[dware]

Best part of my week! Looking forward to this weekend - I've got TONS of plants that are ready for transplant. Last weekend, I was able to put together a smaller greenhouse out of PVC and 3mil plastic from the Wally World - extended my growing season by upwards of 2 months, all for under $20.

I've been researching State and Federal regs, and it looks like I'm going to kick my growing into high gear so as to have plenty of extra to take down to the local farmers market this spring. Found out I can even sell my extra tobacco plants. As long as I don't sell any perennials/biennials, State Dept. of Ag doesn't regulate "greenhouse" stock, only "nursery" stock (trees, shrubs, sod/turf grass, etc.).

At this point, I've got 3 or 4 varieties of tomato, a number of squash types, 4 or 5 tobacco varieties (I'm calling the stuff I got from JRandomFreeper "Nicotiana Free Republica" - HA!), including Virginia Gold, Burley, Havana Gold, N. Rustica and a "Lite" variety. I've just got to get a bunch of annual flowers and such growing at this point, and I'll be ready for farmer's market!

[greeneyes]

Sounds like a good plan. I love going to farmers markets. Too bad our climate doesn’t allow for year round farmers market.

We are planning on an exploratory visit to Costco in St. Louis this weekend to pick up stuff that is not available in our rural grocery stores.