LOL Natalie i was just going to ask the same thing!!!! im use to Have....or....Wamt..

Masses of calendula for spring - maybe blue batchelor's buttons or blue Larkspur and something white for contrast? Four'o'clocks, Balsam impatiens and nicotiana for an abundance of fragrant flowers in summer, along with edibles and herbs. Hardy hibiscus. Helenium, malva zebrina, and/or strawflowers for late summer and fall. I'm in awe. What great ideas (and I didn't think of ONE). Questions: Why four 'o clocks? I don't know much about them. I have a few seeds from trades - broken colors, butter yellow, pink. Should I look for particular color(s). Any recommendations about yellow flowering calendulas? I did think about how to connect the long BES/rud driveway bed to the front bed so there is a continuous bed, with breaks to get between and through them. I thought about Lynda and how she designed her front and side yard beds - creating many beds with plenty of space between them. But when I thought about what to plant, I went blank, then thought --poppies! THE END.

I feel your pain. There are so many decisions to make, and so many little details to keep track of. Every time I think I've made every possible decision on the project, the contractor wants me to decide on something else! I thought I'd finished with that months ago and could just sit back and watch them finish the house, but no. It sounds like you're having more trouble with the electrician than the GC. One thing that might work is to let the GC deal with him. The electrician is working for the GC, after all, not directly for you. Sure, listen to his advice, but then make your own decision and let him and the GC know what the decision is. You're paying the GC to make it all come out right, and it's his responsibility to get his subs to do their job correctly. I haven't had any problems with my contractor's electrician, but his tile guy is a bit of a flake. In cases where I disagree with him, I tell him and the GC what I want and then let the GC deal with making things right. But I do stay friendly and go over there a lot to see what is happening and to answer any questions the tile guy has. He keeps forgetting what tiles go where, even though we keep writing it down. But he does amazing work once he figues things out, so I can't complain too much. On the slab thing: I've never heard of a fabricator who didn't want the client present when laying out the templates on the slabs. That is just bizarre. Laura

I live in Wisconsin, and I can post pictures when I get home tonight. If I've posted in the wrong forum, I apologize; I didn't realize there was a forum specific to ground cover. I can move the post.