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What would you plant next to this porch?
I live in OK., z7. Hot and sunny.
Here's the picture of the porch and my comments and questions are below:
This was taken in May before the Carpet Roses were in bloom. They stay.
See the areas near my front porch? I want to plant the same thing on both sides of it BUT...the sunlight is completely different at each area.
Right side of sidewalk:See the Caladiums near the sidewalk? They're very big and lush now. On the other side of the C's I have Impatiens growing and they're not doing squat, but they thrived there last year. Second year of gardening this bed.
That area near the porch only gets a few hours of sun in the morning, perfect for shade plants. All the plants in front of them get sun for about 9-10 hours a day.
Left side of sidewalk near porch. It gets morning sun for about 5 hours, then shade for about 3 hours, then sun for a few hours before sunset. So it's basically a sun garden in that spot.
I have a Hibiscus there that isn't doing squat either and I usually can grow them like crazy! We have flat rock on the other side of the Hibiscus to set my succulents on but I only set one out.
What would be a good plant that will grow tall and flowery all summer, that would take lots of shade and lots of sun?
Is there such a thing? lol
If you are having problems, it may be soil? Do you need to fertilize? I have some plants that are not doing squat either, (and I don't need to fertilize) but it was just a thought.
Farther back, maybe some low evergreen shrubs of some kind? I was just thinking you may want anchors there for winter. Low growing gardenias they can take AM sun and PM shade fine. Rosemary also works well here with AM sun and daphne would LOVE that type of situation.
Woodland phlox, perennial begonias, wood's asters are all plants that would bloom at different times and do well on the shadier side. You can balance them with like color/bloom times of other plants easily. I have some early dwarf iris that bloom with woodland phlox, other types of asters..
I think you could also plant some whispy plants with a bit more height to get a more cottage feel - guara for example would be perfect there.
Well, of course, I'm going to say more roses! LOL
Many roses do well in shade (especially hybrid musks) so it would be easy to mix up something like Lavender Lassie with a nice companion plant...maybe something blue/lavender that's good for sun and shade.
I'm sure you'll get much more knowledgable answers, but I couldn't resist recommending Lavender Lassie :)
Lavender, I'm thinking Roses too, but I'm such a novice. Right now I have 5 Knock-Outs, three are by the fence, three in the flowerbeds. I also have a Floribunda "Easy Does It" which is just beautiful!
But that area on the right is mostly shade next to the porch, you really think Roses would do well there?
Girl, I think I have really good soil there. Last year we added on a room and because of laying the foundation we got lucky because now the old sand from it is mixed with clay, plus the breakdown of the mulch from last year. Everything else is thriving.
I'm going to look up the plants you suggested..never heard of them before. But it would be a good idea to find different plants for each side with the same height and flower bloom to make it look cohesive.
I agree with GGG to look for some low-growing shrubs to place at the back of the beds to help hide the concrete porch and give winter interest. That's something I've been trying to do this year in a few of my beds.
Take a look at Itea virginica 'Henry's Garnet'. It blooms in the spring and the foliage changes color in the fall. Dwarf gardenias are another good choice. They're evergreen and when they bloom the scent that fills the air is pure magic. And that's a great location to be able to enjoy it!
Winter daphne is something I added this year. I bought mail order so they're still small, but I'm hoping they'll make it. Fell in love when I read about them on the Dirt Therapy blog.
Itea virginica...
Very nice beds. I agree with ggg, I think some sort of anchor plants might be nice, how about hydrangea? They have such a lovely assortment available in every size and color. You can keep them pruned so that they don't get too tall and they would hide the front side of the porch.
Natal, aren't Gardenias hard to grow? One side is really for shade plants (only next to the porch), the other is full sun.
I need something that flowers all summer.
Never, I'm giving up on Hydrangeas! lol I have two and they just don't perform well for me no matter what I do.
Thank you Organic kitten! The carpet roses are faded out right now due to the hot sun, but that's okay, they're still pretty.
Lavender, I'm waiting for Annie to get her tush into this topic. I know I can grow Roses on the sunny side, but not sure on the shade side.
This is funny though. When we were in the process of building the new room, they did it in the Winter. Not ONE drop of sun got on that flowerbed all day long...this is before I planted anything. So I knew I'd need to plant a shade garden since it's on the North side of the house.
Well I'll be, when Spring came around the whole bed gets full sun until Fall! Whew! I'm so happy now because I can experiment with lots of different kinds of plants. :)
It's lovely what you've done but I agree with you that something different at that area would be good. I would also go with some low growing shrubs. Hydrangea was mentioned and you can get small ones and they do well in both sun and shade. There is also Weigela Dark Horse with dark foliage so even when not in bloom you would still have color. Or if you want evergreen which I probabaly would myself there, try the Daphne's or Dwarf Azaleas. Both good choices.
I was going to suggest hydrangeas or weigela as well - there is a very low growing one in the wine series - maybe it's Fine Wine I can look it up but it is dark and needs something growing against it for contrast.
My thought is you aren't going to be able to plant anything across that area that gets shade in some parts and sun in others that will grow the same in both places - even if it survives it will look different and really highlight the different growing conditions. If it was me I'd try to work with the area and grow what flourishes and then use some flowers or fill in flowers to establish some flow across the whole space.
How would a fence look along the very back that extends up about 18" look? Maybe an iron one in black or white You could get clematis or something like that to cover it and it would make a nice defining edge and would be the same on both sides. Just a thought...
Oakley, gardenias are really easy to grow. Take a peek at the video in that link.
Here's a link from the Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service. Might give you more ideas for shrubs. Btw, they list the Itea virginica I mentioned and state "shade, to morning sun", but I have 4 that get varying degrees of sun from half a day to all day and they're all doing great.
Here is a link that might be useful: Shrubs for shady spots
Oakleyok- I'm sure whatever you decide to put in front of your porch is going to be beautiful! If Annie doesn't find this post right away, here's a link that might give you some ideas. It's a rose nursery in Oklahoma...and this page is supposed to be shade tolerant roses. Many will do well in sun, too.
I like to mix up old-fashioned roses, some bloom once and some repeat, but it's nice to have a little difference in bloom size and fragrance. All of them seem to end up being white, light pink, medium pink and lavender-pink...maybe because they look so good with lavender and purple companion plants! LOL
Here is a link that might be useful: Shade roses in Oklahoma
Oakly, pardon me for saying this, but by sticking to the assertion that you must have something that blooms all summer, you are limiting yourself soley to annuals, and for that much, purchased annuals because you need to find plants which conform to a size and shape because the porch is lower (and you need it open, it's meant to be open and it's a lovely porch to show off!!!). The domey purchased annuals are, what I think is partly stumping you - they don't have a cottage look when used all together, because they all have the same shape and size and often the same leaf color.
Try to envision beyond just the beauty of colorful flowers but imagine the beauty of beautiful foliage. Form is going to be more difficult for you (because of size) but you can do it! The Daphne Odora Marginata has beautiful variegated foliage, other low growing shrubs will give a green backdrop to show off the beauty of the annuals you need for color. Gardenias are easy to grow, simple! They like morning shade or filtered light. They do feature some habits that may annoy you right there at the front of the house. When finished the flowers brown and the foliage can get yellow any time of the year, but I just pick that stuff off. Mixing in vertical foliage (some ideas are irises, candy lilies) and grassy foliage (how about society garlic which blooms all summer) add some spikey interest and break up the dome shapes a bit.
I experiment a lot with form and foliage color on the driveway slope of the garden. It's not all successful! I have a hard time finding shorter plants that do flower all season long (or most of the season) that can take that hot, dry area. People do comment on this area the most though, not realizing that the form and texture can be as interesting as it is. They key to the flowers is to make sure that there are several things flowering at once, but not necessarily all are in flower always. It seems to work. There's a gal in California with a wonderfully packed full-front yard garden (oh, where are you and I've forgotten your GW name) - I'm imagining something like that, or areas of Cameron's garden where she relies on a mix of 'spike' and domey lavenders in her hot and dry areas...
