Hi, I agree whole heartedly with petzold6596. They have the info and the willingness to help you with this large undertaking. Two things. One, draw up a sketch to scale and measure linear feet runs to supply the trees. This would be a mainline. Check prices in your area for schedule 40 pvc pipe 1 1/2" and 2" pvc pipe at the local hardware store (this doesn't account for irrigation fittings per tree). Count the number of trees and multiply by about $200 per tree (25 gal) depending on the size you want to plant and the speed of growth of the tree. Check the other forums about what would be a good interesting tree or trees for you area. Trees usually like infrequent soakings. Ask about a irrigation system that waters like that. Then two, aesthetically group trees somewhat together in odd numbers (with offsets) with differing size spaces between the groups around the perimeter. This will be a more pleasing natural look. Check out some landscaping design books before planting. This is not a small undertaking and getting bids from local landscapers might be worthwhile. Prices for landscapers are good right now. GL Aloha

Did you do a soil test? I'm not far from you and when we checked our soil, we had a ton of potassium, and no nitrogen. None. Not even a drop. We've also faced some challenges with cucurbits. I've been spraying with a combination of Neem Oil and Copper (about 1/2 tblspn each in a dollar-store hand sprayer) to fight the squash bugs and powdery mildew, respectively. We've mixed it up with a baking soda, garlic, dish soap and onion spray, too, when the stinkbugs and aphids came out. Also, compost heavily. Cucurbits are hungry, and in new soil, and the poor soil we have, there's no such thing as too much compost. Every iota of kitchen scrap goes to a cucurbit. We've had mixed results, in West San Antonio. Our pumpkins are HUGE, and the zucchini are prolific, but the watermelons are struggling and I've only had one cucumber, so far. One thing that I think has helped, for us, as I look at what's succeeded and what hasn't, is companion planting. I've got a whole mess of borage and sunflowers digging into that hard clay. I'll yank leaves off them, and throw them down as mulch sometimes. The plants where I've done that have done better.The successful zucchini are surrounded by radishes and snow peas and borage and sunflowers. I'd be able to experiment more, but volunteer pumpkins came up from a composted mustard bed after Halloween, and we managed to keep them alive all winter. Now we're getting these massive pumpkin vines that have completely dominated a huge swath of our garden real estate, unplanned. Huge pumpkins, too! With a mild enough winter and kloaches of a big enough size, I suspect that any long-season cucurbits ought to be planted in the late fall, around here. I've got more pumpkin vine than I know what to do with! If I had tried the same trick with Watermelons, I'd be eating them already! My ten cents... I know this topic is a little old and you've solved your own problems. Your raised beds look awesome! I always overplant for high-density practices and things quickly become a jungle.

Nope, doubt it. The outline of the material is the same in both jars, and whether she is looking toward or away from the boy is just a matter of how it was painted. Somebody may have just gotten bored and decided to make her look the other way. However, that doesn't mean it isn't rarer and may up the value a bit.

Oh Gee melon.......isn't that just like a doctor to load you up with all those meds and not really check you out???? Could you go to an OB/GYN instead of a family practice doc? That would be my suggestion. The Bactrim could potentially cause you alot more problems, by destroying all your good intestina flora. Here's an option: Try taking something like pepsid or prilosec for a week. I got a ton of bloating, belching, nausea and diarrhea from my GERD during perimenopause. If you get relief from that, then you can probably assume you have reflux. At that point, if you don't like being on meds, then try adjusting your diet......avoid sugar, white flour, caffeine, etc. My GI tract went absolutely bonkers during perimenopause. But I think what I would do first, is call an OB/GYN. They will pay more attention to your ovaries. And men just don't get it. I went to the ER on Christmas day for severe pain. I was sure it was my ovary. The CT scan showed a small cyst on the ovary. The doc was convinced I had diverticulitis. He even made a bet with me. How could he think that.......my pain was on my right side, and diverticulitis occurs on the left side! Well....I was right. It was "just" the cyst on the ovary. He said it was too small to cause all that pain........but he was wrong. I had that particular pain for almost a month before it went away. Yes, it's possible that you have diverticulitis. And I would hate to steer you wrong. But if it is reflux, you should feel better soon with something like prilosec. If not, then I would try the bactrim. Do you have left-sided pain? Do you have a low grade fever?