Have you ever seen the big tall poles with a propellor on them. They produce energy and for most people who put them in they produce more energy then they use and they start getting a check from the electic company instead of a bill. Problem is for most people the amountof money they are saving is not even close to the cost of the generator. (Est. $10-20,000_ With a bill of $500 dollars a month it would pay for itself in four years and then your electric is essentially free. I don't know about electric heat, but I would imagine you may still need more power than a single wind generator can produce. If you plan on staying in your house for a while it may be a worth while investment. In my case (or my fathers case) it would take too many years for the generator to pay for itself than is worth while for us and we don't have that kind of money upfront. It is easier to pay for the electric bill each month which is a smaller cost than the wind generator even though the long term costs are higher.

Judy, Here's a couple good sites on rhubarb: The Rhubarb Compendium All About Rhubarb Although I grew up being told that not getting the whole stalk was hard on the plant I know people who harvest only by cutting it at the soil level and they have thriving plants too. I don't think it makes much difference and I find it easier to just get a grip and tug rather than mess with knives. Now, here's what The Rhubarb Compendium says: "Harvesting should be delayed until the second year following planting to permit accumulation of root reserve. During the second year, a light harvest may be taken and normal harvests may begin in the third year. Stalks may be clean cut, taking the entire plant at the soil line or harvesting sequentially by pulling the stalks at the prime size over a period of 4-6 weeks. Do not remove more than 2/3 of the fully developed petiole from any plant at harvest. As stalks are cut, leaves are removed and left in the field or they can be composed (see Composting rhubarb leaves). Select petioles that are bright pink, crisp and free of disease or insect damage. Young, dark pink, smaller diameter petioles are sweeter and more tender than thick, long green ones, but this also depends and the particular variety of Rhubarb. Don't cut the Rhubarb stalks from the plant, but instead snap them off. They will come away quite easily and this is much better for the plant. I grab a stalk right down where it emerges from the ground, and use a sort of rocking, twisting motion. Visualize snapping away a single celery stalk from the bunch. If the stalk is grasped too high it snaps in two. At any given time, harvest less than 1/3 of the stalks from any one plant. Rhubarb may be harvested later but very few stalks should be taken from any one plant."

I forgot to mention, I plan to see the rest of them someday. Countries: Mexico (Nogales only), Germany, France, Austria, Switzerland, Belgium, Holland, Italy, Turkey, Isreal, Spain, think that's it...all done when I was in the Air Force.

Even though I said "2" I think the really honest answer would be that I was addicted before I bought even one because I found this forum and was blown away by all your gardens and those of a couple we have lost since then. I don't share much because my gardens don't hold a candle to others here-for example, almost every hosta I planted on our hill has been washed away with the rains this year, along with the mulch and much of the soil. I always seem to be trying to repair and replace all the failures. At least I am doing my part to keep all our nursery friends (the Boyz at Naylor Creek, Hallsons, NH Hosta, etc.) in the black.