Here are updated pictures of my beds. I took them a few minutes ago.
My idea flower would be to plant Caladiums lining the porch. We've talked about small hedges but honestly, we like to sit on the edge of the porch or step down there. I like the fact that the edge of the porch shows because it's so big, but I'd like to soften it with tallish flowers.
Also, 3/4ths of the bed is full of perennials so I don't mind buying annuals every year for the porch area.
I may just do Knock Out's with some colorful (not orange!) cosmos next to the porch.
Excuse the gardening mess on one side, it can't be seen from the sidewalk. :)
Facing the front of the full sun bed:
Standing on porch:
Facing the front of the full sun bed with mostly full shade where the Caladiums are.
Standing on porch facing bed:
Cindy, when we built the porch we decided not to get railings for it because then you're basically trapped from getting off the porch except where the sidewalk is.
My dh laid some stone steps and a walk way to the left of the sun bed and when we need to water the flowers along the fence that's where we step down at to drag the hose.
I really REALLY wanted an iron rail there, but I'm definitely glad we didn't do it! We do have that black edging going along the sidewalk, but it needs to be painted again before next summer so it will stand out more.
Here's a picture from this past January. This was our first winter in the new room/remodel. It's only my second season of gardening in the bed.
Also, you can't see it in this picture but there is green shrubbery next to the house. If I were to plant shrubs in front of the porch, they'd have to stay tiny and narrow. But they'd just get in the way. lol
Low growing shrubs for evergreen in winter:
* Boxwoods (comes in a variety of sizes and leaf sizes)
* Junipers (spreading and short spire types)
* Yews (can be trimmed too)
* Beautyberry Pretty shrub - has pink or purple drupes (berries) in the fall and winter
* Eponymous - comes in greens or variegated and several sizes
*** Gardenias - on your north side like that, I would only grow them only in a more protected area, like in a semi-sheltered corner. They cannot take our harsh icy winters or our hot, windy, scorching sun here in Okie.
They need semi-shade and shaded Southern or Eastern shaded exposures.
* Azaleas - southern shaded areas
Ornamental grasses - summer, fall and winter interest.
They look fantastic with roses and soften the look of concrete porches or patios:
* Feather grass
* Maiden grass (my fave - comes in green or variegated)
* Bunny tails grass - short grasses with bunny like blooms (pom pom plumes) through summer and into winter.
Roses. Large roses in front of your porch and behind your annuals in front. I would use shrub roses. They bloom almost non-stop from spring till freeze. They can take anything Oklahoma can dish out. Easy care. These are all very fragrant:
Large shrubs:
* Abraham Darby (Apricot pink) Austin rose 5-6 ft
* Aloha (Med. pink) Hybr Tea 6-8 ft
* Eutin (red) Floribunda 4-6 ft.
* Excellence von Shubert (dark pink) Polyantha 3-5 ft.
* Graham Thomas (med. yellow) Shrub 5-8 ft
* Heritage (light pink)
* Lafter (yellow orange blend) Hybr Tea 4-6 ft
* Lady Elsie May - (pink/light pink blend)
* Mrs. B. R. Cant (med Pink) Tea 5-8 ft
* Archduke Charles (red blend) China 3-5 ft
* Pink Grootendorst (Med. Pink) Rugosa 5-8 ft - put this one by the corner post on one side.
Small Shrub Roses:
* Westerland (tall orange-yellow blend) 3-5 ft.
* Iceburg (white) floribunda 3-4 ft.
* Katherine Zeimet - Polyantha (white) 2-4 ft.
* Gruss an Aachen - Floribunda (light pink) 3-4 ft.
* Duchesse de Brabant (light Pink) Tea 4-6 ft
* Anson Jones - shrub (light yellow blend) 3-4 ft.
* Chryster Imperial (red) Hybr Tea 3-4 ft.
* Betty Prior (med. Pink) Floribunda 3-4 ft.
* Belinda's Dream (lt or med. pink) Shrub 3-5 ft.
Climbing Roses that can be kept as large shrubs
* Ballerina (pink and white) Hyb Musk 5-7 ft.
* Joseph's Coat (orng, pink, yllw flowers) Lrg Flwr 8-12 ft.
* Buff Beauty (Cream-orange blend) Hyb Musk 5-7 ft.
* Don Juan (sup fragrnt velvety red) Lrg flwr 10-15 ft.
* Felicia (pink yellow blend) 4-7 ft.
* Lavender Lassie (sup fragrnt mauve pink) Hyb Musk 6-8 ft.
* Zephirine Drouhin (dark pink) Bourbon rose 8-12 ft.
Any of these will do good with part shade like you have in front of your porch. Mine only get a half day of sun and they bloom like crazy. Planting my roses in full sun don't do as well for me here in Oklahoma. They do grow and they bloom, but not as well. Afternoon shade is a good thing. Also, they will have protection from hot afternoon hot winds in the summer.
There are all kinds of shrubs and grasses and roses. Don't forget Garden Phlox, Daylilies and Echinacea (coneflowers) for color. Endless color possibilities.
Daphne is beautiful and would be beautiful, but I have not been able to find them for sale here locally.
I think you have too much sun there for Hydrangeas.
Nandinas are lovely shrubs. I grow them. There are so many plants to choose from.
You don't need it all cluttered with plants, but you will want tall things, short things, round, tall, feathery, large leaves, tiny leaves, & etc to add interest and textures. That is just as important as flower colors - maybe more.
Some of the roses can be purchased locally.
Hope this helps.
Annie, grasses are a great suggestion!
Daphne is beautiful and would be beautiful, but I have not been able to find them for sale here locally.
I searched locally and finally ended up ordering from Bluestone Perennials. The plants aren't huge, but I'm hoping they'll like where I planted them and eventually put on some size. I would have ordered from Almost Eden, but the ones they had weren't ready to go yet. Was told to check back in the fall. So, that's another source if you're interested.
Here is a link that might be useful: Winter Daphne at Almost Eden (a Louisiana company)
Wow, Annie! We need someone with your expertise in our area. Although we're about 30 minutes away from Spokane, WA...it's a much different gardening zone out here. It got down to 33 degrees last night!
Oakleyok- Now that you have been given so many wonderful choices, I'm looking forward to seeing what you put in front of your very inviting porch :)
Let me also say that I like what you have there already.
What I was suggesting was in answer to your question -
"What would you plant next to this porch?"
I do not want you to think that I don't like what you have planted in those beds so far, because I do.
I am very proud of you.
Oakly, those photos show the perennials much more than the first photos (where the color of the annuals stands out so much, above others.
I too don't want you to think that I don't like your plants. I surely do think they are beautiful (and when I say low shrubs I mean like 2' tall!!! I realize you don't want to block all that exposure you have there, it's wonderful!). But I do think you will find pleasure with a few structural plants, and some more "airy" plants.
Here is a view of my patio garden from the North side of the house. The patio is on the far right, out of view. (Try to ignore the posts of the botched and unfinished Pergola - eyesore - Can't wait to get rid of it!)
You can see from the image the various heights of my roses (i.e., Dark Pink Knock Out, Lady Elsie May, Betty Boop, New Day, and Midas Touch), Crimson Pirate Daylilies, and tall feathery Maidengrass. On the path side, or front side, I have dwarf red Barberry, Lavender Mums and Magenta Buttons Mums, a few volunteer Black-eyed Susans and purple Perilla (which I thin out, leaving only a few in certain spots) and a much shorter daylily, Stella de Oro in front of the dark pink Knock Out rose. The roses have to be cut back every spring or else they will hog the whole bed and start to splay out. There is some Oregano tucked in beside the Maiden Grass on the north end. Makes it easy for to just to step out on the patio and snip off some for my spaghetti or what-have-you. I have large pots of Basil on the patio too for the same reason.
