Oooohhh...I'll have to look for that magazine next time I'm in the store...sounds really cool! Thanks for sharing with us!

An alternative thought: test plots. So you've got a pretty big back yard? Or, for all of that, a pretty small one? Stake out an area, even using non-stake markers ("....everything from the pool, over to the fence...." to pick out less than all of your lawn, but a manageable area, and put your preferred seed into it. With luck, you might even get a little neighbor conversation.....Yes, Harry, I put in a little Mag-3 for this year, I wanna see how it works out....of course, I'll let you know. Oh, and if it doesn't work out, I may put just Midnight, and Bedazzled, on the other side of the pool next year. Well, you never know, with all the crazy weather we've been having..... Are you serious? Why do we (and I'm guilty. But I'm also TIRED, man...) have to bite the BIG bullet with this renovation stuff? The whole darn lawn? At once? Who said so, actually? I've seen a few pics of some VERY nice colonial homes, with attached garages, on this forum this year. Why not one side of the drive, and not the other side? Somebody else has a very nice spread, obviously non-subdivision, with a good-sized patch in the front. And another good sized patch in the back. Oh, and another good-sized patch across the driveway, up to the trees. We're going to do all three, at once? Honestly, are we nuts? Why not just one? We can do it again, next year, with just one more patch? Hmmmmmmm. Food for thought. For me, anyway. So I thought I'd share. Comments welcome. I may not respond. I'm to tired to do much other than read. And I have to add ('yes, dear. Yes, Dear. Yes, I really do believe it will look much better in another week. Yes, Dear) that it has been made quite clear to me that this operation had better actually work.

You are a few zones higher than I, but mine are also blooming now, along with crabapple and my fruiting orchard. Enjoy!

Gorgeous! Looks like it could be inside a little old fisherman's cottage. I really like the floors and the open shelving. And that refrigerator? I ADORE it. I've stayed in a couple of cottages that had that brand of fridge, and while it would never do in my own house (too small and lacks freezer space), it's just so, SO very cute! Sitting here right now missing England and scheming on how to get back there next year. Thanks for sharing the photo and giving me even more inspiration! :-)