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Comments (30)Gloria: not to be a bummer but, your best defense going organic with CAR will be planting resistant trees from my experience. From what I've read, the sulfurs won't work very well against CAR, in addition they shouldn't be sprayed when the temps. get above 85-90F (I think) or they will burn the foliage. They can be washed off easily leading to freqent sprays which is O.K. if you have the time and the weather cooperates during the infection periods (wet weather). Between resistant trees and very diligent organic methods you might do fine, I don't know, but I heartily applaud your effort. Keep us informed. You will learn what does and doesn't work for you which is what it is all about. Oh yes, I have benefitted enormously from having a digital camera with macro capabilities. The plant pathology lab @ K-state accepts images for diagnostic purposes. Olpea: have you seen the link below? Probably applies better to your local than mine in the NC part of the state. It is for commercial growers but highly educational if one can comprehend it. I had to print the beast out and poured over it for hours referencing other materials in the process. Here is a link that might be useful: 2009 Midwest Tree Fruit and Spray Guide...See MoreColorful Mexican Kitchens Part XX1!
Comments (151)Stef-After my first letter that I posted a couple days ago, I replied to my friend with the words "Is it really true?" I then got this reply! "Not only it is true but it was even worse yesterday with 102 casualties in Mexico ,a lot more than Irak and Afganistan together,world governements are keeping it very quiet, because they are all interested in petroleos mexicanos ,and other mexican bussinesses ,but it is really too big now to hide what is a real civil war ,in the last two years almost one thousand children have been killed ." This is very sad for Mexico. Unfortunately, America must bare blame. This is the sentiment of even the Academics in Mexico. Drugs have forever been an integral part of Mexican society. The Cartels have been virtually transparent with government "co-operation". Everybody is happy. Gov't makes a little cash. The Cartels have a flowing business. The general public remains safe and lives in harmony. Then Uncle Sam, to whom Mexico is DEEPLY indebted to; and to this day, is financially supporting Mexico (since the PESO collapse crisis 1995) steps in with a little Blackmail of "shut down your Cartels" or else no more Dinero from us. American Puppet Fellipe Calderon, mindlessly, takes the dare from Washington and sacrifices his own innocent people to please Washington. And how long is this going to continue to appease America? Will it be another Iraq where 1.5 million Iraqi lives were lost since the invasion. For what? For political aspirations. Mexico is much closer to home for me and really you in bordering American states. But to think that one day one of my many dear and good Mexican friends, along with the now tens of thousands already killed, could also become casualties is extremely disturbing. In the name of Mexico, I hope Felipe Calderon will stop being a Washington Puppet and honor and respect the lives of the people whom he was elected to serve. Sad....See MoreFeeling Sad and Vindicated
Comments (49)Spoke to my Dh about your question. ANd the answer is........YES...TADA!!! A logical answer from a concerned father of a baby and his disfunction child raised 96% by biomom , aka pot mom! Yes he would phone the cops on his child in an instant and he would call his mother who lives 1 1/2 half away to go pick him up. But you see because my DH and i are on the same page about behaviour and not tolerating certain behaviours under our home this ugly situtation last year turned around very quickly. SS no longer takes out his anger on my son, aka his brother and SD has learned not to play games or lie or talk back or anything. In fact she is expressing dislike for both parents and keeps a distance from me but with sadness. I truly feel bad for these kids. I told my dh to take 50% custody the day i met him. But he wont. And now after 7 years its a little too late. The damage is done. I can't change his mind. Alli know is to butt out now and let the pieces fall. I will only intervene when i have disrespect towards me and disrespect towards my son. And no KKny and Tos, abuse is not used as an excuse for disrespect...its FOLLOWS it afterwards. Cause once they hit the disrespect level towards another human being, it doesn't take long for it to turn violent and physical. ANd to give you an example, my next door neighbour just threw out her 13 years old daughter out of her house. Because she was at her end rope iwth her. SEx drugs, talking back and then it finally turned violent to the other children. She has one child of her own and 5 adopted kids. Guess what, the 13 years old was thrown out to save the others from her abusive nature. Just stop picking lines out of peoples postings and twisting them. You two have shown such manipulation at times and you are standing proof of a human being who is miserable and having nothing good to offer in this world. I'm sure you have tons of friends eh? Get over your pasts and move on. People like me have seen quite alot. And i am a stepchild as well. Am i the evil person cause i'm a stepmom too. EH?. L:Ol , well i'm happy knowing im a fully balanced person who demands respect and i'm not a rag doll to anyone. Including my family and kids. I've survived many things over the years and i know fully well where i stand as a human being , as a mother, as a stepmother and as a stepchild. Those are my titles, I wear them well and i'm proud. I do not make people miserable. And as for kids being sent out of a home, its done usually for good solid reasons. If his SD spoke rude to me, i would tell her off myself and let her dad then give punishment. But my SD has learned i wont stand for it and so has my SS. Kids needs boundaries. Do they hate me? NOPE. Its the opposite. My SK do love me. They just wish they're parents got along and now my SS told my DH ' ' mommy always talks about you badly and says bad things about maria too. I dont like it daddy, i want her to stop saying bad things. they're not true. make ehr stop! you never talk about mommy at all." Now what do you say to a child after this? Even SD was visibly shaken. Yes my DH is not the greatest father, he procrastinates and is lazy. That doesn't mean he doens' tlove his kids. He's a typical male! human male! I find woman have more insight into things like this. I've noticed a change in SD. She has refocused her energy and anger towards school and friends. Advice i give her all the time. And i'm pround she is doing that. I dont hate my Stepkids. I do care for them. what i dont like is the loser biomom and also the lack of communication between my dh and her. But you can't speak to her. SHe's a nut!...See MoreHow uncool is a closed but big kitchen these days?
Comments (59)Our kitchen is open to the rest of the house, and I agree that a good hood makes all the difference with lingering odors. Also, my oldest was three when we remodeled to open it up as much as we did. Seven years later, we have two kids and it's been nice to be able to be in the kitchen and still keep an eye on them. Another benefit is people can easily hang out in the kitchen to visit or help out, but not be in the way. Another thing that has made a huge difference is our near-silent dishwasher. Even when the space was more enclosed (it was never it's own room) the dishwasher sounded like aircraft taking off. Now you don't even realize it's running so improvements in technology have paved the way for open-ness. As far as what is popular vs. preference, go with preference unless you're moving out soon after the remodel. After living with the open kitchen, I find that it's just not a good fit for my personality despite the benefits of watching my kids and not feeling closed off etc. Everyone can see our kitchen almost as soon as they walk into the house, and I am not good at keeping the counters clear so it looks like a clutter mess. I feel embarrassed and don't like unexpected drop-ins from people. Also we have the "kitchen noise vs tv noise" issue, which probably bothers me more than the people who are using the tv (they just turn it up LOL). We do receive a lot of compliments, and people think it must be so nice to have an open kitchen like ours, so I hope it will be a selling point when we sell. Ideally I think a kitchen should be open to the family room but NOT visible from the front door. I feel like it shouldn't be on public view, yet in our house it practically is. When we move, I will not consider a home w/an open kitchen unless there is a chance we could remodel it to have more privacy. As it is, we did add a little extra wall to close it off a bit from the front door, but I wish we had added even more walls ;-)...See Moreitalianlegs
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