Okay, on the south end of that same bed, out of view are Gerbera Daisies, white Sweet Allysum, Dianthus, Dwarf blue Ageratum, variegated Oregano, and 2 kinds of Creeping Thyme.
Some years I plant ornamental Potato vine or Silver Falls Dicondra to spill out on the path. I have planted Dusty Miller and Silver Brocade Artemisia in there for a more upright silvery white addition.
On the other side of the patio I have Hardy Hill Rosemary, Black & Blue Salvia, Maximillion Sunflowers (which will get tall and flower in late summer), Joseph's Coat rose cl. rose, Needlepoint Holly, Blue Bedder Salvia, another Bleeding Heart, more Dianthus, Lamb's Ears, a Cherish Rose and Hot Chocolate Rose, Fannick phlox (new to this area), ending with Russian Sage and old-fashioned Orange Daylilies on the south end of the patio. This is where my round Lily pond is situated (Half-Whiskey barrel converted to Lily pond). There are also the same spring blooming Irises, Tulips and yellow Jonquils on this side. Volunteers of poppies come up in April and Petunias in May along the paths.
Some things will be cleaned out of there this Fall for a new look next year. I want to add more ornamental grasses in this area and replace the Bunny tails I lost to voles 2 years ago. I like how grasses softens the flowerbeds and adds height and different textures. I also want to add the tall white Nicotiana that smells so wonderful in the evening and at night.
By intermixing like this, I always have something to look at and enjoy year round.
This area will look pretty good when the Pergola is rebuilt by the carpenter I am hiring. :)
In spring there are also pink Bleeding Hearts, Irises, Tulips and Yellow Jonquils in that bed. After flowering, they each add green leaves and different textures to the bed.
I am certainly no expert, but I have experience with what I can and cannot grow in my gardens. I have done a great deal of reading about plants and gardening techniques these past 30+ years. You never learn it all. The ore I learn, the more I realize how much I have to learn.
Make a drawing of your beds. Juggle plants around making crude drawings to see what appeals to you. Approximate the basic shape of each kind of plant you might want in each spot, their widths and heights, in perspective with the porch, pillars and existing plants. If you like the shape of things, then play with the color combos. It's a fun thing to do on days that are too hot to work outside or on rainy days. Keep your records and take with you when you go shopping for plants or order them on-line. These things really help and can save you a lot of time and money!
You don't have to plant as many flowers and things as I did. I just like it FULL like that. I seldom if ever have to weed the flowerbeds planted thickly like this. It's an old time Cottage Garden technique and adage to never leave any spots bare in your garden. If you remove something, fill that space with something else right away.
wow, I would love to have that garden bed going up to my house! Love it! You have some great suggestions so far. I think I would plant small evergreen shrubs, maybe an azalea too along the porch base. And I would add a big arbor too, with a clematis or 2 (ones that bloom different times) planted on the shaded side to grow towards the sunny side. Lavender is a great suggestion, maybe some asiatic lilies in the center of the beds. Stepping stones and a bird bath in the shaded side?? You have to post pictures when you have it planted!!
Annie, thanks so much for the info! What are those purple flowers in your bed? My garden needs some purple. I do have Spiderwort on the other side of the porch.
Everyone, I'm not taking any offense about the rest of my plants! lol.
I'm still in the experimental stage of what to plant.
I kind of like the idea of ornamental grasses. But don't laugh, I'm afraid of snakes. I've seen snakes curled up under the Caladiums and they're hard to see. It's cool and shady under them.
Again, thanks so much for the help!
The purple flowers are Old-fashioned Garden Phlox. They smell so sweet. One of my grandsons say they smell like strawberries to him. I suppose everyone smells something different. Very sweet. They bloom from late June till September or October. Butterflies love them. I grow them in just about every corner of my yard.
Those would be wonderful in front of your porch on one side and behind your Carpet Roses and Yellow-Orange Cosmos.
Don't plant everything symmetrical on both sides. Asymmetry is more interesting.
As for snakes...I'm afraid it comes with the territory when you have plants in your yard. :)
When I saw your winter pic I thought of an arbor too, but I'd put it at the beginning of the sidewalk leading off the parking area. That whole area could change overnight with the addition of a picket fence and arbor. Maybe something to consider in future years.
Oakley, I don't know if you were posting here when Steven was, but this is sort of what I was talking about.
Btw, does anyone know whatever happened to him?
Here is a link that might be useful: Steven's cottage garden in the front of his house
Love the picket fence and arbor idea but our winds here are pretty strong in that area when it storms. I've been thinking about a small border style picket fence though.
Annie, I was under the impression Phlox only bloomed in the spring and on the short side.
These are definitely on my list for next year. Did you plant them by seed or plants? Are they perennials or annuals? They'd be beautiful by the front porch! I'm going to go look them up right now. :)
The Spring-blooming phlox are a completely different variety. They are a ground-cover. Garden Phlox are tall, upright and bloom in summer only. They come in many colors, but I love the old-fashioned purple ones best. They have the best fragrance and can take our severe Okie weather.
Garden Phlox, Roses, Irises, Daylilies and Coneflowers are the backbone flowering plants of my gardens.
No offense to others, but I personally wouldn't put a picket fence around your front garden-way nor install an arbor out at the entrance. That style does not belong with a Ranch-style house in rural Oklahoma. A rustic style trellis on one side of your porch would look great, but not placed where it would block your view would look very nice. For that, I would grow a thornless climbing or rambling rose of some variety or a beautiful Honeysuckle that is not invasive (not the wild kind -those would eventually take over your entire bed).
Stick with your ranch design and use rustic style garden plants, trellises and garden decor. It is a common mistake of some gardeners to try to do otherwise. It would look terribly out of place and would ruin the look of your beautiful home. Trust me.
You can create a Country Cottage Garden that would add to the beauty of your Ranch-style home and it's value.
Reference for ideas on what I mean by Rustic: Better Homes & Gardens, August 2009, starting on page 91 is a great article. There is a picture on page 92 of a Rustic Gazebo the family built in the middle of undulating waves of flowers in front of their house, i.e., Purple coneflowers, Rudbeckias, Petunias and Ornamental Grasses that you ought to see. They also have a few evergreens and dotted here and there with hollyhocks and other things. The bed is outlined with rocks. It is fantastic.
It is the RUSTIC and the undulating waves of flowers that I want you to see in particular.
My point being here again is to create a garden that compliments your house style and shape - not fights with it.
Lots of good things to learn from that article and the beautiful photos.
You can access the article online, but you have to be a subscriber. Bummer.
I think I let my subscription to BH&G run out because I don't have the August issue yet. I've let a few mags expire, I was getting too many.
I agree with what you're saying regarding the picket fence. I actually like the iron border fence we have now on each side of the sidewalk, it just needs a new coat of paint.
We also have a wrought iron trellis out front but next to the fence for the Morning Glories, and we have several bamboo trellises just off one of the beds for more MG's. The pictures don't show them though.
We've created a new flower garden at the fence line close to the house. So it's an extension of my "cottage garden" and I hope next year it will be at it's fullest.
I agree about the purple Phlox. Purple is what I'm lacking and to me it's THE color for a cottage garden! It's the color we see in English gardens all the time.
Oh, the inside of my house is the rustic/country/farm style.
Some interesting fences on this ranch.
Here is a link that might be useful: country house
Thanks Natal! I'm going to pour over those pictures in just a bit.
Don't you think the white picket edging would be better than something taller? I may buy some this winter when garden supplies go on sale.
