Thank you guys. I wasn't clear enough - this volunteer came up in a really small bed with a fountain in the center, lawn on one side, then the patio. It's at the very edge of the bed and growing on the patio. SO, Chris, I can't make more by layering to get new plants - no room - but it's a neat concept. Until I get more opinions, I'm going to follow howellbama's advice and eliminate all but a few of the fruits. That'll give me the opportunity for the first time ever to see what the innards of a baby watermelon look like. Sunnibel, I couldn't find the post either. If you do, I'd like to read. Rosie

I'm going to assume that the 12 foot wall where the fireplace is is all brick, although I understand that the brick may not extend out all the way. You want to remove some of the brick, but not disturb the fireplace. First concern, you need to retain a certain amount of brick for clearance, the noncombustible immediately around the firebox that can safely get very hot. You would need to have an expert look your chimney over and tell you what the clearance should be because every chimney is different. Next, assuming you still have a lot of brick you want to get rid of that is beyond the clearance you need, you need to be prepared for a lot of mess, dust and debris. When the unwanted brick is removed, you will probably have a jagged edge of brick surrounding the firebox, which you will need to cover with some kind of framing. That could be wood that matches the bookcases you plan to build in, provided you have allowed for enough clearance. Without a picture, I may be visualizing your fireplace wrong. But I was just wondering if you have thought about installing bookcases that have no back to them, so that the brick can show through. If you don't like the color of the brick, you can paint it.

You can do it within Picasa. Highlight your picture (or pictures) and from the tool bar at bottom of the screen choose "Export". From there you'll get options to control size, image quality, etc. 800 px is fine for GardenWeb.

Yes, good information, thanks. I have a wide screen monitor (22") so generally I can view larger images without side to side scrolling (which I hate) but every now and then, someone posts an image that is even too wide for me. I stop reading the post at that point, which, yes, is like cutting off my nose to spite my face, but that's how much I hate scrolling from side to side to read the text that is now stretched across the screen because of the large photo. I just posted an image that is larger than I usually post (not one of my images, copied from another website) but I checked before posting and judged it to still fit within the average monitor's screen. At least that was my goal but I could have boo-booed on the eye-balling. If so, sorry! Funny, I have this large monitor and yet I still keep the GW window fairly narrow in comparison at only 10" wide. It's just easier to read if I don't have to scan the whole width, even without side-to-side scrolling. Scrolling up and down is tiresome, too, but I'd rather deal with that than side-to-side, especially if it means that the posted image is so small that I can't view details. And you know us TKOers want details! LOL