Well, I kind of hate to play the role of smarty pants, but regarding solubility potassium, like sodium, is tremendously soluble in most all chemical formulations. Phosphorous, on the other hand, generally is not soluble as found in nature. Chemical based fertilizers are formulated so both potassium and phosphorous are available as portions of soluble chemicals and so are quickly available to the plant root system so long as moisture is present. A couple typical chemicals that are frequently used are potassium chloride (potash) and ammonium phosphate. Potash is mined from deep deposits, mostly in Canada, or extracted from Great Salt Lake water. Phosphorous is obtained from rock deposits mined in many places in the US and worldwide. It must go through some extensive chemical processing to end up as soluble ammonium phosphate. I'm not making any statements here about the relative advantages/disadvantages of chemical fertilizers compared to "organic" or natural based fertilizers (I use them both), just want to clarify the solubility situation a bit. Catman, when you burn materials such as bone and bananna peels you are really just carrying on a simple chemical reaction called oxidation. What will be left of your two valued elements will be oxides. Once wetted they will hydrate to hydroxides and then may react further to salts depending what other elements are available in your soil and at what ph they are present. No organic fertilization here! But, indeed, you will get some very small fertilization benefit aside from the soil ph situation which is a bit more complicated.

It's not a 42" side by side but Bosch does have a 36" integrated french door that should be around $7000. Essentially the same model is also packaged as a Thermador for $1,000 more. Not sure if that's a compromise you are willing to consider at this point in the project to get an integrated fridge (not a built-in). Liebherr and Fisher/Paykel also have 36" integrated models around that price point. I'm afraid a 42" integrated is going to push you into Sub Zero or fridge/freezer column territory which will take up 50-75% of your budget.

Oh Oly, we share the same type of grandson, both with kind souls and not interested in sports. He's 11 & still kisses me when no one's looking. :) Small town school but not too small. My two boys played baseball from Little League through high school. We only have baseball and basketball. DS1 has a boy and a girl, the girl is 9 and is the athlete in the family, she just finished basketball, and softball begins soon. She is fast as a whip, DGS is not. DGS has no interest in sports, he did two years of T-ball and although he was decent it wasn't his thing. But the kid is smart and inherited his dad's engineering brain, which they both got from my dad but it skipped me. lol DGS is winning blue ribbons (2 in February!) with things he's built out of Lego's, & he also gets to go to the Lego conferences out of town, which is through school. He's flourishing in Quiz Bowl and today he's one of the finalists in another town competing. His parents don't care that he's not in sports which makes me happy. IMO, kids with kind souls need to be nurtured, not pushed. KWIM? He still plays like a little boy, has lots of friends and they don't care if he plays sports or not. Oh, building friendships now is important. He's a great Kayacker which he learned at day camp in the summers, so I guess that's a sport. Even if our GS's did play sports it doesn't make them immune from bullying, or being a bad player, etc. The boy's self-esteem comes first. My gut tells me the boys probably do wish they could play but they know deep down they probably wouldn't be as good as the other boys. During basketball season for DGD she was a knockout on the court, getting all kinds of accolades from the family, and it worried me that her brother would never get the same attention. But he is, by the other things he does. He even got his two 1st plafce blue ribbon crafts in our local paper! Glory, he got some glory. One last thing, our grandsons are still young and maybe someday they'll want to play a school sport. It's never too late unless it's a huge school where you have to try out.

Still not done, but getting there. I definitely like the idea of some floor lamps. Definitely needs some accent lighting that I’ll have to find. I have two outlets symmetrically placed on the black wall and I’ll probably do something with those. p.s. It’s an odd layout/space for sure, but really just trying to find ways to add some drama to it.