Since we've exhausted the landscape fabric topic (I think), I have another suggestion. Your paths need to be wider than 3'. Four feet is the minimum for you and a wheelbarrow - example: an access path to the compost heap, and that's tight. Imagine you are walking along the path with a friend, describing your plants and future plans. You need paths wide enough for two people to walk side-by-side. A garden path needs to be at least six ft, eight ft is is better. From your description of the land and your photos, you have plenty of room to make wider paths. You can make them wider at the same time you widen the curves. You also need wider paths because some of your trees and plants will grow wider than you think and will grow into the paths. I'm not a landscape designer. Nearly everything I've learned is by trial and error and fixing mistakes. For an answer from experts, you may want to take your questions the landscape design forum - it's usually busy so I'm sure they will give you a better answer - http://forums2.gardenweb.com/forums/design/ They will be intrigued by your project and your screen name!

Oh owbist, Thank you soooo very much for responding so quickly! This computer is all original....exactly as it came from Amazon about 6 years ago. I have done some Windows Updates. In fact, a few days before I started having the problems I had done an update. Not for optional but for all the security things. I didn't think my problems had anything to do with the update as the problems didn't start until a few days later. Yes, I checked the fan, heat sink, other fan....all were running as they always have. I shut everything down, got my handy-dandy wrist/shock thing and blew everything out then using a paint brush with soft bristles I removed dust that didn't come out with the blowing. Everything came back on fine, no loud noises, fan reacted as it always has. I have never saved or put anything in D Recovery as I know that it contains the information I need in case my computer should go down and I need to start all over with the factory defaults. I have no idea why all of a sudden I'm told D is short of memory as I've never even bothered with the D. I know my limitations and messing with something I know nothing about is not going to happen in my lifetime as far as computers go. :) The last few times with Blue Screen, the computer screen goes dark, looks as if computer shuts down but instead a Chkdsk program starts. I allow that to run. When it's done, the computer will shut down and start back up with the message in the right corner telling me I am short of D memory. After my first post here, I looked again at the Restore. The date was for April 17, 2013. I believe that was a day my AVG updated. I ran the Restore and got my D back. Here are the numbers I just got from 'Computer': C: Used- 52639744,000 Bytes 49.0 GB Free- 260,710,490,112 Bytes 242 GB Capacity: 313,350,234,112 Bytes __________________ D: Shows a bar with almost all red except a hair-width worth. Space Free: 105 MB Used: 52639744.000 Bytes 49.0 GB

I purchased my first microwave in 1977 and it was working perfectly when I gave it to Goodwill 25 years later. It was a powerful 1000 watt one with a probe for temperature control - something I don't think they make anymore with microwaves. It had dials for settings instead of a touchpad. The thing was huge. It cost me $350. It was great using the temperature probe to keep liquid items like soup from boiling over, but I never really used it for roasts or casseroles because I cook them covered to retain the steam. I am so sorry I ever got rid of it. My next one was a "top of the line" with a sensor to detect cooking instead of the probe. It was completely programmable so just by hitting the menu item codes you could defrost, cook, and keep warm with one setting and not have to keep checking and revising the cooking time and power. It was the most expensive microwave out at the time @$200. "Top of the line" with the fancy sensor and it had a sleek cool design with a tiny footprint. That thing lasted about 8 months. The programmable touch pad went wonky. Now the screen just shows "hieroglyphics" and it won't accept any numerals pushed on the touchpad. I can turn it *ON* or *OFF* with the 'Minute Plus' button. That's it. No adjusting the power. No setting the minutes. No programming for delicate or complicated dishes. I refuse to play into their hands and buy another microwave that will probably last me a few weeks. Or maybe just days. I have actually contemplated buying one of those old workhorses from Goodwill but I worry how it may have been taken care of. Microwave leaks are not anything I want to expose myself to. I am contemplating buying a new range and may buy a matching OTR microwave and fan to free up my counterspace. But at this point I even worry about getting a new range with those plastic touchpads. I am shopping only for ones with dials just like I did with my new washer. ("Top of the line" Maytag washer broke after only three years. MY new current one has dials.)

Both cabinet pictures are beautiful. I wouldn't worry too much about the darkness of the cabinets, as long as you love it. I renovated a kitchen in our last house and originally decided to go with off-white/cream, because of the light in the kitchen (not much) and because I thought it would be too formal. I just could not seem to make the choice however, and kept returning to the dark wood (we used cherry, it looked very similar to the cabinet color that you love). So, I decided to go for it, along with the Absolute Black granite. To calm my fears about a "dark" kitchen, I used a wall of glass front cabinets and made sure we had high quality halogen lights, both recessed in the ceiling, and under the cabinets (all on dimmers). These decisions made a big difference. In the end, we did the right thing-I LOVED how it all turned out and the feel of the kitchen was friendly, warm and comfortable. Our GC told us at the end of the reno that it was his favorite kitchen he has ever done, and he renos about 25 kitchens a year. Quite the compliment! So, my short answer after this long response is choose what you love-it feels right for a reason. Good luck and post more pix when you can.