I water them from the top, pouring a small amount of water on the soil. On occasion I mist the leaves. I used to water every day, lately I've switched to every other day since I was thinking maybe it was too much water. Perhaps I should back off even more? Lately our humidity has been very high due to a lot of rain (which I bring seedlings inside when it rains) so that might be part of it too. So, what does dampening off look like? They just die? Turn some other color? I had some cilantro seedlings that looked great for awhile and then keeled over. Turned yellow first. Same went with them - I didn't know if I was over watering or if it was dampening off. I have many other seedlings that still "look" healthy, but they are just not growing. Example: my coleus was planted 7 weeks ago but it still is only like 1 centimeter tall with only the first set of leaves. Other ones I'm not sure if they are healthy because they are laying down flat: my forget me nots are laying flat but with enough leaves I thought maybe I could try hardening off. My 7 wk old sweet alyssum is about 2 inches long, most with one set of leaves, some with two, but all of them are also laying flat and just look so weak that I can't think about transplanting them either. I feel like I am mean & cruel to my little plants, making them suffer! I'm a bad plant mother. *LOL*

mother earth can take care of your babes.. just fine... once you start 'thinking' about your options ... you add layer upon layer of variables that you can NOT master .... conifers are NOT house plants .. ergo .. leave them in mother earth ... they don't care about cold... snow.. anything.. until you start messing with them ... the best would be if they are covered with snow for the entire winter ... after that... temperature fluctuations can kill them ... sunny and warm one day ... freezing winds the next ... so if you can mulch them.. to even it all out.. it would be better ... the only thing left would be vermin .... if you get to fancy you may call mice to the party ... i would repot them to native soil .... too many variables with potting mix and winter ... in mid September ... when we start getting cool nights ... recovery time for those roots ... and then in mid October .. pot an all into the ground ... maybe some chicken wire if rodents might attack .. and apply some good mulch .. but don't crush them over winter ... maybe a furrow .. with mounds of mulch on each side to reduce winter winds ... higher on the south side to shade from those bizarre hot thaws in the winter ... keep them out of direct sun .. i would put a stake or two .. so that you avoid stepping on them ... i have used old Styrofoam rose cones without tops in such situations to protect such stock .. but i have 100 of them hanging in the barn .... free!!! .. i don't know if i would bother if i had to pay for them .... the goal is to get them dormant.. and keep them dormant ... thaw in in mid winter is not good ... since you have more than one.. you might try different approaches to experiment .... good luck ken

I have had all three. IMO the side by side is my least favorite for freezer storage. The old fashioned top freezer seems to hold the most of everything. Mine is smaller in cubic feet than my FD and holds more. I like the FD for many reasons after I got used to it. None of the refrigerator/freezers hold all my fruits and vegetables but I think one would almost have to have a complete refrigerator and a separate freezer to get the most storage like a commercial kitchen. The prices were too high for me when I checked into doing that. The FD bottom freezer pulls out and there is a top drawer for some small storage items. I placed 2 small plastic baskets in the bottom part and keep meats in them with things like whole chickens on the side of that. There is a divider on the left bottom freezer that I can place a standup pizza box. I ended up taking my favorite pan to place in the range I purchased to see how it fit. Maybe you should inventory your freezer and picture where you would put things.

This has been one of the most helpful threads on clothes that I have ever ever read. I just went through my closet yesterday, because I've been "out of action" and then away for so long, that I'd lost track of what I had. Also, we are now going from cool weather into our hot season, so I was ready to change things over. Well, I thought I was doing well yesterday when I filled a grocery bag with items I simply didn't like anymore. Now, after reading on here, I am going back in there, to pull out the two linen shirts I kept, because they are simply great shirts. I haven't worn either of them for 2 years, but they are classics, and so I thought I'd hang onto them, for that skirt that I might find that might just be perfect with them. Now I realise that there are a lot more "mights" to factor in... They might be out of date, might not fit, might just be a waste of space, might, meanwhile be useful to someone else, might be tired of hanging around for the skirt that I "might" find. They're out of here....gone! And the more posts I read on here the more things are going out. I think too, that as we get older, it's not variety we need, but what suits our shapes and lifestyles and age. When you're glowing with youth and vitality, can any clothing be a "mistake"? I have 3 slim lovely DILs in their 20s, and my son's GF is a beautiful 18 year old. They can throw on a hessian bag or a silk sheath and look stunning. They don't bulge, sag, wobble, spread or fade. I'm learning that it's no longer a matter of liking an item of clothing in the shop. It really has to like me. Sometimes I've thought it would be nice to just find something I like and know it'll look good, rather than having to search and wait to find the "just right" piece. On the other hand, when we're older, we can relax about "trends" and "fads" and get away with just a few good pieces. When I was younger, I remember avoiding stuff that made me look like my mother. Now I am my mother, and it's rather nice to go "classic" at last. I find that I now have clothes that seem to be able to go "anywhere", by just dressing them up or down. Put on black stockings and court shoes and a lace top with that simple black skirt and it's ok for a night wedding. Throw on some sandals and a T-shirt, and I can wear it to a beach party. Not quite that simple, but something like that anyway. We recently had a 92 year old lady visit us, and she looked like a queen. She was wearing the softest pale pink fluffy cashmere sweater with a classic blazer, and a floaty skirt. She looked a million dollars and I decided I wanted that look when I'm an old lady. It was comfortable, and yet so dressy. So I've already planned my old age look (LOL). But I realised when I was studying her outfit, that she could have worn it anywhere, at her age, and fitted right in. She wouldn't need anything else to wear outside the house. Thanks for all the helpful advice on here. Lily