STT, This really is the wrong place for your question to be posted. Over on the Vegetable Forum would be better. I'll answer what I can here though. GM(Genetically Modified) seed is not sold to the home gardener at least not now. Most seed companies for the home gardener have signed the 'Safe Seed Pledge' so not to worry about buying them. GM means the plant genes have been altered in some way. Genes from other organism can be placed into the plant. A good example of this is GM corn. It has the Bt bacteria in its genes so the plant becomes toxic to caterpillars that attack corn. Another is the soybean that can grow despite having Round Up sprayed all over it. Many people have ethical problems with GM crops as I do. Heirloom should be put under the umbrella of OP(Open Pollinated) plants. OP plants whether new or heirloom will come true from seed you save as long as cross pollination has not occurred. Hybrids are very specific cross breed plants. They will not come true from seed saved. Sometimes, you get lucky and get babies in a grow out that look similar to the parent you saved seeds from. It will take 5-7 generations of plants to get an OP version of a hybrid and that takes a lot of time and growing a lot of plants that get tossed. So some home gardeners like OP plants because you can buy once and save your own seeds in subsequent year. Some people like certain hybrids because of qualities they may have like disease resistance to possibly something in your area that all the plants are getting. Some hybrids claim bigger harvests, but I'm not sold on that. I've grown certain OP varieties that perform just as well. Of course that is all local too. A plant may do exceptionally well here and not somewhere else. One thing to know about tomato diseases. Many times gardeners think hybrid tomatoes are more disease resistant, and they are to many viruses. Unfortunately, many gardeners don't have virus problems. They have fungal problems like Early Blight, and hybrids get it just as much as OPs do! I hope that all made sense, Remy

Live wire, I mentioned once before that you should not feel the need to respond to my posts. Your time is too valuable, I am sure, because you tend to insult everyone you respond to on Houzz. So, just skip my posts please...you just don't seem to understand that builders, architects, and structural engineers are too busy with new top dollar projects to bother with my remodel. I have to hire whomever is available. I have no control over them, so I have not refused to fix anything. DavidR, I am used to Live_Wire because he does this to everyone on Houzz. It may be because he is tired after a full day of work...who knows, but it is normal. "Suggesting that you should hire someone so you can hire someone just doesn't fly very high with me." I know...that made no sense to me. I agree that when there is something unexpected, then I should pay the extra amount. The problem is that we only have so much money, and it doesn't just appear out of thin air. It will take a couple of months to save an extra $1000.00. I can't just be surprised about the new amount. We don't know anyone around here, and it is a lake community so some homeowners are here on weekends only. I have no problem taking on people who try to take advantage of me, but I have to walk a fine line to make sure I don't run them off. A lightning strike hit my Dish Network/internet dish 15 years ago and destroyed everything that was connected, then blew out two places to exit my siding. Insurance offered me $1,700.00 to repair two holes in the siding, and replace 5 TVs, 5 Dish DVRs,5 DVD players, 5 VHS players, 1 PC, and 1 laptop. We had surge protectors on everything, but they won't help with lightning. It took over a year, but I finally got the insurance company to replace everything. $12,800.00. Big difference! So thank you, David. Houzz is wonderful for people to ask questions on posts. Some people feel it is for contractors or professionals only. It is usually how homeowners look for answers when they don't know or understand something. Thankfully, most professionals are very kind and helpful. I think I can name 3 people that aren't, and 1 has been banned from Houzz. To explain why I can't get quality contractors... All of the really good contractors are busy working in Carlton Landing Development which is about 7 miles from me. Waterfront lots go for up to $245,800 plus the cost of building a home. The lots are small and most homes don't have garages. Homes cost up to $800,000.00 or more. I saw a 1 bedroom, 1 bath home selling for $270,000. That might be good for New York or California homes. If a house is not on the lake here, the median price for a home is $57,000 and many are mobile homes. We bought our lakefront house right before Carlton Landing started. Most low and medium income people can't afford a lakefront home now unless they have a lot of money or unless the lot is on a cliff with no access to the water. Carlton Landing plans to have stores and restaurants so no one has to leave the community if they don't want to. They have had a community garden and a school there for several years now. The local motels are full of contractors from farther away that drive home on weekends. So, I have few contractors to choose from. Plus, my "town" consists of a Shell gas station, a Dollar General, and a post office. Nothing else. It is a quiet, peaceful place to live...IF you don't need contractors or shopping or good restaurants. Carlton Landing $625,000.00. Those 3 homes are just a few feet apart. Very close together. The above picture is their "waterfront". It is quite a walk to get to their community dock. Mostly steep, wooded, cliffs. Lots of snakes and deer. Below picture is my waterfront lot. We were lucky to find it, even though we had to spend (so far) over $175,000 on remodeling. Not much of a slope to get to our dock. Deer walk through here all the time.

The shattering is an on-going problem not limited to one brand and also for wall ovens. The majority of the manufacturer's are purchasing the glass from the same source and from what I've read that it is the glass itself is the cause and not the ovens themselves. Some have said that the glass mfg has taken to cheapening the glass for cost and it doesn't react positively to the high heat. I don't know why your older oven glass shattered as I have not read that happening to older models. Seems like it has been happening more to models that are 10 yrs (or so) to current. I have not read where it has been an issue for GE. I had a Decor wall oven out of warranty that the inside glass panel shattered due to me putting cold water on the hot glass. My partner is pretty handy and he was able to order a new glass panel and install it himself . It basically was removing screws in the door so it saved Service Call cost. I don't know if you saw this older thread but it is current as the subject still is... https://www.houzz.com/discussions/3772064/bosch-oven-door-glass-shattered-during-self-clean#26064901

Given the dimensions on the sink you want are larger, yes, the opening will have to be cut larger to properly mount the sink. It can be done, but it will create a dusty mess that will last for weeks in your house. 2.5 years after my cook top opening had to be enlarged onsite I'm still finding dust.