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["Gloria Morris" <gloriamorris59 AT gmail.com>]

I am just getting my seed orders ready to go out. I'm still debating a few
items, but I hope to get the orders out by Saturday. I've been a bit slow
about it this year, as I've had to spend some time beefing up the pasture
fence, as our buck has learned to test fences. I like to be starting seeds
at the end of January or the beginning of February, and I hope my delay this
year does not set me behind for the season!

Once upon a time I had a greenhouse. I loved it very much, but it required
extra heat. Nowadays, with heat being so expensive, that I keep the house
thermostat low as a form of budget self-defense, I wonder if I could really
justify the cost of heating the greenhouse. I used some passive solar
techniques in the old one, but it was not enough to be totally
self-sufficient on heat. I'm sure that is do-able in theory, but I'm not
sure I have the time or $$ to construct one that would not be too costly to
heat.

I am now thinking low budget. I'm thinking about a cold frame.

Gloria

On Jan 4, 2008 9:31 PM, EarthNSky <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net> wrote:

> Is anyone else getting ready to sow stuff for the garden?
> Tomorrow, I will be washing off the seed flats and stirring the
> soil/compost mix.  I got some vermiculite from work of all places, so I
> plan to mix that in along with a bit of sand and bone meal.
> I still haven't decided what I want to plant this year...will be making
> those final decisions this weekend.  I hope to get the flats seeded by
> next weekend.
>
> Marie McHarry wrote:
>  he has things to
> > say that anyone who cares about food --not to mention health-- should
> > read.
>
> --
> BevanRon of EarthNSky Farm   NW Georgia USDA Zone 7
> 34.498N 85.076W    Bev is Earth, Ron is Sky
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