Concrete reinforcement wire from Home Depot is like $7.50 for a 4x7' piece, and has 6" squares, so it would be easy to reach through if you can't reach both sides of the trellis to harvest. I used regular 2x4" fencing wire last year and the cukes climbed it well, but a couple got too fat and got stuck in the trellis. This year I tied my own trellis out of jute twine, and it is supported by a frame with electrical conduit for the uprights and a piece of 2x4 across the top. I painted the conduit flat black, and stained the 2x4 and made diagonal cuts at the ends, which made it much more attractive than most wire trellises, if you're concerned about that sort of thing. The whole thing cost me about $6 to make.

Raybo, Celery should be mounded up with loose dirt at least 6 inches on the stalks to blanch the stems. Celery is mildly poisonous and blanching helps reduce the level of toxins. The leaves make excellent flavoring for soups and stews. Celery is a cool season crop best grown either in late fall or early spring. It can handle short periods of sub freezing temps down to 22 degrees, but this seriously slows down growth. Do NOT grow celery in the heat of the summer, it will not be happy. Knowing your climate, you could probably grow it successfully from either December or January seed start. It is best started in cell trays with 2 or 3 seed per cell. The above tip about taking 12 weeks from seed to transplant is pretty close. I've managed to transplant at 8 weeks but the plants are small. My suggestion would be to fill an earthtainer 1/2 full of a very rich soil mix and set the plants to grow. When the plants are nearly full size, fill the earthtainer up with peat moss to induce blanching. DarJones

I love this place - we always go early spring and then again in late spring because there are so many different things in bloom at different times. Mine bloomed the year after I planted them and they are AMAZING! I also love that you can smell them when you're there - can't get that through a catalog - and that you're supporting a local, family business. I'm going to see if the family wants to go tomorrow. It's one of the few places that the six year old and seventeen year old and husband and I ALL love! :)

Campruby, one of the ladies who comments here often is Plantmaven. She used the lasagna method for their yard. Yep, it works ! I have also been using it for a new bed I am building in my yard. Definitely give it a try. If you'd like, find one of the posts by Plantmaven and make a comment so that a message gets to her, or find her email on her profile page and send her your questions. I don't think she'd mind. patty