Well, things are moving along quite nicely now. I applied the synthetic mulch to the smaller area and now just have to play the waiting game. The videos below will provide a much better summary then I could ever hope to write at this time of night:
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbKJyPg15h8]
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iApHoWFcvAs]