TerryB, the following quote is your post: "And one other thing that you are completely wrong about, I have seen in your one post it's that no more then 30% Chilian Nitrate can be added to a product." Your statement isn't clear. What are you trying to say? What am I "wrong about"? Please post coherently. Here is a link to the NOP Index at the USDA web site: NOP Index Below is the relevant section of the regulations (see item g): § 205.602 Nonsynthetic substances prohibited for use in organic crop production. The following nonsynthetic substances may not be used in organic crop production: (a) Ash from manure burning. (b) Arsenic. (c) Calcium chloride, brine process is natural and prohibited for use except as a foliar spray to treat a physiological disorder associated with calcium uptake. (d) Lead salts. (e) Potassium chloride â unless derived from a mined source and applied in a manner that minimizes chloride accumulation in the soil. (f) Sodium fluoaluminate (mined). (g) Sodium nitrate - unless use is restricted to no more than 20% of the crop's total nitrogen requirement; use in spirulina production is unrestricted until October 21, 2005. (h) Strychnine. (i) Tobacco dust (nicotine sulfate). Here is something else to consider: National Organic Standards Board, Addendum Number 27 The use of Chilean Nitrate (16-0-0) in Organic crop production is limited to not more than 20 percent of total nitrogen supplied to a crop. The producerÂs Farm Plan shall contain specific provisions and strategies designed to substantially reduce the use of Chilean Nitrate over time. The amount and timing of these reductions will be consistent with documented site-specific constraints. The Farm Plan will seek to explore each and every alternative to the routine use of Chilean Nitrate in the farming system. These alternatives include, but are not limited to: composting, improvement of compost, leguminous cover crops, interplanting, rotations, microbial enhancements, animal manures, varietal selections, planting date alterations, and reducing amounts of applied supplemental nitrogen. The timing and efficiency of Chilean Nitrate applications shall be optimized and documented in the Farm Plan. Certifiers will monitor progress in the reduction of Chilean Nitrate use and will decertify farmers that develop long term dependence on this material. Strong farmer commitment, aggressive action, and measurable results are all necessary elements of this special use of Chilean Nitrate. -Deerslayer

Have my first bib that was handmade with tatting in 1938. My slip that I wore home from the hospital, first shoes, several items from my school years. One item that is still on display, back in the early fifties glass containers with powder were popular, have one that is amber colored with shape of deer in glass on top. Received this at Christmas at a church party. I can still remember the smell of the powder that came in this container.

I guess I have to add some more of my Tillandsia's. So, I was keeping them outside in the notches of my lilac tree. They got some dunkings in my pond and the occasional rain. They were putting out new growth and everything. Life seemed all good and happy full of rainbows and puppies untill the day of August 9th. So, my plan was to attach them to a peice of Driftwood I found at my cabin but that wasn't enough for me so I had to add moss and lichen to the wood to make it look more interesting. There's non of that here, only at my cabin so I brought them and the wood with me for a 7 hour car ride. I put them in a zip loc bag (open) like I've done several times in the past. So I've got 7 Tillandsias in a zip loc bag in the truck. We got to my cabin and it was 34 degrees Celsius there and we also havnt been there for 2 months. So I always have to do the usual walk around to check things out and stuff. Back in May we planted a vegetable garden from seed and I was pretty surprised how huge it got. I'm talking 9ft foot corn stalks. Anyway, I saw that there were a ton of zucchinis everywhere and got completely distracted. So 4 hours went by of the sun beating directly down on the truck in 34 degree weather that happend to have a bag of Tillandsias in it. When I remembered I went out there and the bag was full of water and they looked awful. I made a post in the Bromeliad forum asking if they're was any hope in them pushing through but yeah no. They were such a sickly looking green brown. 5 out of the 7 died. 2 were defently dead right away but the others took a few days to show anything. The two I was left with still got badly sunburned so I had to give them some haircuts. My 'big' Tillandsia got about 90% of its leaves removed and my Juncea's tips were all dried out. So I was left with two broken ugly looking things to mount on my Driftwood. Anyways, I got 6? More and decorated my Driftwood with the moss and lichens. It's not done yet but shoukd be soon. My 2 survivors are gonna be on rehab for a while but yeah. That's my Sad tale of whoa. It was so stupid too. Anyways, 2 of the zucchinis made 12 loafs of zucchini bread...

Whoops! I was reading all the responses, but I had to skip to the end. A big part of it all is I do not work and my husband does. No! No! No! Your husband works outside the home. You work at home. I would not realize this so strongly, except that for the first third of our marriage, I did not work outside the home where someone else paid me. Then for 19 years I did. Now I am back to working in the home. YOU DO NOT REALIZE HOW MUCH YOU DO WHEN YOU ARE AT HOME ONLY!