Good idea Pudge. I'm pretty sure I have some small stones I could use. I have my lettuce in an old stainless steel kitchen sink. =:) I gave my lettuce some weak fish emulsion this morning. I hope it won't end up tasting like fish ! I'm thinking I should have tried it on only half of it.....

Thanks John, did the pods have any heat? Great photo's BTW, Are you growing a lot this year? Danny, I had the same problem year after year with seeds of C. galapagoens, but it looks like my luck has changed as I now have a little sprout poaking his head up either him or the one seed of C. tovarii that I planted in the same cup. This time around it was more of an experiement to see if I would get a C. tovarii or a C. galapagoens both have very long germination times. Its quite possible that C. lanceolatum also has a long germination time. Is that true for it John? it took two months for the galapagoens or the tovarii to come up I'm pretty sure its the galapagoens, as I had put a marker by it. If it is then in another month the tovarii should also come up. By the way my missing post is back where i had posted it in the beginning. So I might get other answeres on it too. George W.

We've been following your build - all the challenges you faced, but it turned out amazing! I love the finished product, and I really love your flowers - they are so lush and add such a wonderful feel to your area. Those don't need to be pinched, right? The green accents look terrific, we are going with red, hopefully mine won't fade. Love your pool house, can you post more photos of that? from different angles. We are looking at doing a pavilion, but I really like the lines of your roof. thanks for sharing and enjoy this summer. It looks like you already are :)

I just noticed the same thing as I went searching for the post about the house in Austin where the owner wanted to add separation from the entry to living/dining. Somebody had posted a pic with a bookshelf between columns that I wanted to have a closer look at how they were placed between the columns. I want to do something similar, but with cabinets for hidden storage instead.