1. I finally got the trimmer to run good above idling only (initially), used it, and stored it about a month with fresh SaBil treated 50:1 fuel. 2. The trimmer w/n not run constantly again w/o it appearing as running out of gas (with air in fuel vs solid fuel in the carb to tank return fuel line). 3. A disassembly and study of two types of primer bulbs plates/bodies took place (since I c/n draw and push solid fluid w/o air in the original). I learned one had a noticeable "Duck-Bill" one-way valve and good. The suspicious valve in use was under a welch plug that I'll check later. 4. The bulb with the noticeable Duck-Bill (top one)showed a good improvement and better when I added an O-ring under the retainer to help seal it tighter. 5. Primed It And It Ran Continuously! Wide Open Throttle (WOT) Or At Idle, fine tuning will come later. I Wish I Could Remember How Many Years Old This Project Is (4 Maybe vs Hours). LOL! 6. Solving the air in the fuel was the Key. Seeing the primer sys was pulling air w/o the plastic valve/gasket below the bulb helping to control the air in the bulb was the big break. Until this study I felt the plastic valves contributed to the air. This will add another Page to my notes. Please add additional info, links or Pics that might help to verify what I feel I learned. I hope this info is worth sharing.

We planted everything this morning - and it rained for three hours, beginning around noon, so they're well watered in! After planting everything, I realized I need another couple of dark heucheras to fill in under the Chinese wisteria tree. It's not worth another trip up to that nursery so I'll probably look for them locally - although they'll likely cost 2-3x as much, and probably be smaller too! green go - I've been disappointed at what Canadian Tire has stocked this year - although I've noticed that they've had a generally good selection of clematises in the past couple of years! They must have a buyer with a clematis obsession:-) but the rest of their stock has been disappointing - they used to be good at carrying a nice selection of perennials in smaller pots. I'll have to have another look around the local stores to see what clematises are left... Thanks for the 'heads up' on that.

Told my mom about my adventure and she was mortified, afraid I'd get a snake as a pet. No thanks. I admire snakes, don't mind touching them, but have zero desire to own one. My DD touched it, but would not hold it...she's a bit braver than her dad, but not much. Poor Max was very upset about it, but I was afraid of how he'd react to the snake if he got up close. More, I was afraid of what the snake would do to my doggy. Yes, Mona, those ARE good friends. I couldn't imagine having to force feed a snake. One time my DH tried to play a prank on me. He'd found a tiny garter snake and had his nephew put it in a bag. He handed me the bag and told me it was a surprise for me. He told me it was some butterflies. That creeped me out so I C-A-R-E-F-U-L-L-Y opened it as I held it away from me, (I'm scare of butterflies) and when I saw it was the snake I reached in and pulled it out. You could have knocked DH over with a feather, he thought I'd be screaming!

msmarion & Sandy, your pattern is any size/shape plastic shopping bag you already have from a store. Carefully cut off the part at the very bottome of the bag where it is sealed together to open it up to get the rest of the pattern for the bottom/corners. Betsy, great job! Tami