Third Saturday Jan! So that'll be Oct. 17th. phalnellie, if you aren't there then you'll be kickin' yourself again! Joseph where are my Pergola plans and when are you coming over to help me build it? :-) Steve those are sweet pics! We need to hook up and wet a line!!! You've got mail.

The chicken wire is an interesting thought and may be worth a try. I found another branch chewed off yesterday on one of the plants I didn't cover with netting (I ran out). It rained yesterday morning and the night before, which I had hoped would deter the determined little buggers, but apparently not. In desperation, I bought some hot pepper wax spray yesterday. I thought that it might at least be a bit better than sprinkling cayenne pepper around the plants, since they can't inhale the powder up their noses. I have heard that blood meal is a good deterrent but have also heard others say that it didn't work for them. My neighbor is fertilizing organically, though I am unsure what he is using. He says that he is not having trouble with the squirrels this year, but he has in the past. I think it's because they have found my plants...they are coming from a hole dug underneath the fence from his yard into mine!!! I would block it up, but it is likely a waste of time, since they can either make a new one or climb right over the fence. Oh, and bdobs....my teenager should be afraid...very afraid...but I'm certainly not telling him that! :) I'll cross my fingers on the pepper spray, get some more netting, and perhaps buy some chicken wire and blood meal. I think I will end up spending more money on squirrel and rabbit protection than anything else!

Hi, Letter! No problem with the questions - my pleasure. The brand and model # of the fridge is in my very first post. And yes, we have a "wall" on the right side of our fridge, too. See what's green in the above photo? That's the wall. (It "jigs" then, beside and behind the fridge) What's creamy white is all cabinet and trim. I think you can better see what I am trying to explain if you look at the two pictures of the plans, posted very early in this thread. That should make it clearer to you. Let me know. We couldn't recess the fridge, either, our steps to our upstairs are on the other side of that back wall. But I think the counter-depth fridge works nicely to really look "built-in". I really love the fridge, BTW. It is beautiful, works GREAT, holds a TON, and is so user-friendly! The granite overhangs the peninsula 11.5" and I think it's perfect. Even my 6+ foot tall hubby doesn't have any trouble. And the peninsula seating and the table nearby is also quite nice. I find that we tend to use the bar mostly for informal breakfasts and snacks, and the table for dinner. And while we don't have small children anymore (or grandbabies yet!) I can envision (for larger meals) the kids sitting at the bar while the grown-ups sit close-by at the table.

No! The gilding process is fairly straight forward and we were told, easy! We'll see. The pumpkins and gourds used for display were 'Funkins' from Michaels. You could also use real ones. I bought the chocolate paint as the base paint. Next is a sticky ,glue like substance that gets painted on top of the base. THEN you place your sheets of gold ,copper or silver leaf onto the sticky surface, brush off the excess. Once the surface is covered, a toner, much like a glaze is painted on and wiped off to achieve the aged look. The finished product really is gorgeous! I bought the three different metal finishes as that is what they had done and it looked so nice! The possibilities are endless. It can be used on just about any surface, wood, plastic, metal, sheetrock, molding etc.