How fun! I love a curious mind. Nothing wrong with going further when it comes to learning

Wow, I'm just now seeing this! Beautiful kitchen, Babs! Love everything about it, especially the counters and floors! They are stunning. Couple of questions, one may be too difficult to answer, and if so, I completely understand. It's about your glass cabinets. Do you know how wide they are and how wide your doors are? My cabinet maker is thinking one door on a wider cabinet, and I love the look of yours with two! Also, you may have mentioned it in another thread that I missed, but who did you order your counter stools from? They too, are gorgeous!! Congrats, Congrats, Congrats.

Today is Memorial Day and time for Step 3, Starter Fertilizer (18-24-12). Lawn is responding well to soil adjustments. It's looking gorgeous and receiving lots of compliments. I've applied a Milo application between Step 2 & Step 3. The Milo iron certainly keeps the dark green going. KBG is producing tons of rhizomes and filling in thin spots. Weeds such as clover and chickweed are being thinned out by 3" turf and several applications of weed control. Dimension took care of the foxtail grass. No evidence of any young sprouts.

Several months ago, I read that we would have a La Nina year up here, wetter and colder...but I really didn't think much of it. Now I know. Still, it is an interesting experience to see how plants that did well in SoCal (cistus, etc) not only do well up here, but have held up to all of this rain and heavy, heavy, numerous frosts...and some just absolutely thrive through the Winter. I've grown Coconut Scented Geranium for many years, but had no idea it would become so lush in this climate. I'd never before gardened in a climate like this...hardly any idea at all what to expect. We do have more rain coming yet and I do hope that this Winter does not happen again, at least for a good long time...I need to be outside almost every day... Did hear from a friend in the Sebastopol area that they've gotten 45" where they normally get 30" and the gopher holes are sinking in and becoming dangerous...LOL...