Rather than math not being in my favor, I'd say time isn't...I have a very complicated relationship w/ time.. :-/ As for the watermelons, it'd simply take forever and a half. My problem has always been startin those things indoors rather than direct sowing, which I prefer & love to do. Anyway, I cut down all but three watermelon vines, 2 Crimson Sweet & 1 Sugar Baby. I knocked down the rows that once stood around em (bases of the vines), cultivated the soil in that entire area/patch, added a bag of Miracle-Gro Garden Soil, chopped & mixed that in, laid the watermelon & pumpkin vines freely on that spot, then watered like crazy. This morning, I'll go pop open the 2nd bag on top of the base of the pumpkin mound. Think I could/should mix a little Jobe's Vegetable & Tomato Organic Fert. into there? It's 2-5-3 (I kno I need Phosphorus like a mofo at this point too), but it's granular too.

With well over 50 years of organic growing behind me I can say that I have not seen any problem with any bees chasing away any wasps, they appear to me to get along better than we do. I find a lot of misinformation about all insects, especially from those that think there is no good insect and all need to be wiped out. If the arbor will be used by humans you might want to consider moving those bees, otherwise I'd not be concerned about them. kimmq is kimmsr

Well, the oak is host to biodiversity species counted in the hundreds, so it's something to consider for keeping the oak. Otherwise, I have no worthy opinions I can give. I'll be interested to see what the more experiences gardeners say!

Thank you all for your feedback! Yes we own it. Honestly I just would like for my home to look modern and tile isn't modern to me. The main reason I want to replace flooring is because I want to rid of the tile and the home needs new carpet. There are a few areas with minor cracking and I also strongly dislike the look of tile. I would rather replace the tile now while the home is empty as it would be less of a hassle. I initially thought it would be easier to just replace all the floors rather than finding something to match the enhineered hardwood. I decided on LVP because I have kids and a dog and I wanted something waterproof to replace the tile and didn't want to have to try to match the LVP with the hardwood. However, we ultimately decided just to keep the hardwood stairs and engineered wood floors. But since we already see signs of aging in the tile we are still going to replace it. I decided to go with the CORE LVP Flooring in Roswell Hickory in the tiled areas. Any thoughts on it and how it may pair with my floors (another pic is below)? This will be $8K to do plus the cost of carpet install which is $2K. It's right on budget! I'm hoping it ties together with our hardwood and I'll top everything off with a new coat of paint before moving in. Our floor dark floors are in the living and dining room, but all other main areas are tile. So the new CORE LVP will be in the kitchen, kitchen nook, laundry room, entry way and all bathrooms. The floor transition will be dark to match the dark wood areas. Most bedrooms are carpeted and will be replaced with carpet. This really just applies to the main area. Another picture of my floors...