Talk to Living Earth for compost; I am a little out of their range, but have heard them spoken of highly by many. With sand present in your existing compost, go short on adding vermiculite. There is a partial substitution effect with the sand facilitating percolation. No clue on where to get coir in these parts; my "substitute" has been leaf litter / leaf mold mixed with some peat along with whatever is in the mushroom compost that is my primary bed fill material. Since I am growing over sand, I have not had issues with needing better drainage. I am sure growing over black gumbo would be a completely different experience in a raised bed setting.

Top freezer fridges do make more efficient use of space. Top freezer units definitely have more usable space in the freezer section. Those freezers are plain rectangular boxes. It can be easier to pack that kind of space with a lot of stuff. With current bottom freezer units, however, several things combine to greatly reduce the usable space. One is the protrusion covering the fridge's mechanicals which are located at the bottom in back of the fridge. You don't notice this as much on a top-freezer fridge because that protrusion is behind the produce drawers in the produce section. That protrusion is really noticeable when you are used to packing a freezer compartment in a top-freezer fridge. A second thing that tends to diminish freezer space in a bottom freezer fridge is that most of them now have the freezer as a pull-out drawer and with sliding baskets rather than the old style of a swinging door. Like many people, I find the drawer-type much more convenient than the older swing-door type of bottom freezer, but that convenience comes at a price. The convenience of the sliding freezer baskets requires drawers within drawers with the mountings and rails (and sliding compartment spacing) all consuming some of the otherwise usable space. A third thing I noticed when fridge shopping last year is that virtually every bottom fridge I saw had an ice maker in the freezer. If you do not use ice makers (and I do not), the device eats space. On some fridges -- and Kenmores used to be one of them --- the unused icemaker can be removed. Not so on others, though. In my case, I found that going from a 20 cu. ft. top freezer fridge to a 22.5 cu. ft. FD fridge actually gave me more significantly more usable space in the fridge compartment and a lot less in the freezer section. While the fridge section's crisper drawers were indeed a bit smaller --- a consequence of using the same drawers that are used in the maker's models with the interior water dispenser where some plumbing sits behind the crispers --- I find that the full width deli drawer actually more than makes up for it. I find the large deli drawer is a great place for stashing the long things like zucchini, cucumbers, carrots and even romaine lettuce. Also, a good place for apples, too. Still plenty of room for cheeses and other deli-type items. This may not be the case with some bottom freezer fridges, though. However, as noted, the usuable freezer space is a good deal less than the advertised numbers. My fridge was advertised as having 4.6 cu. ft. of freezer space. That turns out to be only a geometric measurement of the compartment without regard to the space that is actually usable. With the drawers and hardware and ice-maker in place, the usable capacity is more like 2.5 or 3 cu. ft. The freezer space was no big deal for me because I have a large stand-alone freezer in the basement. It will be a different matter for others whose homes may not have a place for even a small chest freezer. Definitely a factor to consider in choosing any fridge with a bottom freezer design. BTW, small chest freezers can be a great deal if you have a place to put one. They do not require much space -- a 5 cu. ft. model only requires a space of about 22" deep (front to back) by 28" wide (side to side). They use very little electricity, are nearly silent when running, and virtually all of the rated 5 cu. ft. is usable space. They are light and are easy to move. Regardless of the brand-name on the outside, most are made by Whirlpool (at the former WC Woods plant in Canada) or Haier (in China) or Frigidaire (??). As a result, almost all seem to be priced under $170. As I say, a good deal if you have a space to put one but no help if you do not and get stuck with a too-small bottom freezer.

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I've kind of settled into a logic for breaking plates. If it's so pretty (like that one), I leave it until I think it is the perfect piece for something and then it gets cut up. In the meantime, I just enjoy it. I have also found some of my stuff on ebay for big prices. But does it ever get sold is the question. Just yesterday, I was looking at Dec. Good Housekeeping and there was an article about perfect gifts. There were plates for 9.95 that I had bought for $1 and cut up the day before. Fortunately, mine were a different color so that makes it ok, right?