mon, What did you find in your investigation into sub-surface irrigation? I was impressed with the owner who helped me in the San Diego area. The work was in Carlsbad. Tecknia Landscape, 858-204-3911 Aloha

After looking around a bit, I ended up buying mine from faucetdirect.com. I had already had good luck buying my plumbing fixtures from there, and they had the sconces I wanted for a good price. Everything arrived in good condition, although they're not installed yet so I can't say if they work, but judging by how the innards look I don't see why they wouldn't work.

Oh my goodness... where to start!? I've already seen so many of my favorites listed, but these are the blogs I visit every morning with my coffee. I end up following links to a bunch of others, but these are the ones I go back to all the time. http://thepoineerwoman.com http://smittenkitchen.com http://bakingbites.com http://www.elise.com/recipes/ http://tartelette.blogspot.com http://bakeorbreak.com http://www.culinaryconcoctionsbypeabody.com/ http://jenyu.net/blog http://davidlebovitz.com http://www.cookingforengineers.com/ Some of them, like Pioneer Woman, aren't about fancy food but are just really good (with lots of butter, mmmm)! Others, like Elise's Simply Recipes are great as a go to reference source. Still others, like Tartelette, just make me drool. I'm looking forward to checking out all the other great blogs linked here. Some, like French Laundry at Home I've checked out but never really gotten into reading every day. I'll have to give them a look! Bri

Celeste, even though she is no longer active on the rose forums. See "A zone 4b rose garden, in pictures and rediculously healthy roses here in zone 4. Also, Cynthia, (Nippstress) has given wonderful suggestions and recomendations. And of course Diane's fabulous Ascot and Chris from Newflora with all her amazing pictures and helpful information.