Here's how bad the wind can get in that area during a storm. Because it's L shaped there, when a storm blows up we get a lot of weird "circulating" wind. We had a beautiful iron trellis and the wind broke it at the base and knocked the whole thing down! And it was brand new. :(
So anything too tall will get blown over. That's why I think a border type picket fence would be nice. And they would match the windows! :)
Your garden is really maturing from the first pics I remember you posted. Looking good!
I know your style is casual but whenever I see your house and garden I think of a knot garden, I think because of the symmetry. Most knot gardens are formal but I'll post a link to a pic of an English cottage knot garden. Of course it's quite large but I think this could be done on a smaller scale.
Pic linked below is from this site: http://maureeninlondon.wordpress.com/
Here is a link that might be useful:
Below is a LINK to a website that explains better what I was getting at about designing your garden out front in a more rustic style. I didn't mean "country and western"...I meant Cottage Garden.
Rustic does not mean it won't be pretty or feminine.
The article shows a variety of plants and flowers that would work with what you have. The brick and rock add the rustic style, very traditional in Cottage Gardens.
To do this you would need to raise your flower beds by your porch up almost level with the porch. Then terrace the flowerbed with big rocks laid in a natural way and brick steps down to your driveway. This would not be hard to do. Use local rock and any leftover bricks you might have from your house construction. Your Carpet roses and Knockouts would be your featured plants. They could stay where they are and not have to be moved at all.
All the plant shown in the article are very do-able here in Oklahoma and all are sold at places like WalMart, Lowe's and others. I would also add some soft feathery Ornamental grasses too.
This garden got the "Best of Home and Garden Award" in 2009. It is so beautiful! This is how I see your front garden when I look at its potential:
Here is a link that might be useful: A Story book Garden with roses & more
Here's how they did it, step by step, for any of you wishing to try this. I am!
Here is a link that might be useful: Step by step construction
I saw this picture a month or so ago, had some thoughts, and didn't put them down. I see it now and there is so much potential!
I personally would add some semi-tall (2-4 feet or so?), informal perennials. My line of thinking would be maybe some Anise Hyssop, Agastache, Russian Sage, etc. They are so nice and sweeping and they would soften the look of the garden.
I also believe I read that you didn't want anything too overly tall along the porch itself. I would put some of what I suggested above (hyssop, etc.) along the porch to soften those hard edges of the porch. Those are very hard edges and lend a very formal look to the area.
Maybe for a small amount of height, you could add a small tree to the corner where the house comes out? I am on a very small lot so I have to make do with what I have, so I've learned a lot. My little cottage garden surrounds my dwarf plum. Also, I have found that the giant sunflowers add some nice height when you don't want the yearly maintanence of trees.
Personally, I would not plant the same exact things on both sides because once again that can lead to a rather formal look, but I know the feeling. I'm facing the same issue on my front porch.
Also, a clematis would look great going up that big brick pillar you have on the porch.
I really do think though, that if you plant a very natural, sweeping, somewhat tall perennial along the front porch, that it will soften the look of the garden considerably. I'm assuming you're going for a more informal/cottagey look?
I'm not sure what Annie thinks, but the hyssop I've grown, and also phlox (which would look great against the porch) both do equally well for me in part sun or full sun. There may be slight differences in the number of flowers and height but nothing major.
I am just trying to give some suggestions that don't necessitate redoing any of the hardscaping. And I'd agree with Annie, an arbor wouldn't look quite right with a ranch.
Now, a pergola going down the whole walkway...with horizontal accents...that would look quite nice!!!!
My Mom has lavendar lining the walkway to her front door. The scent is just wonderful all summer long. Same with anise hyssop. I'd highly recommend it.
I personally am not a fan of evergreens, but that's just my opinion, it's certainly not a fact or a rule! We had an arborvitae at the old house, and I grew a clematis up it to soften the look of it.
Give us an update on the gardens, OaklyOke!
It depends on which way the breeze blows in relation to the porch. If you aren't just set on both sides matching, and they wouldn't block the breeze I'd put in either a Vitex that you could cut to the ground every year or a medium sized crepe myrtle (any color but pink or pale lavender - white, dark red or even deep purple) trimmed up like a small tree on the left on one corner, and a Callicarpa (Beautyberry) on the other.
On the right, I'd go with a Fothergillia and a Peony.
If you'd prefer something not so tall but still somewhat permanent: hollyhocks and phlox toward the back would be fun. Yaupon Holly is a tidy, small leaved evergreen with nice red or yellow berries in winter that will attract birds to your doorstep. Depending on the soil, it would be fun to have a rabbiteye close enough to the porch that you could just reach off and pick blueberries from. (assuming the birds don't get them first, like they do mine)


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A circuit evaluates a plurality of data inputs, provides for stabilization of the evaluation, and then drives the evaluation from the circuit. The providing of the stabilization is performed by delaying an activation signal, which controls the evaluation circuitry. The activation signal may be either a clock signal or a reset signal. This circuit may be an address decoder that decodes certain ones of the address signals during the evaluation phase, and then drives the evaluation during the second phase.
1. A circuit comprising:
circuitry for receiving a reset signal;
a circuit for evaluating a plurality of data inputs in response to the reset signal to produce an evaluated signal;
circuitry for receiving a strobe signal; and
a driver circuit for driving the evaluated signal from an output in response to the strobe signal.
2. The circuit as recited in claim 1, wherein the strobe signal is sufficiently delayed relative to the reset signal to permit the evaluated signal to stabilize before being driven by the driver circuit.
3. The circuit as recited in claim 1, wherein the strobe signal originates from a reset pulse from another circuit.
4. The circuit as recited in claim 1, wherein the evaluate circuit comprises an OR circuit for ORing the plurality of data inputs, and wherein the driver circuit comprises an AND circuit for ANDing the strobe signal with the evaluated signal.
5. The circuit as recited in claim 4, wherein the driver circuit ANDs the strobe signal and the evaluated signal with another data input.
6. The circuit as recited in claim 5, further comprising a second driver circuit for ANDing the strobe signal and evaluated signal with a complement of the another data input.
7. A method for decoding first and second sets of input data signals, comprising:
receiving the first set of input data signals by a first decoder circuit;
receiving the second set of input data signals by a second decoder circuit;
evaluating certain ones of the first set of input data signals in response to a reset signal to produce a first select signal;
evaluating certain ones of the second set of input data signals in response to the reset signal to produce a second select signal;
delaying the first select signal to produce a first strobe signal; and
evaluating the second select signal, the first strobe signal, and one or more other ones of the second set of input data signals.
8. The method as recited in claim 7, further comprising:
evaluating the second select signal, the first strobe signal, and a complement of the one or more other ones of the second set of input data signals.
9. The method as recited in claim 7, wherein the evaluating of the certain ones of the second set of input data signals is performed by a dynamic OR circuit, and wherein evaluating the second select signal, the first strobe signal, and one or more other ones of the second set of input data signals is performed by a dynamic AND circuit.
10. The method as recited in claim 7, wherein the first strobe signal is delayed sufficiently relative to the second select signal that the second select signal is stabilized before the evaluating of the second select signal, the first strobe signal, and one or more other ones of the second set of input data signals is performed.
This is a division of application Ser. No. 09/134,339 filed Aug. 14, 1998 U.S. Pat. No. 6,072,746.
The present invention relates in general to data processing systems, and in particular, to an address decoder.
To achieve high speed operation of a register file, fast read and write address decodes are essential. Register file decodes are usually done by pre-decoding the addressing lines by ANDing two or more addresses together, then distributing these ANDed lines to the wordline drivers where final decode is done by ANDing again. When the decoded signals are stable, a clock signal then enables the wordline drivers allowing the one wordline driver with the proper decode to activate a DECOUT line to the storage cells of the register file which then either reads or writes the data in the storage cell. Since the speed of the register file is rated in terms of the arrival of the address to the data coming out, the faster the address can be decoded, the faster the register file. The arrival of the addresses are measured relative to a clock signal, which tells the register file that the addresses are now valid and the register file access can now proceed.
