I enjoyed re-reading all of these. I have a couple more tips. If you don't have a full 8 hours of full sun, but do have 4-6, and you want tomatoes, plant them anyway. Your yields won't be as good, but I've found this year that if you prune the plants, you will get a decent number of large tomatoes. I'm not preserving my tomatoes in any way, so this only applies if you want a few tomatoes to eat. There are a lot of lovely veggies and edible plants that will grow in partial shade, so do your research and you can still grow veggies and edibles without a full-sun spot. Eat your sweet potato leaves. They are yummy. The tender tips are good raw and the older ones cook up well. The tubers will still form, even if you use some of the leaves. Most ornamental sweet potatoes don't have edible leaves (they taste horrible). I use regular sweet potatoes as ground cover just so I can eat the leaves. I never dig the ones in the ornamental beds, and they come back every year, providing ground cover, food, and a never-ending supply of slips for the edible beds. If you have earthworms, cultivate them by giving them lots of organic matter to eat. If you don't have earthworms, get some. They are nature's little fertilizer factories. You can buy red wigglers from just about any bait shop, or go out into the woods early in the morning and dig some up. They are abundant here in FL. Grow flowers! Even in veggie beds, they attract pollinators and better than that, they feed your soul. That's all. Lots to do today since we're having what I hope is our last freeze tomorrow.

In August of 2008 we purchased a OTR Kitchenaid Microwave (KHMS2250). At first, I thought I was losing my mind when I heard random beeping in the middle of the night. On closer inspection I found the noise was coming from the MW as it was going to random cooking menus and asking me for more information. It never started but would signal defrost or other random instructions. My first call was to the appliance dealer who came during the day when the MW was calm. His answer was "it's going through a resetting cycle". It seemed he was making this up to pacify me. Five months later it still does the same thing at random times. Before I call KA, is this a problem that others have had? It works very well when directed but when I'm in bed it goes crazy and tries to lure my kitten in.

That Monsonia looks like a Sarcocaulon multifidum or peniculinum. I read somewhere Sarcocaulon is now Monsonia and I guess some taxonomists lump it in with Pelargonium. I looked for a multifidum or peniculinum for years but they aren't easy to find. Or, if you find one it will probably be expensive. I gave up and got a more common Monsonia.

Tell me about it. I had a Bearss Lime and a Meyer Lemon for a bit over the summer. During my ownership, the Lime quadrupled in size as was absolutely huge. The lemon was temperamental the entire time. I've considered just giving up on Meyer Lemons. Still though, I'd like to figure out whatever's going on. Any ideas?