I have just pulled all my seeds out, need to make alist like yours.  : )  I have an indoor greenhouse we bought in Europe, Brian will assemble next week or so so I can see how and what I need to get started.

We are in a drought but we think we have enough windows in the front of the house that get very direct sun we can plant a few containers and have enough water to take care of them.  We also have a nice covered porch in front, plenty of sun and sir flow, so we wll see. 

Brianschef Michelle 

I live next to a state forest so there's a lot of wildlife that think my compost pile is yummy.  So I pit compost when the ground is not frozen.  Just dig a hole in an unused part of my garden and bury the vegitation.  I do need to add to my fence around my garden.  The deer can leap it.  I tried visually raising it the last couple years (by stringing clothes line on poles above the metal fence) and that worked for a while but last year they got in and did a lot of damage.  I'm ordering some seeds this week but won't start my peppers until the end of March and tomatoes the begining of April.  Right now that seems like a long time away.  I am jealous of you southern gardeners. 

Sandra -

 Don't be too jealous! I live in the humid and hot Louisiana. Though we get to start planting stuff earlier than most other states, we don't have much of the pretty Spring weather. It goes straight from rainy cold weather to hot as hell humid weather. We can garden year-round BUT most of the summer days you have to get up at the crack of dawn to do anything because by mid morning you are sweating like a pig.

But, I have to admit, we had a beautiful weekend! So, I planted some carrots and transplanted some bulbs. Hehe.

God bless,

Julie

I finally won the book "Square Foot Gardening" off eBay.  I've been bidding on copies for almost a month!  I got lucky with one ending in the middle of the night that seller accepted a best offer on so with shipping it was less than $10.  Most of the other were over $10 before S&H. ( I thought the website was pretty self-explanatory and that we could have done fine that way but DH wanted the book.)

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I consider that book a gardeners "Bible"  I've used that concept (sq. ft. gardening) for several years now except I made raised beds. You got a deal there!  That book is worth its weight in gold! 

One thing I do that goes toward composting is having a "slop bucket" in the kitchen.  I use an old chamber pot, but any pot or bucket with a lid will do.  I line it with plastic grocery bags.  I put eggshells, peelings, and other kitchen waste in it (not meat!).  I take it out and dump it into the compost when it fills up, then I bury it under the compost.  The rest of my compost is leaves and grass that we mow up during the year.  I also put in a little donkey poop, as my best friend has a donkey.  I garden in raised beds because our Ozark soil is all rocks.