FIG. 9 illustrates typical circuitry for implementing address decoders for accessing such register files. The address signals are received by AND circuits 900 for decoding. FIG. 10 illustrates further detail of each AND circuit 900. A clock generator 1001 must distribute clock signals CLK1 and CLK2 throughout the circuit 900, accounting for skew and process variations across the circuit. The first clock signal CLK1 activates the decoding of address signals A1, A2, and A3 by clocked AND circuits 1002 to produce the {overscore (select)} signal, which is then received by decode driver circuit 1003 along with another one of the address signals A0. Decode driver 1003 is activated by the second clock signal CLK2 to produce output DECOUT. In circuit 900, it must be guaranteed that clock signal CLK1 rises and there is sufficient time for all {overscore (select)} signals to be resolved before the rising of the second clock signal CLK2. Then each of circuits 900 must guarantee that signal CLK2 falls before signal CLK1 falls.
FIGS. 11 and 12 illustrate specific circuit implementations of circuits 1002 and 1003, respectively, using dynamic circuit architecture.
What is needed in the art is an address decoder that does not have the problems associated with the prior art address decoder illustrated in FIGS. 9-12 through its implementation of two separate clock signals.
The present invention addresses the foregoing needs by providing an address decoder that evaluates a portion of the incoming address signals, insures that this evaluation stabilizes, and then drives the evaluation as an output. This is accomplished using one clock signal, instead of the two used within the prior art. To insure that the evaluated signal stabilizes, the portion of the circuit that drives the output is activated by a delayed clock signal produced by delaying the original clock signal.
In another embodiment of the present invention, substantially the same circuitry can be utilized within a self-timed address decoder where the clock signal is replaced by a reset signal.
In yet another embodiment, a multi-port CAM can benefit from the increase in speed afforded by the circuit techniques of the present invention.
The foregoing has outlined rather broadly the features and technical advantages of the present invention in order that the detailed description of the invention that follows may be better understood. Additional features and advantages of the invention will be described hereinafter which form the subject of the claims of the invention.
For a more complete understanding of the present invention, and the advantages thereof, reference is now made to the following descriptions taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which:
FIG. 1 illustrates a clocked address decoder;
FIG. 2 illustrates a circuit diagram of a cell of the clocked address decoder of FIG. 1;
FIG. 3 illustrates a self-timed address decoder circuit;
FIG. 4 illustrates a self-timed address decoder for a 16-entry register file;
FIG. 5 illustrates a simulation circuit;
FIG. 6 illustrates simulation results for the circuit of FIG. 5;
FIG. 7 illustrates an alternative embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 8 illustrates a comparator for a multi-port CAM configured in accordance with the present invention;
FIGS. 9-12 illustrate a prior art address decoder; and
FIGS. 13-18 illustrate various embodiments for creating the reset and delayed reset signals.
In the following description, numerous specific details are set forth such as specific word or byte lengths, etc. to provide a thorough understanding of the present invention. However, it will be obvious to those skilled in the art that the present invention may be practiced without such specific details. In other instances, well-known circuits have been shown in block diagram form in order not to obscure the present invention in unnecessary detail. For the most part, details concerning timing considerations and the like have been omitted inasmuch as such details are not necessary to obtain a complete understanding of the present invention and are within the skills of persons of ordinary skill in the relevant art.
Refer now to the drawings wherein depicted elements are not necessarily shown to scale and wherein like or similar elements are designated by the same reference numeral through the several views.
Instead of using AND gates to perform the decode operation, the present invention uses a circuit that implements a negative decode process, wherein all of the wordlines are selected during the clock off time. Then when the clock turns on, all but the selected wordline will be deselected, or turned off, just before the clock enables the wordline driver portion of the circuit to send the selected signal onto the storage cells. The unusual way in which the present invention accomplishes this is by use of a set of timing transistors located in the same spot as the decode circuit and wordline drivers that enable an immediate kickoff of the decoded signal without losing time with multi-staged clocking signals, which would be burdened with skew and transmission line delays.
A block diagram of the clocked decoder 100 for a 16-bit entry register file in accordance with the present invention is depicted in FIG. 1. The 16-bit entry register file is picked as an example, however, the discussion that follows is applicable for any size register file. FIG. 2 shows the details of the clk_dec block 101 circuit (notice that two addresses are decoded in each block), where the address strobe is generated by the system clock (clk) delayed by the two inverters (or more as required) consisting of FETs 201-204. The output {overscore (clk)} of the inverter comprising FETs 201 and 202 is also connected to transistors 205 and 206, which precharge nodes 207 and 208, respectively, to Vdd-Vt in order to reduce the effect of charge sharing on nodes 209 and 210, respectively. FETs 205 and 206 may not be required in different technologies or with different transistor sizes. The address decoder is designed such that the select node 211 is precharged high when the clock (clk) is low, thus turning on transistors 212 and 213. The delayed clock (strobe) turns off FETs 214 and 215 and turns on FETs 216 and 217, precharging nodes 209 and 210 to Vdd, which causes outputs DECOUT<1> and DECOUT<0> to go low.
Typically data address bits A3 through A0 will be active before the clock goes high via a transparent latch. Notice that the select node 211 is high until any or all of high order addresses A3 through A1 go high, which prevents the corresponding DECOUTn from going active. Thus, the default is that all {overscore (select)} signals are high until they are not selected by any of the inputs A3 through A1 going high.
Only one decoded address in the register file will remain active during any address phase. The low order address A0 and its complement_A0 will activate only either DECOUT<0> or DECOUT<1>. As an example, for Address 0000: _A0 goes high, A3 through A1 remain low and as the clock goes high, DECOUT<0> goes high because FET 215 is turned on by the strobe signal, FET 213 has been on all along since the completion of the precharge operation, and FET 218 was turned on when _A0 went high. DECOUT<1> remains inactive because A0 is low, even though {overscore (select)} and strobe are both high. The outputs DECOUT2 and DECOUT3 remain inactive because the {overscore (select)} line of the adjacent cell (see FIG. 1) is pulled down when _A1 goes high. Similarly all other decoded addresses remain inactive.
Referring next to FIG. 3, there is illustrated an alternative embodiment of the present invention suitable for use in self-timed implementations. Without the clock dependency of address decoder 100, an input generated self-timed address strobe is utilized in circuit 300. The address decoder may now interface seamlessly with self-timed and self-resetting circuits while maintaining its compatibility with clocked systems. Circuit 300 performs a similar logic function as the circuit 101 of FIG. 2. Devices 306-308, 330-337, and 305 perform similar functions as devices 206-208, 230-237, and 255, respectively. Notice that the clock input has been removed, and the precharge operation is now performed by _RESET and _DLYRESET. DLYRESET is the invert of _DLYRESET and is responsible for turning on optional charge sharing devices 301 and 302 in order to precondition nodes 303 and 304, respectively. These signals may be generated by self-timed or self-resetting methods and are dependent upon the system conditions. If the _RESET and _DLYRESET signals are produced using a clock signal, then a circuit such as illustrated in FIG. 13 may be utilized. A delay element 1301 is used to stretch and delay the clock signal to produce _DLYRESET. This is because the second stage is not footed and at least one input must be off before _DLYRESET may go low. The timing for the various signals within the circuit in FIGS. 3 and 13 are illustrated in FIG. 14.
