Nord, my definition of wet feet relates to those varieties that are under water, which happened from time to time in certain areas of the field where I grew hundreds of tomato plants. I expect to see yellowed foliage when we've had lots of rain as we have this summer, I'm not that far from you, and of late it's been cool as well, but I see a warming trend coming up. If you were to look at many of my plants, now grown in Gro-bags in the backyard, with good drainage holes, you'd see that the majority of them do have a lot of yellow foliage, which I expect, and when the sun shines and the temps go up I know they'll be green again and grow just fine. One of the major lessosn I learned from under water plants is that different varieties have different capacities to withstand too much water. When soils are waterlogged the roots can't take up much oxygen or nutrients. But a few of the varieties did better than others and I think it's b'c transport within the plant is not the same with all varieties. But we already know that's true in terms of those varieties that are more susceptible to BER, which is a transport issue, not from root uptake but from transport of Ca++ within the plant. Last year I didn't get fruits off half of my plants, but was spared Late Blight probably b'c I knew it was around early and had Freda, who now has to do all my gardening for me, start with Daconil alternating with copper. And the year before, 2008 wasn't that much better as to fruit yield, etc., b'c it was so cold and rainy as well. So my fingers are crossed for this summer, but already my plants are behind what they should be. Carolyn

Thanks ever so, TM! 8-] I thought GPB, as well. I still can't find much info about it outside 'Down Under'. If it EVER stops raining - this is the 8th straight day! - maybe I'll run up to the 'big' library and poke around. Wonder what the odds are of there being TWO creatures that look just like that. ICA, Sophie ^i^

Sounds like a great concept with serious water conservation. It is the reliability and aftermarket service that would concern me, although our purchase last year of a new LG refrigerator has panned out well. Best of luck with your new machine.

I use color catchers in my Bosch front loader and they work great. I don't use them all the time, just when I wash fairly new clothes. It's amazing how much color they can catch. Sometimes I throw in just half a sheet when I don't expect much color bleeding and it still turns slightly blue or gray. Color transfers are a bigger issue in front loaders since they use so little water that the colors are pretty concentrated. It's not always practical to separate all loads by colors and the color catchers are a great solution!