Was at L's yesterday trying to buy wood-crafting tools they don't even sell (go figure!) and the few TC's left were on clearance. The $10 were $5 and the $3 plants were .50. Although there were several bigger ones with white, very white flowers, even I couldn't rationalize such a purchase with the present-budget. So I got 7 little .50 ones with the lightest colored buds. For $3.50, worth waiting for a year to see what they open to, assuming all of these buds will fall off as I'm expecting. I also picked up all of the broken pieces from the floor & stuck them in the tray. A few look promising, and total mysteries regarding flower color. Now, where in the world am I going to put these things? I'm pretty sure I'll be cutting more/bigger holes in the sides of hanging baskets & sticking them in those. Seriously no room for any more pots!

Hello everyone! I am so excitied to read this post because I loved to starts grow seeds indoor and sit underlight! I think it is so fun doing it. Yes.. I had good luck with my daylilies seeds. I got those seeds last year and keep daylilies seeds in box and stored in ice box for a year! Then.. I wrapped seeds in damped loose paper towels and put them back in ziplock bags with named crossed. Then I put the ziplock bags in big plastic peanut butter jar and sitting on top of water heat tank until they sprouted. It takes one to two weeks. Depends on seeds! Then I planted sprouted seeds in good soil in 16oz. foam cups and sitting underlight. There is several different way to start grow daylily seeds. I got some daylily seeds from my girl friend who crossed her daylilies in AL. Hey James!!! Yes.. Yes.. the petunia seeds are soo tiny seeds. DO NOT COVER SOIL! Just try easy shake petunia seeds out of package and sit on top of Jiffy-7 and spray with warm water and then put Jiffy-7 in the tupperware lid and then sit on heating mat until sprouted. I planted Jiffy-7 in 16oz foam cups and sit underlight. I ordered Petunia Dolcissima Flambe from Park's Seed Co. I wish I know how to post pictures of babies. James..Can I send you email (pictures of babies) and you can post picture to show guys on the thread? Christie! Yes.. I ordered seeds and then recieved those seeds in few days! I was so surprised how fast they send me seeds. Now they are fat so babies! Have a fun!! Kat

I just got back from looking at the 30" model. It was hooked up, so I saw the burners in action, but there was no hood so I couldn't actually try it out to cook anything. I have attached a link to some pics of the burners, drip pans/tray, etc. My initial thoughts, in no specific order... 1. As with all the American Range ranges, it is very well put together. Seams and corners are finished nicely. Understated look, less industrial by far than bluestar but not overly softened...just really straightforward pro-look. 2. The approach is a little different than bluestar, there is both a drip tray under everything and also separate drip pans under/around each set of two burners. More like the Bluestar drop-in cooktop, less like the range. Reminded me a bit of the Jade residential open burner ranges. 3. The drip pans are black enameled steel, and are very deep - seems like the likelihood of things actually making it to the drip tray is pretty slim. They also, however, don't seem to have any obvious way to get a grip on them to remove them...it was a bit fussy when I did it. 4. All the burners click when you ignite any single burner. 5. The center area on the 30" is a removable stainless steel piece...I don't know if they are going to offer an optional grate, but it seems like it would be really simple to get something to work even if they don't. 6. Unlike the other American Range ranges, the grates are free-floating...there are no "dents' for the feet to rest in and hold them in place. AS a result, the grates move around a bit more, and are noisier...this is especially noticeable because of the other "moving parts" (i.e., the drip pans and tray)...its a little "clanky." 7. My big reservation...the grates are really, really high. Pots are going to end up really far above the flames, which kind of seems to defeat the purpose of having super-powerful burners. I would be concerned that in the real world a lot less heat would be transferred to the pan on this than on, say, a bluestar (or probably a culinarian, but I haven't actually seen one of those in person yet). I may be wrong about this, but it worries me...I hope somebody does do some real world comparison testing soon. That's it for my iniitial thoughts. If anybody has any specific questions, feel free to ask and if I can answer it based on my look today I will. Here is a link that might be useful: pics

If you have problems with an iphone, you can go on line and learn a lot from their tutorials. For me to use it just for web browsing it is not a big deal. If you buy a $ 900.00 unit, it is overkill for the purpose of doing basic stuff, there are cheaper ways . I use an old desktop with window 7 pro and a couple of programs for uses like Gardenweb and other progams, got a nice 24" screen to go along with. When friends show nice pictures of their efforts it show up nice with my set-up. For me it does your pictures no justice to watch it on a dinky screen, Forgive me for being such a lousy pita.