Thanks, the roof system will be a big challenge...just hasn't "come to me", how it will work out but we shall see! My friend helping me with the pond came this weekend and did the base scratch coat for the cap stones(scrounged used building blocks)but couldn't put them on as it started to rain again... it seems so slow...4hrs a weekend is about all the work getting done to the pond, but at least it is really happening now...I'm looking at a liner instead of just a big hole! ha! have gathered/cut the pergola wood, that will go over the pond and am painting it the same color I just painted the deck next to it, so they will match, also a arbor that will lead to my 1/4acre secret garden!!! I call it the secret garden cuz Cait has one and I Gotta emulate Cait!!!(and the fact that my property drops off and it looks like it's the end of the yard but there is still a 1/4acre sloped down in tiers...I just scored 3 rain barrells so am super happy!! The sweet old couple who sold me these, (also have a annual plants sale...AND they inspired me to do my pond and have a deck with a peach tree trained to go up under the roof!) went and gathered driftwood so I could have handles on the rain barrels like they have!heh heh! so sweet!!! So many projects...and they are all to show off my garden art!!!ha! It is absolute chaos everywhere you look...kinda like those tv shows that do makeovers in 2 days, but mine has lasted a few months!!!ha! If it ever really ends! I have started this "makeover" a yr ago. But my friend is the one who is really making all my wishes come true...by helping me with it all for the last few months!Sheesh, this is so long winded...you can imagine what I am like in person!lol!

I tend to disagree with some of the advice in that link: sand for play boxes is usually too fine, it is specifically good packing sand to make sand castles and sand cookies and similar...if it was coarse, it would not stick together. So that info is, IMO, incorrect. You need to find what is referred to as Horticultural sand - much grittier, with bigger particles. Most of us do not use sand at all (very few ppl do, and they have lots of knowledge and experience with growing succulents). You would be much better off reading info on this forum: ppl giving advice grow (and many, like Jeff above), have been growing succulents for years. Our goal is to keep plants healthy, and #1 is usually drainage problem: mix needs to drain fast/well, and soil with fine sand will not provide drainage. Perlite is available to most. It is good idea to sift or rinse it, to get rid of dust. Pumice is anorher excellent substrate, not always readily available. Chicken grit/small granite gravel, is another ingredient excellent to use. There are many more inorganc ingredients that could be used. MG bagged potting soil is considered not good enough and many will not use it (including me). You could make much better draining mix by using just sifted perlite and Cactus&Succulent soil in 1:1 ratio. If you already have MG soil and want to use it, I would suggest to add even more perlite (60-80%). If you have pumice, use it instead of perlite. Or mix it with perlite, and use much less soil. Adding grit helps a lot. Grains of different ingredients should be approx. of same size: 4-6mm is good. It could be tad smaller, but, IMO, 2mm or less is too fine. Over 6mm gets to be too large. Many succulets do not need very large pots. Try to find out where some grow naturally: most in very 'rocky' areas, with literally no soil (or very little), and many on and in-between the rocks: tight spaces. So size of the pot is not always a problem. Bigger is not neccessarily better :) Repoting is usually not needed every year, and if repotting, it is better to go up just a bit - if plant needs it. Succulents could be grown in large pots - but drainage is even more important. Lots of water retaining soil that will fill up large pot will take very long time to dry up and cause lots of damage. If you provide good drainage (and have space for it), you can grow tiny plant in a wine barrel.... There is ton of info here, from good and experienced growers. Not like on some blogs, that offer incorrect info (at least partially) - often not based on experience, but incorrect info passed down. ETA: I just re-read blog you posted link to: here is contradicting info offered within 2 or 3 paragraphs: ..."The type of sand I buy is just the stuff they sell for use in a sandbox (I buy it at either Home Depot or Lowes)"... ..."Just don’t use sand from the garden, the beach, or a sandbox (you never know what nasties will be in that sand)"... Do not use play sand - either from the bag or a sandbox... Anything will work for short period of time. But if you want to grow succulents for a long time, keep them healthy - try to provide good drainage and good light.

Is this screwed into sheetrock or into tile? Whatever it is screwed into will need to be repaired and the holes do not sound like they are moving very far so be certain that you do not break one into the other because then you will have a mess especially in sheetrock.

Saw the recipe years ago, and ran across it this year along with the Twinkie stuffing. I'm passing on both if ever offered, and you can keep the "TurDunkin'" too, though I would try the Tater Tot stuffing if someone offered it. Speaking of White a$$holes as they're better known around here, they were what were first called "sliders". It was *far* from a complimentary term. I don't understand why everyone who makes a small burger or sandwich, especially a good quality one wants to call it a "slider" these days. I'd rather call mine dogshitake on a shingle than compare my cooking to that unhurled vomit. The "WC" (is that more than just a coincidence?) does have good fries though. I'll give them that much. And I liked their (though short-lived) chili. Chunks of Angus beef, no beans, and nice flavor. But no snot on a tea biscuit for me.