Idaho, I have made new planting beds by simply covering the grass with newspaper, covering the newspaper with shredded leaves, and waiting several weeks before planting in that area. No tilling was required to make a very nice and easily worked planting bed. The soil bacteria digested the grass and the earthworms did the "tilling" of at soil for me. Soil does not absorb organic matter. The OM is a part of the soil although just where if fits into the soils texture depends on which soil, sand or clay, you have. Organic matter is digested by the soil bacteria and becomes nutrients for plants as well as the Soil Food Web and is the only part of your soil that you need to replace, frequently. That part, the replacing, is why many people do not, it is too expensive to buy OM, but they throw a way good organic matter from their garden all the time. Tilling is destructive to soil structure and is unnecessary.

A usable ramp will take at least 6 times as much space as steps. We ran into this when mum became wheelchair bound. Between garage and kitchen there were four steps (extending about 4 feet from the door which was about 40" above garage floor) which required a ramp 28 feet long... and that felt steep when pushing a wheelchair up! oruborus, take a strip of paper and zigzag-fold it so that it represents risers and steps. Put one end at the upper doorway, and then gently un-fold, so that the risers and steps straighten out into a flattish ramp. You will find yourself adding more and more paper to make the ramp's incline gradual enough to be usable. Think about it: most steps are about 11" deep, with a rise of 8 to 9 inches. Four steps of 11" each will take floor space of about 44". But that rise has to be ramped to be navigable and will have to extend [across floor space] until there is a 1 in 6 (2/12) slope. Believe me, you do not want anything steeper whether for a wheelchair or a mower. If one wants a ramp -and that does sound handy for moving equipment- then check with the experts as to what is usable. I suspect the space required would be best provided with an exterior access to the basement, with a gentle slope and one or two landings for switchbacks. If one is going be pushing deadweight such as a non-self-propelled mower, a 3/12 incline is going to be more useable even though it will require more floorspace.

You can get bathroom cabinets that depth. I did it several years ago from Marsh cabinets. I HAD a catalog, although it was old it would have given me the measurements. It's hiding from me right now. The cabinet I got wasn't top of the line but it was a nice cabinet. It worked just fine and looked great in my bathroom. If I remember right, it didn't come with a shelf; I put one in, but maybe other cabinets had one. I would look there for starters. And be forwarned. Shipping will likely be as much as the cabinet. But when you are against a brick wall ya do what ya gotta do. It might still be a manageable $$ total. Here is a link that might be useful: this might be it

Funny... I am doing the same thing now and coming up short on information on Hanover Hills. I believe they (the floors) are produced by Mohawk but marketed under a different name to all the different flooring stores.