You had better check to see if your vegetables are even safe to eat after this insult. I don't think Mallet is registered for use on food crops. Are you saying you plan to gather and eat this stuff? Do not do that until you are sure it's safe to do so. I am very familiar with imidicloprid. It's the active ingredient in some greenhouse pesticides. Although I think it has been registered for use in some OTC products, what you were sprayed with isn't an OTC product. It has a long half life in soil. One source I saw quoted from about a month to over 200 days. That can affect whether you can even plant food there next year. Google Mallet, get the manufacturers number and tell them what happened and ask THEM!!!! if your food is safe to eat.

Isn't it wonderful getting more sun? I've had lots of treework done (mostly Norway maples and thinning), and my lot has gone from mostly shade to partial shade. I want more sun! I have a plan with my tree guy to take down the last huge Norway maple in my yard as soon as the snow melts (we have about 2 feet right now). I can't wait to get rid of that thing and grow more stuff. :-D I grow bronze fennel and it doesn't produce the bulb. That is "Florence fennel" and it's a cultivar of Foeniculum vulgare that has an enlarged bulb. It is similar to celery but has a mild sweet licorice taste. I cook them with brussel sprouts and carrots, or other winter veggies. It sounds like the pesticide applicator is targeting the woody plants. Hopefully he won't hit the host plants. Next time you see the sprayer, I would go over and ask him about the herbicide. Probably Triclopyr or 2-4-d. I think they kill broad leaf plants but not grasses?

I have seen on the Kitchens Forum a number of contemporary faucets paired with Farmers sinks, and they look great! Also consider the transitional faucets, something like the Kohler Vinnata. The Vinnata can be both contemporary or traditional, depending on what it's paired with. Another faucet that can be both traditional or contemporary is the Rohl Country Kitchen Faucet #A3410LP-2 which you can order with either a porcelain handle or a metal handle. The Delta Leland is also a lovely graceful faucet that goes well with a farmers sink. Even more modern faucets can look good with farmers sinks are the Kohler Simplice (Countrygirl217 has one with her farmers sink, see link below). i recall that Rococogurl has the ultra-modern "pre-rinse" style Dornbracht Profi and it looks amazing. Although the "bridge" style faucet is associated with the farmers sink, think carefully on how you feel about the need to be turning two handles to use the faucet, versus the ease of one lever handle which you can just push with the back of your hand if need be (i.e. if your hands are greasy or just touched chicken). Also, the bridge style faucet means three holes to clean around, plus a side sprayer hole to make four holes to clean around, versus one hole with a more contemporary faucet with integrated spray. And do make sure you get a faucet with integrated spray to be able to reach into the corners of your farmers sink. Since your husband is the one pushing for the traditional style, make sure to ask him about these points as well. Thread about Faucets for Apron Sinks Traditional Shaker Kitchen with Farmers Sink and Modern Pre-Rinse Faucet Rohl A3410LP-2 Country Kitchen Kohler Vinnata Faucet

The Best and Worse Charities! Interesting Information (Not mentioned in this list but a couple of years ago, the head of the Canadian cancer society was making $650,000. Also, does the Heart & Stroke Foundation and the Cancer Society really need to send a glossy magazine full of pictures to every household? How much of the donated dollars was spent on those magazines which, after a few minutes of being read, go into the recycle bin?) Some interesting stats in this message. The Terry Fox organization Contributes $0.83 for every dollar raised to cancer research. The Canadian Cancer Society $0.22 for every dollar raised. Admin costs for the Terry Fox Run is low because much of the admin costs are taken by many volunteers. $0.17 is used for run promotion and supplies. Every person organizing managing takes all expense other than the run donor sheets and some signage to cover signage that is not recyclable Do you know that the CEO of Shriners�the Imperial Potentate, makes $0.00 per year. How about that for a salary? There are 22 hospitals helping kids in Canada , the USA and in Mexico . His salary is matched by the Provincial Potentates income which is also $0.00 per year. So the next time you see a Shriner in a "Mall" selling whatever, give generously. Ever wonder where that donation money goes? Keep these facts in mind when "donating". As you open your pockets for yet another natural disaster, keep the following facts in mind; we have listed them from the highest (worse paid offender) to the lowest(least paid offender). The worst offender was yet again for the 11th year in a row is, UNICEF - CEO, receives $1,200,000 per year, (plus use of a Rolls Royce for his exclusive use where ever he goes, and an expense account that is rumored to be well over $150,000.) Only pennies from the actual donations goes to the UNICEF cause (less than $0.14 per dollar of income). The second worst offender this year is Marsha J. Evans, President and CEO of the AmericanRedCross... for her salary for the year ending in 2009 was $651,957 plus expenses. Enjoys 6 weeks - fully paid holidays including all related expenses during the holiday trip for her and her husband and kids including 100% fully paid health & dental plan for her and her family, for life. This means out of every dollar they bring in, about $0.39 goes to related charity causes. The third worst offender was again for the 7th time was, Brian Gallagher, President of the United Way receives a $375,000 base salary (U. S.funds),plus so many numerous expense benefits it's hard to keep track as to what it is all worth, including a fully paid lifetime membership for 2 golf courses (1 in Canada , and 1 in the U. S. A. ), 2 luxury vehicles, a yacht club membership, 3 major company gold credit cards for his personal expenses...and so on. This equates to about $0.51 per dollar of income goes to charity causes. Fourth worst offender who was also again in the fourth spot, for every year since this information has been made available from the start 1998is amazingly yet again, World Vision President ( Canada ) receives $300,000 base salary,(plus supplied - a home valued in the $700,000 - $800,000 dollar value range, completely furnished, completely paid all housing expenses, including taxes,water/sewer,telephone/fax, HD/high speed cable, weekly maid service and pool/yard maintenance, fully paid private schooling for his children, upscale automobile and an $55,000 personal expense account for clothing/food,with a $125,000 business expense account). Get this, because it is a "religious based" charity, it pays, little to no taxes, can receive government assistance and does not have to declare where the money goes. Only about $0.52 of earned income per dollar is available for charity causes. Of the sixty some odd "charities" we looked at, the lowest paid President/C.EO/Commissioner) was heading up a charity group in Canada . We found, believe it or not, it was... Ready for this... I think you might be surprised... It is none other than... The Salvation Army's Commissioner Todd Bassett receives a salary of only $13,000 per year (plus housing) for managing this $2 Billion dollar organization. Which means about $0.93 per dollar earned,is readily available and goes back out to local charity causes... truly amazing��and well done "Sally Anne". No further comment is necessary..."Think Twice" before you give to your Charity of choice as to which one really does the best for the most or the least for the most, for that matter. Remember charity starts at home. Let's look after the people of this country. 99% of people probably won't forward this.I just did! It is better to be informed than not!!!