Fallbrook,CA. 108 degrees this weekend sat/sun 102/o at 10 am plants wilting, will water tomorrow morning,mon.,I long for the June Gloom, that burns off later in the day around noon. Plants recovering, though, except for the @#*@# squirrels, that climb the fruit trees and eat the fruit. apricots,plums,nectrines,peaches, also climb the fence to get in the garden to eat the tomatoes, I welcome any suggestions on how to KILL the suckers, any home remedies? Thanks you guys for ALL your help with the zukes and melons

Jmith, Everyone loads varies from type of fabrics to water temperatures. My loads is all over the place where I can wash my king size flat/fitted and 4 king pillow case with a king size fleece cover in one load to two bathroom mats in one load. Weighing fabrics does nothing but causes extra unnecessary step in doing laundry. Once you do several large or extra large load, the machine will let you how much you can fill the machine without over loading. If anybody over load this machine will notice how long it take for the load to balance for the spin cycle! I'm a older WT Lux user......

I have the NuWave Oven linked below. I've had it for about 2 years and use it just about every day. It came with the extender ring, but I hardly ever use that. My husband got it for me after ou toaster oven died. Just last week I roasted a five (5) pound chicken in it, and it came out perfect. I regularly roast asparagus, russet potatoes, small baby red potatoes, summer squash slices, and eggplant slices on the taller rack. My husband makes cheese topped tortillas in it quite frequently. Or he'll make cheese topped homemade bagels. The cheese melts & bubbles & gets a few brown spots -- just the way he likes it. It's great for heating up crispy foods. I make double batches of squash patties or corn fritters, even fried green tomatoes, and reheat them to their original crispiness without burning or over browning them. I fix hamburgers for my husband's lunches in it too. It works much better than the George Foreman grill which steams rather than grills. The burgers in the NuWave come out crispy but don't have a char. It has its drawback, though. For one thing, the temperature is set at about 240 degrees. So you won't get the char I mentioned earlier on quickly cooked foods (like the hamburger patties). The roast chicken, however, is well browned. That's because it's in the oven for an hour. I've never used it for steaks but I did make a tri tip beef roast in it once. It came out fine. Of course, the trick to cooking any roast is the inside temperature, not so much the particular appliance. As DC mentioned, the convection fan & heating element are only on the top. OK for some things but not everything. The bottom of baked goods like muffins or a pan of cornbread does not get browned. They'll be cooked through, but there's no browning because not enough heat gets to the bottom. To bake muffins, you'll need to use silicon muffin cups and space them in concentric circles on the rack. Baking casseroles is difficult because the top element cooks and browns the top before the middle or bottom of the casserole are heated through. I've had no luck whatsoever covering casseroles with foil either. Again, the heat simply does not penetrate through the foil to heat up what's below. So for casserole-type things during the summer, I use my 6 qt. Nesco or the slow cooker. After a recent thread on toaster ovens, I bought another one to use for the items that didn't work well in the NuWave. I managed to bake a banana bread, cranberry bread, and eggplant casserole. But I eventually moved it into the garage for storage. I didn't think it warranted taking up counter space. The NuWave is tall and doesn't fit under my counters, so I have it permanently parked on a kitchen cart. After using it for so long, I can honestly say, I wouldn't be without it. It does a good job for the limited things I use it for. It's not a perfect appliance, though. Here is a link that might be useful: NuWave Oven

Most ferns LOVE water. They want damp soils all the time. Ostrich ferns are one of a few that will actually grow in full sun as long as kept wet. They tend to prefer more sun than any other fern, so ensure they are getting constant indirect sun light. They will come back if you baby them. I’ve done the same before with them. Start by filling up your sink or tub with water so it will hit about half way up the pot. Then put pots in and soak until they are very wet all the way to the top (a few hours), then let all the excess water drain from them until they are only dripping a little at the bottom. Then put them back on your tray in their sunny spot and fill the bottom of the tray with ½ - 1 inch of water. then let them go and just ensure your tray is always kept filled with the water so the ferns can pull it through the holes in the bottom of the pot. That should work. Give them some time to send up a new frond, it won’t happen immediately since you had to cut it all back. Ostrich ferns are actually quite hard to kill, and can get a bit out of control in a garden, so pots is a good idea for them. Just remember they are a deciduous fern, so they have to go outside in the fall and winter. They won’t do well without a cold season.