I wish I could answer your question, but I am struggling to grow peppers myself. I bought a chocolate bell pepper plant in May just before Mother's Day, and it looks the same as the day I bought it. I figured the first location I put it in didn't have enough sun. So I moved it to a really sunny location, and still saw no results. I am frustrated by the whole situation because it was the only plant my husband specifically picked out. He really doesn't care for gardening much ao I was happy when he gave his input on a vegetable he would like. Now I can't even get the stupid plant to grow. Today in yet another effort to rectify the situation, I moved the plant to soil with more clay in it. I read on the Internet that pepper plants like lots of sun and sandy or clay based soil. I don't know if it is true or not, but since I have tried everything else, I figured it wouldn't hurt. I also bought two other types of pepper plants that were much further along. Maybe my husband will get his peppers yet. Keep trying and good luck with your pepper plants.

Jeremy, Hopefully, the guys who installed the sprinkler system for you, put in a quick and easy to access, method to turn off the main to the system, and then to drain out the water that's stored between there and the sprinkler valves, and in the backflow device. Assuming that's true, then you should be good to turn it on FOR A FEW HOURS ONLY, any time now. BUT... You MUST drain the water back out of the backflow valve etc. immediately after you finish watering. If you don't do it right after the sprinklers finish, every time, then you will forget about it, and a couple days later you will wake up in the morning to the sound of running water. Like me, you will wonder who woke up early enough to already be in the shower. Then later when you wake again, you'll realize the water is still running. Then you'll lay there and wonder...just where is that water running? Sooner or later you'll discover you have a new 10 foot fountain in your front yard. And it has a great big pool underneath it. If you're particularly unlucky, the back flow device is right near the basement window well, and your basement is flooding. Then, once you get the water turned off, you'll find out those 2 or 3 cute little plastic parts in that backflow device cost about 100 bucks if you buy and install them yourself, or I imagine twice that if you have someone else install them. Actually, it was my buddy whose basement flooded, and had the fountain. My backflow is pretty far from the house, and both times I messed up and forgot to drain it, it didn't actually do a fountain it just leaked out enough water to make the yard really muddy for a few days. Depending on weather and snow fall, I usually turn mine on, and water, and then drain it again several times each spring. I never turn it on and leave it on until Mother's Day, and even then, I keep a sharp eye on the weather, and I go cover up the back flow device with some thick blankets if we get a frost warning. Denver last frost is about the same as Fort Collins, so Mothers Day is probably a sensible date for you to go by also. Bruce

I suspect constant velocity (CV) joints. Try the link below. You have to sign in to post a query or post an answer, however, the user name and password is the same as this forum. You don't have to sign in to 'lurk'. Here is a link that might be useful: Cars forum

Thanks everybody. I am going Sunday to the brunch and will gain a true perspective then. Following a passion and all . . . I am a musician, but I'm a bit in the cracks there as well. I do still play in one group in my old town an hour away. The options here are either the really good group where someone pretty much has to die for a spot to open, and the come-all band that has way, way too many folks playing on my instrument. But then these folks don't really socialize outside of the rehearsals, so . . . Tish - thanks for the invite, and you are so correct about the hiking. So. Much. Hiking. And I agree there is potential in some of the other interest groups. But it is a challenge I think with a single mingling with couples (pinkmountain was spot on with that). Maybe not as taboo here in the west as it would have been if I were still back in the South, but not ideally what I was looking for. Single women are my comfort zone at present. Baby steps and all.