegetation fast growing first move wire be just below white paint on top post tie wire on end post up wood post this allow slack as move wire up T post also wrap 3 wraps so give slack to wire. Wire will tighten as moves up slanted T post when I speech of tighten just take slack out wire with bull nose pliers by hand. On backyard planting any system work are small plot like use at university when get 200 ft. and above row length V trellis workable. Watching adult plant needs and mowing spraying and pruning give V trellis best ideal. Cost very cheap design. I had up to 800 ft. blackberry rows with one 6 inch tread post on each end and slanted T-post every 30 ft. one high tensile #12 on each row side plants where Chickasaw grow to 16 ft wide all berries on and over wire it was a blackberry fruit wall. On 5 acres picked 52,000 lbs. first year after plant where in ground for 17 months berries on receipt from Michigan berry growers Association. V-trellis support all weight perfectly wind before thunder storm plant lift up give big wave and settle back down I wave back lol.

What about the $1/sf vinyl tiles? They're easy to install (DH and I are pretty useless when it comes to DIY and we did a great job on the kitchen and bath in our previous house!), unless she's got a monster huge kitchen would probably cost little more than fooling around with layers of paint and polyurethane, and look surprisingly good. Lowes has particularly nice ones, between the Cryntel stone-look and the Novalis wood-look which is startlingly realistic, and Lowes/HD (Lowes takes HD coupons) coupons are fairly easy to get hold of. In addition, though, there are many sites online about painting vinyl flooring. Google "paint vinyl floor". It's time-consuming, may render the kitchen unusable for days as the paint and polyurethane cures, and isn't likely to wear very well (especially if she has a dog, family/friends who wear shoes in the house, or she's an enthusiastic scrubber) so she'd better start saving up for a new floor now because as it wears it may well look even worse than the original floor did, but as a temporary measure it may work ok. She could tape off the black squares and just paint the white ones, or paint the whole thing and add a stencil or something. IMO a stain would just make the floor look dirty, defeating the entire purpose!

Agree w/embo -- black gum. Berries used for lemon substitute (very sour). Here's some in PA: