Any thoughts on my prospective appliance line up?
Lefty Lou
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Comments (12)Thanks Instar, but it's too late for me now! (Still awaiting delivery, though.) Eva Purple Ball: I grew that this year, Carolyn. I really did not like it. It was small and a little bit sweet, I thought, sort of like the small red on-the-vine things they sell at the supermarket. I can testify that my neighbor (the same one mentioned previously) liked them. I gave them all to her. It was also the first of my plants to succumb to blight. It spread out from there and took out everything to left and right. I'll blame myself for that -- overwatering on a clay substrate. And not enough medicine. (I've learned my lesson: Mancozeb+Daconil+Spinosad. And poke the ground.) Googling for Pink Sweet and Sandul... they both sound very interesting! Pink Sweet is only at Tomatofest that I can see, but with a name like that, googling is difficult. Sandul is much easier to find: Tanager's and Amishland for just two. I have Sudduth Brandywine seeds from Victory in a drawer somewhere, here. It may take some rooting around. Reg: I hadn't really planned on growing Kellogg's this year except in an emergency. I just bought that to pad the order out, heh. It gets so much good buzz on the forum, I thought it would be good to have it on hand. Speaking of seeds... I have been beating myself up for not planting any lettuce this fall. I am a big rabbit-food junkie. It turns out, as I just now found out, that I have a virtual LAWN of lettuce volunteers growing in a corner plot that I let bolt over the Fall! I'm not sure, but I suspect it's Nevada, maybe Vulcan. The only reason I never bothered to bag and save the seed was because I WASN'T sure what type it was....See MoreDealing with the prospect of losing both my grandmothers
Comments (10)I used to feel so sad about loosing my grandmother. But the ups and downs of health are part of old age. I heartily recommend what others have said, try to treasure the moments you have without fretting about the inevitable. I wish I had done that more with my grandmother, although I did spend a lot of time with her. I wasn't as present as I could have been though, because I just didn't want to deal with loosing her. I left that to my parents. But I was just a teen when she died. Still, I wish I had been stronger to deal with her infirmities. The last day I visited her in the hospital tears were gushing out of my eyes and I couldn't stop it. My grandmother was comforting me! I still miss her tons after 31 years....See MoreAny thoughts about Bosch and GE Profile appliances?
Comments (14)Some additional considerations to weigh in making your choices. If you go with with a slide-in induction range. Both the GE and Bosch have full-power (2000 watt) elements for the convection functions. (Most ranges and wall ovens use 300-watt convection elements and mostly use the bottom element.) The GE slide-in (PHS920) often can be found discounted, which means (depending on where you shop) you might be able to get it for $500 to $600 less than the Bosch HIIP054U. The GE has a significantly bigger oven cavity (i.e., greater usable depth and more usable height) while the Bosch has more usuable space on the stovetop. (The GE's angled front control panel eats some space.) The GE's stovetop has two identical 8" medium/large burners on the left which makes it easy to use a burner spanning rectangular griddle (say, for pancakes) or deglazing large roasting pans. (However, for griddles, you have to be picky because you've only got a lttle over 19" of depth to work with). The Bosch does not have the length limitation but it's two "in-line" burners are different sizes, The two left hand burners on the Bosch are a 9" diameter and a 6" diameter, so harder to get even heating, plus a wide pan (say a roasting pan) may overlap ino the area of the 11"central burner, and that could be a problem when you have other pans on the range. You can pull hot baking pans out of the oven and set them down on the GE's stovetop without worrying about laying them on the control surface. With the Bosch having the burner control panel on top of the stove, I would worry about damaging it if I were to, say, accidentally put a very hot pizza pan or broiler pan on it. (This might be paranoia from issues with older induction ranges.) The Bosch has individual burner timers which can be very handy for recipes that require fairly precise times (as with pressure cookers, for example, or rice). The two stoves have different ergonomics for the burner and oven controls. I don't know that one is better than the other, but you may have preferences. So, a good idea to check out the onine copies of the manual and, if possible, see the stoves in person. Cooktops: The Bosch and GE have different burner layouts. One may appeal to you more than the other. If you can find display models, take some pans you often use together and see how well they fit. The Bosch has timer controls for the burners, Refrigerators: For the last two or three years, GE has been making its own fridges. (It "on-shored" its production to new factories in Kentucky). That seems to have helped with past reliability problems. Keep that in mind when reading reviews. When Bosch first started selling fridges here several years ago -- source of the product unknown to me --- there were some pretty negative comments here about unreliability within months of purchase. The current Bosch FD fridges are rebadged Whirlpools (IIRC, outfitted similarly to Whirlpool's kitchenaid models.) That may help with your research. Dishwasher: Didn't see this on your list. Are we correct to assume that already has been selected? Range Hood: Already selected, as well? Washer & Dryer: Can't help with this. Sorry. You might try posting in the Laundry forum....See MoreAny Hot Prospects?
Comments (56)I work for a seedling grower and we do about 2.5 million conifers a year by seed, all straight species. I typically find a few dozen mutations a year but most are unstable forms of variegation. We did 215,000 white pine this year, so it was easy to spot this one among the others. I don't think it's dwarf; it has a standard strobus seedling growth rate, but it put on several lateral branches with a creamy tip, right from the start. Typically the white pine group can push lateral buds out if they lose their leader, but this one has its leader still intact. It's too early to tell what it will turn into but I'm definitely keeping my eye on it!...See MoreLefty Lou
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