Herbal, It sounds as though you need to to some deep research on growing vegtables in the south. With the exception of melons, okra, sweet potatoes, peppers all other crops are either winter grown or havested and frozen/canned by the end of June. You have to be astute in your seed selections. It takes a lot of study, experimenting and talking to old timers in the area to grow successful crops. For instance, the best variety of corn is Silver Queen. Tomatoes and sweet peppers should be grown where they receive afternoon shade. To date the search is still on for a tomato that will produce well during the hot summers. Lots of promises in the catalogs but that is all they are. Southern nematodes are a problem. Plant veggies with a handful of granulated sugar which will repel them. Heavy applications of straw mulch for vegetable plants in the ground should reduce watering needs. If the greenhouse watering is too much for you consider setting up a drip irrigation system to water the pots. Just a few thoughts on the difficulties of southern vegetable gardening.

Good4u I personally like working on the Duets, as I can get access to anything I want, when its time to fix them. Both the two sides remove easy and the back to get access to functioning or not functioning parts. And also the top comes off for more access. Like any machines longevity, it all depends on how you use it. All FL or TL require being properly balanced, meaning that the legs are adjusted to a level reading, and you want to make sure also that the four legs on the underside of the washer are as far up not down, but as far up in the baseplate as you can,to get a level reading. Next if you keep your loads to a full-load level, not small loads, as all machines are really disigned for a full load. I also suggest that you not save all your washing up till sat/sunday and do them back to back. If you are a small family, or just one person, then guess you will end up doing them all on the week end. If you are a large family, with people changing clothes twice a day or more, then doing loads every day is again what this machine is really disigned to do. I have been into homes that have all girls, and they are in the 15-19 year range and they do a lot of changing, so washing every day, and not letting things stack up are the best for these machines. Another area that I also know well is "make sure you leave" the door open, and you wipe the glass, and clean the rubber seal and area with the holes in the seat, so that stuff doesn't build up in there and start stinking on you. Front loaders are a sealed unit when it is washing, not like the Top Loaders, they have space for air to circulate, but the FL's don't so leave the door open, and clean the rubber seal, wipe it dry. Once a month, use a hot wash, and bleach and let it run through a wash, but again, leave the door open and clean it daily or after each use. Read your Use&Care guide, take the time and read it and understand what it tells you. If you want your Duets to look after you, you have to look after it. If you don't it will cost you, like most machines do. Another valuble thing to remember, is clean out the pockets, tooth picks, ear rings, coins, you name it, I have pulled all that out of the pumps etc, and many times these items have damaged the inpellers on the pump so had to replace the pump. If you want your washer to live a long useful life, look after it. I think you have the best of the FL's and love how they made it for the service end. Good luck you you with your new Duets.

needsalt, would much appreciate your guidance Traditional/shaker/inset style cabinets in 1927 house. The original 80 year old gumwood cabinets include four cupboards (and three windows) with zinc leaded glass. Would like to keep these leaded glass panels and have new frames for windows and doors built for them together with all new cabinets, and island. May-be a combination of painted uppers and oak lowers on the perimeter (?) My "inspiration" model is the Christopher Peacock refectory kitchen -- that's the look I'm after. Hope you can help and thanks!

dchall thanks for the tip on the dog spots. 5/22, I put down 300lbs of alfalfa pellets 5/29, I added 200lbs of soybean meal Over past 3 days we've gotten almost an inch of rain with more coming. I was cutting at 3in now I'm letting it grow to about 4.5in. We don't get really hot temps here. We will see some 90s but it's far and few. Mostly low 80s during day & 60s at night. Today's high is 81 and it will get down to 57 tonight. Next 3 days I don't think we will get above 65. I'm going to pick up the weed be gone this morning. It's suppose to rain more this afternoon. And I just put down the soybean. When's best time to spray Weed Be Gon or does it not matter since it should not harm grass. I took these pics this morning. On first pic, right side, you can see the strip of fescue I seeded under the tree line. The rest is fescue/kgb mix but kgb is really taking off. dchall, morph - your insight and help really make this site a great resource for us amateurs. Thanks for always responding and to do it so quickly I'm greatly appreciative.