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[Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>]

On Jul 17, 2009, at 1:08 PM, Jeanne Driese wrote:

> >  My own garden has been pretty sparse, we have had so much rain  
> > that the leaf cover is dense, dense, and more dense, so I am  
> > getting very little in the way of enough sun to grow anything!   
> > Going to start my fall crops and hope the leaves will fall early  
> > and crops will keep on growing through the cold weather.  My sun  
> > coverage in the winter is great!  :)))  Wish I had a level spot to  
> > put a green house!

Jeanne, do you have a south-facing window where you could build out  
and hang a planting box outside? Or, better, enlarge the window and do  
a substantial window box? That would provide winter veggies and help  
heat the house.