Thanks for your response. Could you also give me advice in regards to the amount of seed to re-apply? I didn't know that overseeding requires 2 to 4 times higher application rates so I applied what my spreader suggested for a regular rye application. I applied 8 lb per 1000 sq. feet, so I should have applied at least 16 lb per 1000 sq. feet??? So, do I need to apply only the remaining 8 lb per 1000 sq. feet now? Or do I need to apply as if I am overseeding for the first time and apply 16 lb (or more?) per 1000 sq. instead? In regards to rye weakening the bermuda... Well, I truly HATE my lawn almost half of the year when bermuda is dormant & brown. If it will look weak only in spring but recover in June / July, it is still preferable for me. I will observe how the bermuda looks like next summer and maybe decide on another solution to get rid of bermuda (such as replacing it with St. Augustine maybe?). I am just hoping that maybe the rye will die off quicker in early summer due to our climate here. We have a mediterranean climate, but quite a hot version of it for summer times. I believe our weather is hotter than Southern CA. So, looking at the current state of my lawn, how much should be the new rye seeds that I will apply (hopefully tomorrow) ??? 8 lb / 1000 sq. feet is enough, or should I apply more - 15- 20 lb??? Thanks in advance.

Congrats on beating the Big C. I too am a cancer survivor, but mine was one that is rarely ever completely gone, so I just stubbornly stay one jump ahead of the obits by planning new notions for my GH. If I'm planning on someting new, I HAVE to be alive to pull it off. LOL! Okay: Height. Correct me if I'm wrong, but in Z-7, wouldn't summer heat be more an issue than winter cold? If so, the the higher the roof, the easier it will be to keep your GH cool in summer. If you get your side purlins up to at least 8 ft., you could stretch a piece of plastic across the entire interior of your GH in winter, to create an insulating air pocket between it and the roof, and concurrently, prevent a lot of of the warm air from rising above that "dropped ceiling." Just a thought, but when building your own from scratch, you can add a lot the GH mfg. never seem to think about.

@mamapinky0... I hope you know the Mountain Spring scent, changed a little while ago. It's supposed to be a newer, fresher scent to compete with the discontinued Original. Either way.. I love the "Old" Mountain Spring, and the "New" Mountain Spring Scent. :) (It's so sad... there's two different versions of Original and Mountain Spring. They should have been left alone P&G :p )

Thank you all for your lovely praise! I love my kitchen! I bought the stove when we moved to LA - got it in 1982 -adore it! I think it cost about $275. The hardware finish is solid polished brass that was unlacquered. I should have taken them and had them lacquered before they were installed. But I loved the unlacquered, polished look - a bit more "mellow" than lacquered brass - and didn't. When one has a gas stove with 5 pilot lights, the fumes cause metal to tarnish. I finally had all my antique copper lacquered as polishing lasted about two weeks before it started tarnishing. The pulls on all my uppers have darkened considerably; the pulls on the bottom have hardly changed at all - fumes from the gas rise. The fox string holder was found on eBay. I had an unpainted rabbit one I had bought decades ago in San Francisco, and I wanted another and I originally thought I would stack them on the side of the refrigerator cabinet so I'd see them when I come down that hall to the kitchen. I couldn't bear putting nail holes in those lovely new cabinets, so I only used the fox on the wall under the brass ship's clock. It kind of picked up the color of the copper in my kitchen. And I adored his " spectacles". He's made by Babbacome in England. There are several for sale now on eBay. I just love him - he makes me smile. My house was built in 1948, and to me, anything built AFTER WWII, is a "new" house. Of course, that's ridiculous- I was born in 1943 and I'm not "new" in any way! So my kitchen had to work with the rest if the house, even though it's a separate room. My house is very traditional and very English - lots of antique wood furniture and chintz and linen print fabrics. I prefer painted cabinets as new ones just look "wrong" with all the antique English wood furniture in the rest of the house. My inspiration was the English kitchen cabinet company, Plain English". It works in traditional, very old and stately English homes, so I knew that would work for me. I did NOT paint my cabinets grey because it was trendy, but because a white kitchen would be too bright and stark, with that huge west-facing bay window. The grey is light, neutral, and very calm and serene - also crisp enough with the white woodwork to look smart. Moving the refrigerator to the back wall opened up the doorway to the back hall. Of course, building it in with cabinetry made a huge difference as well. But it opened up that doorway corner of the kitchen. It also gave me 5ft of counter space next to the stove, instead of 2 ft - huge difference. Yes, I gave up 3 ft on the back wall, but that was really unused space. What is left is a perfect place to tuck in a small microwave, the cookie jar and the KA mixer. Planning and lots if thought is what makes or breaks a kitchen. It's not just about a pretty CAD drawing of pretty cabinets, countertops and backsplash- it's about how YOU cook, how many people will be in your kitchen helping, having designated areas for different preps. Having a place for the ingredients and pans one needs near that area. Yes, having the dish cabinets near the dishwasher is nice, but I'd never trade my huge bay window for that. That window was put in 32 years ago and I've never regretted that decision. It makes a small, ordinary kitchen special, and it brings my garden into the house. Of course, today there is very little cooking going on in kitchens anymore - women too busy, too tired, just not domestic. For them, any old kitchen will be just fine, so long as it looks new and au courant.