hi birdwidow.. Other than Charley's Solar-Gro I don't know who makes my GH so as much as I think it's a good idea, I wouldn;t know who to contact. They are stainless steel hex head bolts, but the head is smaller than a standard stainless hex. Here's the link to the actual bolt: http://www.charleysgreenhouse.com/index.cfm?page=_productdetails&productid=1466&s=bolt&cid1=-99&cid2=-99&cid3=-99 I've check Home Depot, Lowes and even our small hardware stores...they have nothing that matches. Here is a link that might be useful: Bolt

I'm hoping the rest of the lettuce plants don't bolt this early. I am not much of a lettuce eater, but Tim loves it so I grow lots and lots for him. I'm going to pull out each plant that sends up a seedstalk and put a small tomato plant in its place--Red Robin, Yellow Canary, Orange Pixie, Sweet-N-Neat Yellow, Tumbling Tom Jr., etc. I hate to see even 6 or 8 inches of bare ground with nothing growing in it. These are tiny tomato plants that won't get very big. By the time all the lettuce is out, perhaps the tomato plants will fill up that space in that long planter. If everything bolts early this year, I'll think long and hard next year about planting many cold-season crops out in the garden and likely would focus on growing them in the winter in the greenhouse. We went through all this early hot weather stuff in the early 2000s and I stopped planting just about all cool-season crops except potatoes and onions. I am about at that point again. Tractor Lady, My lettuce is on the north side of the detached, barn-style garage, and I have kept it well-watered and shaded on the hottest days, all to no avail. I probably should have shaded it more hours a day than what I did. While we think of bolting in terms of hot temperatures, the number of hours of daylight a day has something to do with it to. Research has shown lettuce bolts more quickly with more hours of daylight + heat than it does with only heat. It also bolts more quickly if it is dry in combination with the above. Next year I may try it on the north side of the chicken coop, which would get only about an hour of full morning sun early in the day and then dappled shade to full shade for the rest of the day. Dorothy, My kale looks like it is one step behind the bolting lettuce. I have three kinds growing and they are big and look really good, but they are being subjected to temperatures they don't like. The broccoli and cabbage look good so far, but you know that can change quickly. I've never had cabbage bolt until summer prior to this, but this could be the spring that changes that. Ezzi, If it is any comfort, the early heat is messing with everybody's gardens....not just the plants of the noobs. We're all suffering through the effects of the early heat together. I about halfway wish I had ignore all the cool-season crops except potatoes and onions and saved that space for warm-season crops. Dawn

Sujafr, I can understand why you would get that impression and I wish it was just that easy. There are aspects of the wall units that I do like though in particular, the lighting, and the "extension" of the width of the bed. I do not like the bulkiness though at all. In fact, we need little/no storage of any kind since most everything now is in our closet. On another post Geokid gave me the idea to use IKEA's malm furniture. At first I rejected the idea because of the lack of quality. When I went out shopping though at Scandanavian Design, most of what I liked didn't have that much better qualilty. With using additional pieces at IKEA I open up options. The nightstands at IKEA are VERY small (16" wide), so I thought if I did one of the smaller dressers that would possibly work. After starting this thread, I could see that the 3 drawer instead of the 4 drawer would possibly work out. Anyway here's the inspiration. [contemporary bedroom design[(https://www.houzz.com/photos/contemporary-bedroom-ideas-phbr1-bp~t_715~s_2103) by photographer Elad Gonen & Zeev Beech

I live in a small (10-unit) self-managed co-op. There's talk of whether we're going to be required to install sprinklers in the basement laundry area (we have 2 gas dryers, and 2 washers). It's not a definite enough thing that I feel comfortable asking a plumber to give up his time and give us a bid, but i wondered if anybody here knows. How much would it cost to install sprinklers over those dryers? I don't think we need them anywhere else. And of course, the water pipes are right there; everything's bolted to the walls, so easily tapped.