Graham, your question is sorta like asking what type of gun is best. There are tools and guns for different purposes. The two things that give me the most problems are my aging body and the weather. If you can find a way to control either, you will be in great demand. I garden about 2000 sq. ft. which is small by most standards. Two tools I would not want to give up are my wagon to to haul compost, mulch etc. and a small hand tool that is much like the Ken Ho weeder. I even have one that I put a long aluminum handle on. You might get a better response if you ask this question on some of the gardening forums. Best of luck on your project. Larry

Readily decomposable organic matter - compost, leaf mold, coffee grounds, etc. - are not good materials to include in any kind of significant amounts for a potting soil. Neither is 'soil', if you mean by that garden soil. Most potting soils are what are termed 'soil-less' mixes - they do not contain any sort of real soil. It is too dense and with insufficient drainage to provide what container grown plants require. In fact, I'd leave out much of what you are currently using in your potting soil mix :-) If you do not want to fill up large containers with all potting mix, there are methods of filling up a portion of the container that will still provide proper drainage. The coffee grounds won't. I'd suggest you try posting this same question in the Container Gardening forum - you'll get some excellent recommendations for quality potting soil recipes that hold up properly over time and provide fast drainage and high aeration - absolute requirements for container gardening. And a number of suggested methods for partially filling large containers with something other than potting soil yet still maintaining the fast drainage you need.

You will not be able to shop this quote around. Dupont only sells Zodiaq to authorized fabricators that it trains and certifies. Therefore, there will be an extremely limited pool who could even supply and fabricate your desired top. You will need to find out who those fabricators are and merely supply them with a diagram of the desired counter with the depths indicated as well as the edging, appliance locations, and the sink used with the reveal you want. Standard counter depth is 25.5 not 26.5, so if that is what you want, you need to emphasise the fact that it's NOT a mis-print. Your square footage is also drastically off if you want this as a single piece. You'll need to calculate the entire piece as a giant rectangle, which means the square footage that needs to be cut from the slab is 53 square feet, or roughly double what you are indicating. Also, to do what you want with the farm sink and corer in one piece, every fabricator that I have ever dealt with would require a signed waiver stating that they will not be responsible if the counter breaks in transport and that you will pay for an entire new slab to be fabricated should that occur. Instead, I'd opt for a seam to either side at the rear of the farm sink so that small skinny piece wouldn't break, as well as a seam at the L. Seams in quartz are extremely inconspicuous and will not pose the same "matching" issue that you can have with granite. Here's an example of a one page document that is clear about what you want and expect. No use in discussing the visibility of seams on a quote request. That's an in person judgement call for you to make after you view their work.

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