You obviously thought long and hard and really got it just the way you needed. Considering that I started planning the remodel 7 1/2 yrs before we started, yeah, you could say I thought long and hard. ;-) It was hard to wait but on the other hand, since the plan evolved over time, it was definitely worth waiting for. I wasn't going to include a pull-out cutting board - I hated going to use it and finding it filthy because DH and DS2 had forgotten to clean it - but DH and DS2 raised a ruckus when I told them my decision. So I added one back in. But then I took my sweet, sweet time treating it with food grade mineral oil - and they knew I'd raise holy hell if they used it before I treated it - so they got into the habit of using the plastic cutting boards that I can throw in the DW. Yay! So all the fuss about the cutting board and it's yet to be used. =) DH wasn't so sure about dishes in drawers at first but he warmed to the idea during the planning stages. He loves having them here now, as does DS2 (who, at 5'11" is the tallest in the family). In fact, DH will show people that we keep the dishes in a drawer. I love it but I knew I would. So, no, it wasn't hard to get used to my dishes in a drawer in the least.

Hello I recently purchased a 50l bag of bio terra plus in Canada,and while researching the product I noticed that on the Canadian website it does not state there are amendments to the mix, but on the UK website they have bone meal, bat gauno and trace elements listed . So I was wondering if the two products are different?

@Pretty Birds, The hosta to the left of Brother Stefan is Deja Blu. It has cool seed pods, too. @ConnieMay, my Brother Stefan is about 10 years old. It is on the southwest corner of my property, in front of a very old lilac that provides dappled shade except for 2 -3 hours of morning sun exposure. It is in zone 4b near Minneapolis at the 45th parallel, planted in clay overlaid with almost 20 years of compost, decades of decayed spruce needles and fine bark mulch. Here are a few leaves with several shades of green. It's near the far right end of the hostas in this picture. You can barely see it, peeking out of the ferny shade with El Nino in front of it and Queen of the Nile/Dee's Golden Jewel to its right.

Thank you, @M Miller, for tagging me, I appreciate that! Sadly, I'm no longer a contributor to Houzz discussions, though I do continue to advise and advocate for consumers, particularly when things have gone wrong with a stone installation. Anyone who needs assistance can message me here, and I'm happy to lend assistance where I can. Though I still do some writing for the stone industry, my work life has undergone a huge change. In 2021, I was recruited by NASA as a scientific writer. It's a dream job, to say the least! It's also pretty intense, and combined with my ongoing writing work for Yale, life is a lot busier than it used to be. So I've had to cut back on other types of work. If I were not already working on some fairly major scientific and societal challenges, I would love to continue to work on quartzite. It's been fun and rewarding to learn the details of so many variations of natural stone, and I'm grateful to have made an impact. I've especially enjoyed working with stone dealers, fabricators, restoration experts - and most of all - customers. If the opportunity arises where I can resume my quartzite sleuthing, I would be eager to keep learning about the problem. Just before I started with NASA, I was kicking around some cool experimental ideas that I would absolutely love to do someday. But until then, I'm excited to share the awesomeness of science with new audiences. It's humbling and motivating and I just feel super lucky. Thanks again for the shoutout - it's nice to reconnect! :) - Karin