In a self-resetting implementation, the circuitry illustrated in FIG. 15 may be utilized. The output signals from circuit 300 are ORed by OR gate 1501 producing the fb signal, which is delayed by delay chain 1502 to produce fb_dly, which is NORed by NOR gate 1503 with a system reset signal. The output of the NOR gate 1503 is used as the _RESET signal, and is delayed by delay element 1504 to produce the _DLYRESET signal. A timing diagram for this circuit is illustrated in FIG. 16.
With the circuit in FIG. 15, more than one output pair may be connected to one OR gate.
The A0, _A0, A1, A2, A3 signals should have been tuned such that the input waveform is as shown in the timing diagram in FIG. 16. The delay chain 1502 may delay the following edge with a shorter delay to expedite the �reset� of the reset. The system reset it shown to initialize the system. The OR gate 1501 sees two low inputs during reset operations. When one output goes high, signal fb also goes high and the sequence as shown in the timing diagram is triggered.
In a self-timed implementation, the circuitry illustrated in FIG. 17 may be utilized. Again, the output signals are ORed by OR gate 1701 to produce the n_ackn signal. This signal is sent to the previous stage and is sent to a mueller-c element 1702, which also receives a system reset signal and a request signal producing an output signal that is used as the _RESET signal. The output of the mueller-c element 1702 is delayed by delay element 1703 to produce the _DLYRESET signal. The truth table for the mueller-c element 1702 is as follows:
The resett−1 values keep the value when the inputs are not equal.
The request signal is issued by the previous stage and signal n_ackn (acknowledge) is fed back to the previous stage. If this handshake is not desired, a clock input could also be used, but cycle time has to be designed in.
The timing diagram for the circuit illustrated in FIG. 17 is illustrated in FIG. 18. The request signal may be issued before signals A0-A3. The previous stage sends a request when the acknowledge of the current stage is high. It may send signals A0-A3 earlier, together with the request signal or later depending upon the protocol. When the request signal goes high, _RESET and _DLYRESET go high (for this discussion they are assumed to be low initially either due to system reset or normal operation), taking the circuit out of reset. A0-A3 will now evaluate. The circuit and one of the DECOUT's goes high. n_ackn goes low in forming the previous stage to lower the request signal and change signals A0-A3. When the previous stage lowers the request signal, _RESET and the _DLYRESET go low, putting the circuit into the reset condition. Both DECOUTs will be high during reset and n_ackn goes high, informing the previous stage to send another request. When the request signal goes high, _RESET and then _DLYRESET go high and the sequence is repeated.
Under some circumstances �foot device� 305 may be removed to improve the speed of the circuit 300.
While the function of the inverter consisting of FETs 319 and 310 is to turn on half latch 321, it also drives the signal OUTSTROBE. Additionally referring to FIG. 4, where the complete address decoding scheme for the self-timed decoder 400 is illustrated, each block, st_addr_dec, contains circuit 300 as depicted in FIG. 3. Dual rail address bits A0/_A0 through A3/_A3 are connected in such a way that all except one of the eight circuits generate a strobe. Therefore, it is sufficient to connect the OUTSTROBE of a circuit 300 only to the STROBEIN input of its adjacent neighbor as indicated in FIG. 4. The circuit driving the only active DECOUTn output (representing a wordline or read select) in the array, is the only one where the select signal in circuit 300 is not pulled down, its corresponding input A0/_A0 is high, and it receives a strobe from an adjacent circuit. It is the only circuit that does not generate a strobe, because FETs 306-308 do not turn on. It is not necessary to generate a strobe to be received by the adjacent decoder, since its output stage does not evaluate.
Simulations were performed in accordance with the circuit diagram in FIG. 5, choosing the example of outputs DECOUT12 through 15. FIG. 6 contains the input stimulus and the simulation results. Five evaluations are shown. After initial precharge is performed, the addresses A3 through A0 are 0000 (complements _A3 through _A0 are high). Internally both circuits lower their internal select lines (_SELECT.I0 for block 501 and SELECT.I1 for block 502). Both circuits also generate strobes (STROBE6 and STROBE7 respectively). During the second cycle, the circuits receive address 0010 and during the third cycle 1010 with same results as during the first cycle. Addresses 1110 (14 decimal) are issued during the fourth and fifth cycle. As expected _SELECT.I1 stays high and STROBE7 is not generated. However STROBE6 is generated and DECOUT14 goes high. The signal relationships indicated in the timing diagram show the strobe signals are generated one inverter delay after {overscore (select)} goes low ({overscore (select)} is the same as _SELECT). This is necessary such that the {overscore (select)} input to devices 313 and 312 is able to turn off the transistors before the strobe occurs if the address is not selected.
Pairing the circuits as done in the invention minimizes turning off devices 319 and 320. In the case when A3 through A1 are all high, the strobe would be significantly faster than the case when only A1 is high. However the adjacent circuit will have A3 and A2 on as well such that its select line is sufficiently fast �to beat� the strobe to the output AND circuit, hence no false evaluation may occur. If the number of address bits increase there still will only be one bit difference between each adjacent circuit, and the pairing advantage is maintained.
An alternative solution for the decoder is shown in FIG. 7, where the optional �foot device� 305 and charge sharing device have been omitted. This decoder is repeated for each address. Devices 706-708, 712, 714, 716, 719-721, and 730-734 perform functions similar to devices 306-308,312, 314,316, 319-321, and 330-334, respectively. When the decoder 700 is not selected ({overscore (select)} is low), it still receives a strobe (STROBEIN) from the adjacent circuit. At the time of reset, {overscore (select)} goes high before the strobe goes low and the circuit might evaluate. The solution for circuit 300 in FIG. 3 is to set address A0/_A0 to zero before the reset is issued (see timing diagram FIG. 6). This solution does not apply here. However, several solutions exist to overcome the problem. The most obvious one is putting a �foot device� into a following stage and timing the reset such that the evaluation of the decoder is masked.
FIG. 8 shows that this self-timed method might be deployed in other circuits as well. The illustration shows an implementation of a seven bit comparator for a multi-port Content Addressable Memory (CAM). The circuit is designed such that if inputs do not compare, the initially precharged (Vdd) lines equal and/or equal1 are pulled down by one or more non-compares, turning off transistors 801 and/or 802 and hence preventing the hit output from going high. This operation also generates the strobe00 and/or strobe01 for the adjacent circuit. The strobe10 and strobe11 input are obtained from respective strobe00 and strobe01 outputs from adjacent circuits. The requirement for this scheme to work is that only one hit may occur in the array. Careful tuning of 803 and 804 and 805 and 806 are required, because between 1 and 7 noncompares may occur in the adjacent circuit that generates the strobe. The more non-compares occur in a circuit the faster the strobe becomes generated. The adjacent circuit that might experience a non-compare, however, must have sufficient time to pull down its equal/equal1 lines before the strobe is issued. If the adjacent circuit has a valid compare condition, equal and equal1 remain high, 801 and 802 are on and the strobe now turns on 807 and/or 808, which then pulls {overscore (hit)} to zero and output hit goes high.
Although the present invention and its advantages have been described in detail, it should be understood that various changes, substitutions and alterations can be made herein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims.
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During everyday class sessions, students used their laptops to participate in discussions via an online classroom tool called School Space. Also, in their technology class, students were taught how to use programs that most of their peers have not been introduced to yet.
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Because Fairfield is now an IB school, the Falcon Institute strives to incorporate the IB principles of critical thinking, problem solving, exposure to multiple viewpoints and community service into their curriculum. Edwards pointed out that by allowing students to discover their niches, they can better understand how they can serve their school and surrounding communities.
Many of the rising sixth-graders said they agreed that the institute has helped them to become familiar and more comfortable with their new surroundings. Student S'Donte Dowton said that the Falcon Institute has made learning more exciting. "I like it when we do math stuff, and also I even like it when we do games and quizzes," he said.
