You'll just have to wait and see, I guess. Mine are blooming with abandon right now, but I noticed today there are new flower buds forming. Point being all is not lost, it is not too late in the season at all for new flower buds to develop. Don't give up on it - if it doesn't bloom this year it may be because it is getting its root system established. :)

The lawn hasn’t been fertilized since early last fall and I’m pretty sure we used milorganite. The grass is what I think is a pretty standard northeastern mix of TTTF (around 75%), PR, maybe a little fescue and a a little KBG. My instructions were to bag clippings and based on the pics they’ve been sending, that’s what they’ve been doing. I would think that even if they hadn’t, given the number of times they mowed in the last 3 or 4 weeks, any clumps should have been been dispersed within five days. But, I guess that could be a possibility - that’s the problem with not being there. Interesting about the KBG, I know it’s in the seed mixes I use, but I assumed since it’s in such small quantities (5%) and it requires more care than I can provide to germinate, that it never survives. I agree that the rectangular dry spot is suspiciously man-made, but it’s definitely not caused by fertilizer as noted above. That area has been difficult from the start and, compared to the rest of that area of the lawn, hasn’t been as responsive to cultivation. Based on looking around this forum and others, I’m beginning to think that there might be something underneath that’s preventing the grass from forming deep roots. I asked DH where the sceptic tank is located - it’s where the dry spot is in the back which I thought was caused by something being left there. That’s another area where I’ve had a tough time growing grass. When you say that you wouldn’t do anything, do you mean do nothing at all? Because here’s what I’ve been thinking about doing (though I might choose a different path based on what I see when I get there). I’ll check for new growth and water the rectangular brown areas. I’ll try to figure out whether the rounder spots were caused by a fungus and address that accordingly. As I said, I have not fertilized the lawn this year. I’d planned to do a winter fertilization, but I missed the window. However, I have the fertilizer. I don’t remember the brands or the numbers except that it may have been something like 29 or 30-0-4. As a general question, is it ok to fertilize the unaffected parts of the yard now with what I have or should I wait? Unfortunately I only have one bag of milorganite, which is my go-to, my experience has been that the local stores run out by now. Thanks!

Why doesn't he want you to move the light switch? It's soooooo easy! Do it when he's not home and see if he even notices. Schluter is no good when it shows up in a classic kitchen like yours (although it has its place)--definitely find a tile with proper trim pieces--and corner pieces--surely you wanna wrap that corner! And, not to side with DH, but if you DO wrap the corner, it might be better to tile higher than the sill because it might look weird on the non-window side to have a stubby backsplash. I can't see that side so I don't know. I've used Fireclay and Pratt&Larson because they make all the trim pieces you can imagine. There are others of course. The need for trim pieces will limit you, but it's worth it.

That stuff patches up nicely. Much less expensive than replacement.