Hi Nomorenicksleft, Welcome to Garden Web and The Seed Exchange! I thought you might like to know there is no email link on your member page, thus no way to email you. To set up your email link, just go to the bottom on any page here, and click on Member Pages Then click on Edit your Personal Information, Page, and Preferences You will then probably be asked to login in again. Then check the box Allow other users to send you email via forms at our site. That will place a link on your member page, making it handy for members (potential traders) to reach you in the future. I have most vegetables, many heirlooms. I have (limited) coffee and tea seeds. Tobacco. Not many flowers. Mostly, I have too much to list. You might want to, when time allows, post them to your Member Trade Page...that they will be handy, and you won't have to list them in your thread post. You can also access your trade page for updating via the Member Pages link. Happy Gardening and Trading. Sue

My grandmother' s chinese caregiver once dissected a durian for us with great ceremony. A machete,various other sharp instruments, elbow length gloves, a large apron and many spoons & bowls were involved. We tried - ok eh. The caregiver then went off to NYC for the weekend. Leaving us with a bowl of durian in the fridge. Now both my grandmother and I grew up in the country - well used to a variety of earthy smells. But Durian is horribly stinky. Politeness lasted through lunch - then it was bagged, rebagged and put out in the trash. When the caregiver came back and found the odiferous evidence she was seriously offended. But seriously PHEW!

Am planning a bathroom makeover that will include replacing a small vanity top made of cultured marble. Does Corian offer integrated sinks in a different color than the vanity top? I know Swanstone does, but their color choices are very limited. For the counter I like Corian's Gray Onyx and Silver Birch and would love to do a white sink.

Fsal, that poultice works pretty good for oil stains. I tried it a few years ago on my carrara (before it was properly sealed). made the paste and covered it with a moistened paper towel, and then the plastic wrap. left it for a day or two. it does draw up the oil. you may have to repeat. They also sell these poultices ready-made (search "marble poultice") for stains. ILoveMod quartz is man-made. quartzite is natural. (quartzite is made of natural quartz but it's called quartzite). as for the resin, cheaper quality quartz may use a cheaper resin/materials. The most common yellow stains on any quartz brand countertop are the following; 1) General yellowing to the entire quartz surface due to build up of salts & surfactants 2) Around under mounted sinks - due to salts & surfactants in dish soaps. High pH 3) high use & cleaned area. 4) Under coffee machines 5) under pot plants on the quartz countertop 6) under dish mats or drying mats near the sink 7) under fish tanks. All of the above allow the salts & surfactants to form and generate the quartz countertops causing the yellow or light brown staining. As you will notice that UV light does not generate dish mats, under fish tanks and also pot plants. Whilst UV light can accelerate the yellow staining to white quartz countertops. IT IS NOT THE CAUSE! (they even mention high humidity and relation to salt water as contributing!) Scroll down and read the comment from Quartz Stonecare Cleaning and Restoring Experts https://www.houzz.com/discussions/2467192/quartz-yellowing