In the fall, the sixth-graders will take a regional test that Marshall says will help determine the summer program's effectiveness. "We've got a baseline of where they were before the program, and we are going to compare that to where they are after and then see if any of the programs have made an impact or not," he added.
To keep the students active, the Falcon Institute had what Brooks described as a "miniature field day." During "Thrilling Thursdays," students had the chance to win an ice cream social by competing in teamwork events. "It's the middle of the summer and they're sitting in the classroom for four hours a day, so we said at least once a week we will have time for team building and free time," said Marshall.
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Richmonders Jim Morgan and Dan Stackhouse were married at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden in Lakeside Mar. 7 month after winning the Say I Do! With OutRVA wedding contest in February. The contest was open to LGBT couples in recognition of Virginia's marriage equality law, which took effect last fall. The wedding included a package valued at $25,000.
Morgan and Stackhouse, who became engaged last fall on the day marriage equality became the law in Virginia, have been together for 16 years. They were selected from among 40 couples who registered for the contest. The winners were announced at the Say I Do! Dessert Soiree at the Renaissance in Richmond in February. > Read more.
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The Fourth Annual Healy Gala will be held Saturday, Apr. 11, at The Cultural Arts Center at Glen Allen from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m.
The event was created to honor Michael Healy, a local businessman and community leader who died suddenly in June 2011, and to endow the Mike Healy Scholarship (through the Glen Allen Ruritan Club), which benefits students of Glen Allen High School.
Healy served as the chairman of Glen Allen Day for several years and helped raise thousands of dollars for local charities and organizations. > Read more.
Ruritan Club holding Brunswick stew sale
The Richmond Battlefield Ruritan Club is holding a Brunswick stew sale, with orders accepted through March 13 and pick-up available March 14. The cost is $8 per quart.
Pick-up will be at noon, March 14, at the Richmond Heights Civic Center, 7440 Wilton Road in Varina.
To place an order, call Mike at (804) 795- 7327 or Jim at (804) 795-9116. > Read more.
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Two events this weekend benefit man's best friend – a rabies clinic, sponsored by the Glendale Ruritan Club, and an American Red Cross Canine First Aid & CPR workshop at Alpha Dog Club. The fifth annual Shelby Rocks "Cancer is a Drag" Womanless Pageant will benefit the American Cancer Society and a spaghetti luncheon on Sunday will benefit the Eastern Henrico Ruritan Club. Twin Hickory Library will also host a used book sale this weekend with proceeds benefiting The Friends of the Twin Hickory Library. For all our top picks this weekend, click here! > Read more.
A taste of Japan
Ichiban offers rich Asian flavors, but portions lack
In a spot that could be easily overlooked is a surprising, and delicious, Japanese restaurant. In a tiny nook in the shops at the corner of Ridgefield Parkway and Pump Road sits a welcoming, warm and comfortable Asian restaurant called Ichiban, which means "the best."
The restaurant, tucked between a couple others in the Gleneagles Shopping Center, was so quiet and dark that it was difficult to tell if it was open at 6:30 p.m. on a Monday. When I opened the door, I smiled when I looked inside. > Read more.
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Disney's no-frills, live-action 'Cinderella' delights
Cinderella is the latest from Disney's new moviemaking battle plan: producing live-action adaptations of all their older classics. Which is a plan that's had questionable results in the past.
Alice in Wonderland bloated with more Tim Burton goth-pop than the inside of a Hot Topic. Maleficent was a step in the right direction, but the movie couldn't decide if Maleficent should be a hero or a villain (even if she should obviously be a villain) and muddled itself into mediocrity.
Cinderella is much better. Primarily, because it's just Cinderella. No radical rebooting. No Tim Burton dreck. It's the 1950 Disney masterpiece, transposed into live action and left almost entirely untouched. > Read more.
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Development and Pilot Testing of an Internet-Based Survey Instrument to Measure the Alcohol Brand Preferences of U.S. Youth
Article first published online: 11 JAN 2011
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2010.01394.x
Copyright © 2011 by the Research Society on Alcoholism
Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research
Volume 35, Issue 4, pages 765–772, April 2011
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Siegel, M., DiLoreto, J., Johnson, A., Fortunato, E. K. and DeJong, W. (2011), Development and Pilot Testing of an Internet-Based Survey Instrument to Measure the Alcohol Brand Preferences of U.S. Youth. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 35: 765–772. doi: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2010.01394.x
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- Issue published online: 28 MAR 2011
- Article first published online: 11 JAN 2011
- Received for publication August 9, 2010; accepted October 8, 2010.
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- Adolescents;
- Alcohol;
- Alcohol Use;
- Alcohol Brands;
- Youth
Background: Although we know a great deal about the percentage of youth who drink alcohol, we know very little about the specific brands they choose to drink. This information gap needs to be addressed if public health officials are to develop more effective interventions. Unfortunately, there are no national youth surveys that collect data on alcohol brand consumption. In this paper, we describe the development and pilot testing of what we believe to be the first comprehensive, Internet-based youth survey of brand-specific alcohol use.
Methods: We used online advertising in 3 U.S. cities to recruit a convenience sample of 241 respondents, ages 16 to 18 years. We used Craigslist, a network of online communities that features local classified advertisements, to recruit the sample. We used SurveyGizmo, an online software program for designing Internet surveys, collecting data, and performing basic analysis, to survey these respondents about their brand-specific alcohol consumption patterns. The survey instrument assessed each respondent's 30-day drinking history, including the frequency of consumption for each alcohol brand.
Results: Using Internet survey technology, we were able to collect information on 366 brands and still have respondents complete the instrument quickly and easily. The total number of brands consumed in the past 30 days ranged from 1 to 18, with a median of 4 brands. The top 5 brands consumed were beer brands, as were eleven of the top 15 brands. The remaining 4 brands in the top 15 included 3 brands of flavored alcoholic beverages and 1 brand of mixed drink. Among the top 15 alcohol brands consumed during heavy drinking episodes were 8 brands of beer, 4 brands of flavored alcoholic beverages, 2 brands of wine, and 1 brand of mixed drink.
Conclusions: This pilot study helps establish the feasibility of including brand-specific questions on federal or other national youth alcohol surveys.


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wow! a dream come true! Thanks for this post. I am having problems with the same issue. I appreciate this thread since it directly applies to my current problem. Weird though. NB told me to set it to cool/cut in. I think that is why it won't work this time. My garage gets cold in the winter as well. My unit shows 59 degree temp of the carboy, with a 68 cutout (set) temp. The relay won't come on to heat the fermawrap. I will try the heat cutout and see what that does. I have to get the temp stable before pitching the yeast.
I use this same setup in my sub-50 degree basement, and it works great.
I put the fermwrap and fermenter inside the minifridge I use as a fermentation chiller in the warm months. When the fridge is not on, it's just an insulated box, so it does a really nice job of keeping the heat from the fermwrap where it should be.
I built a box out of thin wood that is lined with styrofoam board. There is about 4 inches of clearance all round the carboy. Used in conjunction with the ferm wrap heater and Johnson temp controller, I have had great success in controlling my fermentation temps without worrying about burning my place down.
I just brewed a beer that required fermentation to be held at 68. I used the bubble wrap (tiny bubbles) with no trouble. My fermwrap is 12" reptile heat tape I bought for $3 a ft, 2 1/2 feet works nice and a wiring kit (cord, grommets and terminals) for $4 to control it I used a temperature controller similar to the STC-1000 I got for $14. and it worked like a charm. Next I want to make a thermotwell from a 3/8 racking tube for $7 and solder the end closed. Once I have the set up I'll make what I need for my primaries.


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Can anyone help with the identification of this house plant?
This is a cutting I rooted several months ago. The stems kind of hang down from the pot and grow quite long. Leaves are opposite, entire msrgins pinnately veined and somewhat shiny.
