Man that really sucks, but mowing over it will actually make it worse because of the plants ability to take root from single pieces of plants, even a single needle can become a separate plant. A lot of succulents are able to do this quite easily. I still have the stuff growing back, but most of it is growing underneath bushes and other plants and just pull it when I notice it. I got rid of periwinkle the same year, 2 years ago, both have a few plants popping up here and there my next door neighbor planted English ivy, and it is spreading into my yard, I'm going to ask him if I can pull it eventually and offer to plant an alternative that isn't such a destructive plant. English ivy in Michigan isn't usually so bad because of the winters here, but a few warm winters and it could become much more invasive.

I also agonized over my appliance decisions, both during our recently completed kitchen renovation and another one we did at our previous home, about 6 years ago. Last renovation (6 yrs ago), I felt certain that I wanted the most powerful, simplest all-gas range I could find, in the truest commercial style possible (for the best price, of course)! I chose the DCS all-gas 36" 6 burner range. While I liked the high heat of the range and some of its other features, it gave me many problems, similar to those that have been detailed on this forum. For our most recent kitchen renovation, I needed a 48" range, and decided to go with the GE Monogram dual fuel. I had somewhat low expectations, or at least, I knew not to get as excited as I was during my prior renovation, only to be let down like last time. I had started to think that all higher end appliances were finnicky and any one of them is bound to have issues. Believe it or not, the GE Monogram has greatly exceeded my expectations and is really wonderfully and surprisingly great. It has even better burner control from super high high to super low simmer than the DCS. The burners work beautifully and never give me that click, click, clicking during ignition. The burner flame does not go around my small pots, as it did w/the DCS. The gliding racks in the oven are a joy, and the oven (I've used it mostly with the convection feature) roasts and bakes everything evenly and to perfection (in my DCS, this was a problem as things came out unevenly). The only slight negative is that the electric coils for the broiler are not as awesome as the infrared that the DCS used for the broiler, but that doesn't matter much for me because I live in So. Cal, and we grill instead of broil most of the time. This is just a wonderful piece of equipment, and I'm delighted with how it performs. It was much less expensive than the other high end dual fuel ranges (around $7800), so I feel like it's a bargain for what you get (comparatively) and I don't know why more people who love to cook haven't discovered it. Like you, I wondered why I couldn't find more reports about it before I purchased it. Please keep in mind that I've only owned it for a little over a month, but I have to report that I really love it so far (and so does my husband and my daughter, who both cook almost as much as I do). Good luck!

Kelly, I will celebrate by making a quilt of my choosing!!!! (And perhaps a margarita...). Though I always start out griping when I make a quilt for someone else based on THIER prefs, then always end up liking it. (Thanks in large part to all of you saying kind things about it!!!!) Maybe my first love is complaining, not quilting. LOL! Stitches -- OH! Thank you for that idea. (Coloring light quilting stitches that are not where they belong.) I have my big cow and tree quilt to do next and I'm finding it's NOT SO EASY to quilt even a straight line when you are shoving a behemoth quilt through a tiny machine. I plan to use cream thread on that one. Better go get some brown pigma pens for where I land on the cows!!!!

This plant was a big deal around here when it first came out. I'm pretty sure I was suckered into it, as that leaf coloring is very appealing to me. But I don't remember if I used in a container or planted in the ground. I do see it in other gardens occasionally and it is always a very tidy looking plant but I have never seen it in bloom. I don't believe it is a very heavy flowering selection to begin with, so that might account for it 'not seeding around' much. I too am not an advocate for a pristine, weed-free lawn and don't mind a few violets here and there to keep the English daisies and creeping veronica company :-) And the weedy wild Geranium robertianum, which persists in popping up even though I pull it religiously!! Just stay out of my flowerbeds though!!