Hi, I wonder how your lawn is doing now? It looks a lot like my lawn has looked in shadier areas and I mow high all the time. This year, however, I decided to fertilize the lawn to try to build up the soil. I have around 10,000sq ft and bought around 240 lbs of alfalfa pellets and spread them all over the grass with a few good quality seeds mixed in. Then I spread around 6 bags of milorganite (I know the product is controversially organic, but I'm limited by cost, availability, and ability) I have sandy loam and loamy sand and I don't water the lawn, since it costs too much in money and water... I do, however let the rain come off the roof(no gutters) and have sloped and put sheeting under the mulch to keep the moisture away from the foundation and crawl space. With the rains, and fertilizer, the grass is getting so lush and beautiful. It is beginning to go to seed, so I hesitate to cut it as it is approaching 6" and my mower cuts to 4. I'm going to cut as high as possible most of the summer. I do have a rash of plantain, however, in spots ( I hate to tell you how many hours I spent pulling it the last couple of years, and my hands are too valuable to me for other things to wear them out this way (so I'm contemplating spot treating them unless you have a better idea. (usually I chicken out and don't use chemicals.. haven't so far yet anyway)

Thanks for the advice everyone! I'm needing to fit these into the existing cabinet space, so I don't have the option of placing the microwave in a different spot elsewhere in the kitchen. It sounds like the swing-out door version is the safer way to go... will save us some money, anyway! Or could I do a microwave drawer under the wall oven? This may seem like a stupid question -- but how do tall items (like a cup filled with coffee) not fall over when the drawer is opened/closed? thanks! Michelle

My ceilings are 10 ft and I'd love another six inches above them -- I could have made the upper cabinet a little taller and maybe made the crown a little taller too. I did put glass in all of the regular wall cabinet ones and use them for display. I made the doors above the fridge and pantry solid (those are also taller since they come down to 84" rather than 96") as well as the one above the ovens. They are great storage for things like my canning pot, extra large trays, an extra coffee maker, the thermal coffee pump, extra water filters (used once every 1-6 months depending on which kind), etc. I don't have a walk-in pantry or a butler's pantry, so that is my extra storage space and I love it so much I'm going to add some like it I want to do something similar in my laundry room. I did include a tall 12" cabinet on the fridge/pantry wall that houses a narrow, lightweight folding step stool that makes it easy to reach anything.

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