First of all, thank you all for your responses. Took me a while to read it since I have been really busy. Second, kanuk asked for the link, which I will provide below "Chart". Just put your zipcode and the chart generates for your area. digdirt, you are always so helpfull, I should have been more specific in regards to the area used for planting. I use both of my 4x8 boxes for all my veggies except for tomatos, cucumbers and eggplants. For example, carrots, I typically use (4) 1sqft space. I actually was very please with the abundant amount of veggies I get from the boxes, more than before since is more organized. I plant my tomatoes, cucumbers, and eggplants in another area. I do follow sqft garden to the rules. Steve, You are scaring the heck out of me. How is it I am late for the spring crop already?. My soil is hard as a rock?. How do you prepare, condition, tilt your soil under those circustances?. I was thinking of starting them inside and transfer them as soon as the soil is workable. I am making my own newspaper pots so I don't disturb the roots. I am making them big enought to pot once only. Everywhere I read in regards to planting cool season veggies, It specifically mentions the date to plant 'OR' as soon the soil is workable. davefl, exactly my feeling. I was trying to make sense and trust the chart. After all, I been doing it all wrong as far as planting cool season veggies is concern. Does anyone has their own schedule that had been proven that works?. The schedule I need uses most if not all square foot spaces for spring, summer and fall crop. I can adjust dates per my zone and frost time. Thanks! Here is a link that might be useful: Chart

The easy answer to the 50 day question is both (hah!). With beans, it means from seed. Other plants that are usually started from transplants (Tomatoes, Peppers, Eggplants etc) it means from the time you set the transplant out in the garden. Also - Keep in mind that the days to maturity is purely a guideline, it can change significantly based on growing conditions, amount of rain / watering, temperature, richness of soil etc etc etc. As far as the amount of beans, 2 squares of 9 per sqft planted every two weeks works perfect for my wife and I if we just want fresh eating. This year I did about 5 squares (15 total with 3 succession plantings), as I wanted to freeze some :)

Black Baccara is beautiful, isn't it! It's a modern hybrid tea and many/most HTs do need some spraying to stay healthy. More or less, depending on where you live. I don't recall hearing that Black Baccara is one of the easier ones, so you might want to ask about what would be a better starter rose for you in your area. On the other hand, some people take to spraying and gardening with great ease and have no trouble starting with modern HTs. You could be one of them. :) Your 16" container will be OK for a while. How big is the bush in front of your grandmother's house? Unless it is quite small, say no bigger than 3' wide and 3' tall, my guess is that your peach beauty will eventually want a bigger pot, or the ground. I'm a relative beginner, so probably if anyone comes along and disagrees with anything I wrote, you should listen to them!

Remember you are not just paying for the plant. Someone started it,nurtured it.Someone packed it and up paid a trucker to ship it somewhere spending big bucks on fuel.Someone advertises it pays an Out of this world rent on their building and garden space,pays people in ugly shirts to drag a hose around and pretend to water them ,pays insurance and electric on the building and workers comp should one of the workers list a heavy plant and get hurt and pays a cashier to charge you and say "ARE YOU SURE those were on the reduced rack????" Happy shopping! tanya