Work and More outlets carry Helly Hansen raingear, which is what most of my nursery and landscaping co-workers favor - typically bibs and long, hooded jackets. Not inexpensive but very high quality, durable, lightweight and flexible. Seems to me I've seen them at GI Joe's and other surplus-type stores as well, perhaps at better prices. If you are anywhere near one of these Work and More stores (several in the greater Seattle area), they are worth checking out. An excellent source for a variety of heavy duty gardening attire and a big selection of raingear in all price points. The stores cater specifically to those working out of doors in all weather and seasons.

Let's clear the air a bit if possible. equinoxequinox, feel free to use my name. I'm not sure why you chose not to. Maybe for fear of censorship. I think you hit the nail on the head with the commercial nature of this website. For what it's worth, neither of my other forums derive financial support from advertising. And THAT is neither advertising "for" those sites, nor an attempt to get people "here" to go "there". Simply comment. Since it was one of my posts that was deleted, I suppose I could be offended, but I'm not really. This site, like many others, is a COMMERCIAL site. They do not offer this site in order to "make a better world" nor to be "friendly". They operate this site to MAKE MONEY. I understand that. ANY activity that they PERCEIVE will diminish their revenue stream will be "dealt with accordingly". As I said, I understand. One should not expect a koala to behave like a snake and vice versa. About the only things that I would like to see changed here at Garden Web is the addition of 1) A better editor that allows the use of more editing options so that the only option for emphasis is NOT capital letters, 2) "Stickies" - a means of permanently placing significant threads at a location where they can be easily found and referenced. This site - Garden Web - especially for a commercial site, is the most "primitive" site I know of on the web. It would be easy to say "It's all about the money", but it isn't. It's about having the business acumen to recognize what increases "flow" in a revenue "stream". Being "primitive" does not increase "flow", and in fact can actually impede the "flow". Garden Web is an interesting place. I've met some nice people here, as I do on every website I venture on to. There are a few sites in which the thugs that run the site have actually succeeded in driving me away permanently, but those are very few. Garden Web appears to have enough internet savvy to choose their words carefully when admonishing those that they perceive are threatening "harmony" AND thereby the revenue stream. Their actions in this particular matter seemed neither necessary nor "wise", but they weren't particularly heavy-handed other than the deletes. So here's my take on the WHOLE matter: 1) Garden Web has NOT bent MY nose out of shape by deleting my post. 2) I hold no "grudges" against ANYONE here at the vermicomposting site. Based on first-hand experience, I strongly suspect that there isn't a poster on this site with whom I wouldn't enjoy spending an evening. Let's move on to new and better WORMY stuff. Paul This post was edited by pskvorc on Sat, Aug 23, 14 at 11:19

On the stove, it all depends on what kind of camping your doing. Jennmonkey mentioned elsewhere contemplating some backpacking. Most of my camping is on a motorcycle, some in a car. On the bike, I use a single burner Coleman Dual Fuel 533 stove (gas), and actually we manage fine. For backpacking there are even smaller single burner stoves available. When we go in a car, we use a dual burner propane stove, and I'd agree if you can manage the weight and space, it has definite advantages. Occasionally, we've used both to have a total of three burners, and/or used a portable grill. I personally prefer a propane stove to the gas stove that I usually use, and prefer two burners to the one that I usually have available, but what can be carried depends on how one is camping, and we always manage fine with what circumstances dictate.

Jesse Hildreth was starting to look weathered in the rain, so I cut the slowest opening bud I have ever seen and added it to some other cut flowers. After waiting sooooo long, I couldn’t let this bloom get ruined out in the elements. It is the first bouquet from my yard this spring/late winter. Mostly early azaleas (Hino Crimson, Coral Bells and Lavender Formosa), a couple Magnolias (Genie and Saucer), a couple roses (Peggy Martin and Jesse Hildreth), two beautiful pacific coast irises (I think Night Editor, but might be Deepening Shadow or another), freesias and fragrant tea olive. I kind of just plopped them into a vase outside to save them from the next rain we have coming (yay!), but I like them. Close up of Jesse in the middle there, inside. Another little bud peeking in the right corner too.