The leaves are spread out on stem much more than the picture I found of the Philodendron, and the leaves are only about 5 inches long and i/3 of that is petiole. I appreciate you effort and can provide more info if I know what needs to known.
Nope! Thanks for trying. The stem is not woody and the plant spreads out without support, it's not tree like. Some of the stems grew to be three feet long on the plant we had on the patio last summer. We've not seen any sign of flowers or flower buds. The base of the stems become greenish rather than remaining red over time. Is there something I could take a more detailed picture of that would be more helpful?
Tom, your plant is definately, Alternanthera ficoidea 'party time.' Other common names are Parrot Leaf and Calico Plant, in addition to Party Time and Josephs' Coat.
Party Time is the prettiest, most colorful of all Alternantheras.
They're sold here as annuals, z5, but can be kept as house plants with some work. In brighter sun, leaves will put on fabulous color show.
Did you root in soil or water?
Morning Marquest, Rhizo and Karen. Toni
What a dork am I? Sorry for the error, I meant to type: "Name That PLANT" forum of GW, not 'Name That Forum'. Duhh!
Anyway Tom,
Your welcome, I'm pleased they were able to solve your mystery, that's quite a looker that plant you've got. Happy Growing.
Jeff, yes it should be, but I'm tired, my visions blurry, and I don't care..lol..hehe
I don't care,
I don't care,
What people think of me.
I'm happy-go-lucky
Some say that I'm plucky,
contented and care-free
Judy Garland
Tom...I tried rooting one in water a couple years ago..one rooted one died..
However, my fault. Fresh water should have been added daily..ohhh, the water smelled awful...lol
Yeah, z5 isn't getting much sun..Hopefully, we have a nice, sunny spring and summer. Winter has been too mild, and only a couple snowfalls.


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Follow the adventures of crafty B'rer Rabbit and his friends in seven playful folktales with roots in traditional African stories. Told and retold for hundreds of years, this young-reader's version of these folktales retains the original humor and wisdom, com- plemented by spirited, full-color illustrations by Don Daily.
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Oct 19, 2008 Krista the Krazy Kataloguer rated it 4 of 5 stars
Shelves: read-childrens-books, read-fairy-folktales
I didn't find Borgenicht's retellings to be anything special, except I think he may have made Joel Chandler Harris' vernacular easier for kids to understand. The illustrations, however, really made this book-- bright, colorful animals wearing human clothing (except for Mr. Dog, interestingly). Don Daily's style reminded me of Jerry Pinkney, though he doesn't use Pinkney's same art technique. The larger than normal size of the book makes the illustrations an especial feast for the eye. This would ...more
Mar 26, 2015 Nichole rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition
Shelves: sonlight-p4-5, childrens-books, books-i-own, classics, animals, literature, southern, picture-books
My son and I read this a part of Sonlight's P4/5 curriculum. I was excited to share these classic American stories with my son. He didn't quite "get" them at first. I think he wasn't used to the main character of a story being the "bad guy." Once we discussed that Brer Rabbit, and most of the other characters, shouldn't be acting like that he started to enjoy the stories. The humor of it really clicked for him and this book quickly became a favorite. He shakes his head after reading and says, "S ...more
Apr 27, 2014 Carole rated it 5 of 5 stars
Shelves: 2014-books-read
This oversized edition of selected Uncle Remus tales include the most familiar and popular of the Brer Rabbit stories--tar baby and the tortoise and the hare. There is humor in the telling of how he outsmarts the other animals, except for the tortoise. This is a beautifully illustrated version, drawn by Don Daily.
Mar 10, 2015 Ivan rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition
Stories I recall from childhood. My father would read these and do different voices for each character - he read with great theatricality. The illustrations in this edition are outstanding.
Apr 09, 2014 Sarah Johnson rated it 4 of 5 stars
My grandmother read these to us when we were children.
Aug 22, 2014 Thecajungirl rated it 5 of 5 stars
Shelves: children
It's Brer Rabbit with fabulous illustrations. We had to purchase a second copy because both children wanted a copy. The stories are marvelous and entertaining for young and old alike. A must have for a parent's library. A wonderful book to cuddle up and read out loud.
We have had a lot of interesting and entertaining discussions as a result of this book. These stories are rooted in African Tales and are wonderful. This book is a great book to give as a gift to a new parent or new grandparent or t ...more
We have had a lot of interesting and entertaining discussions as a result of this book. These stories are rooted in African Tales and are wonderful. This book is a great book to give as a gift to a new parent or new grandparent or t ...more
Jul 19, 2010 Whitney White rated it 5 of 5 stars
An absolute classic! One of my all time favorites. It seems childish, but I would read the stories to my middle schoolers. Brer Rabbit's stories always have incredible moral gumption. They are wonderful at helping children understand the difference between right and wrong even in 8th grade. One story in particular, puts Brer Rabbit in a bit of a dilemma with one of his friends. The moral of the story teaches the reader that blackmailing your friends is not okay. Great book to use in any social s ...more
Jun 06, 2014 Mckinley rated it 3 of 5 stars
Shelves: picture, rodent, animal, folk-fairy-tale-myth
Dec 26, 2013 Greg rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition
This was a gift along with the original Compair Lapin stories and served as a nice pairing to learn about where these stories came from. Fascinating to see the overlap in stories shared traditionally in multiple cultures.
May 02, 2011 Heather rated it 4 of 5 stars
Shelves: books-i-own, read-alouds, school-books-kid-books
My children loved this book and the illustrations are wonderful. The stories were easy to understand, but still filled with humor and rich language. The only negative worth mentioning is that there are several spelling, punctuation and capitalization errors throughout. Otherwise a great book!
Jul 12, 2010 Robin rated it 5 of 5 stars
Shelves: picture-books-social-studies-ties
This is a beautifully illustrated edition of the Brer Rabbit tales. Excellent when used with Ananzi stories to teach trickster tales and the way that African culture wove its threads into African American culture. Also can be taught in relation to a unit on slavery.
Jan 07, 2013 Stephanie rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition
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I am not a big fan of Brer Rabbit, but I have to say this is one of the better editions of the classic tales. The illustrations are incredible and add so much to the stories. My boys LOVE this book and want to be read from it over and over.
Aug 17, 2007 Jennifer Smith rated it 5 of 5 stars
The dialect can be difficult to read but the stories are so cute. As with Little Black Sambo, the characters reflect the times in which they were created. However, Uncle Remus is the most intellegent adult in the story. I love the tales.
Aug 17, 2007 Amy rated it 5 of 5 stars
Shelves: childrensbooks
My grandmother taught me to love Brer Rabbit. I adore these stories and the truths they teach. Getting through the tricky dialect, we discover these characters are crafty, hilarious and very relatable!
Aug 29, 2012 Kerstin Olcott rated it 5 of 5 stars
Shelves: children-s, reviewed
I adore this book. The illustrations are fabulous. The stories are American classics. It is so fun to read. This book has become a regular around our house. It is a definite favorite.
Mar 18, 2014 Sara rated it 2 of 5 stars
Well, I read the version they had on gutenburg.org and the stories were pretty boring actually. And no tar baby. I'll have no find another version.
Sep 04, 2014 Rebecca rated it 3 of 5 stars
Shelves: sonlight-p4-5
Great illustrations, but compared to other children's stories and fables not our favorite.
Feb 28, 2012 Holly rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition
A great read aloud book for pre-school elementary age. This edition has nice illustration as well.
Nov 09, 2014 Carey Nuss rated it 5 of 5 stars
Shelves: have-read
No matter what age you are.You would enjoy this Classic!
These are great stories and a joy to rad.
Nov 06, 2014 Stacy Mallory rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition
Shelves: homeschooling
Fun book, with fun illustrations
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