Hmm, there's no link field for an original post so I'll have to cobble together some html code. Perennial gardening on the Prairies I stumbled across this yesterday, not for the first time while websurfing. Seeing as I used to live in Regina, it caught my eye. Hope it will be useful for some of you. Although you don't have to live on the prairies to get a lot out of it.

Been doing a lot of research on fruit trees- especially related to height and spacing, because we have a typical suburban lot. Found this cooperative extension document from North Carolina. It summaries the information nicely. Here is a link that might be useful: Apple Rootstocks and Tree Spacing

Penguingardener, I am really hungry for garden space. I lack of that and something every year gets compromised. Last year i had to settle down with only straberries, tomatoes, peppers, and one eggplant. NOT THIS YEAR! I was very excited to find out about square foot gardening. the solution of my problems!. My eggplants also reach 4 feet high, but they are not as full as tomatoes plants. If i cut suckers off the tomato plants and keep them in one or two stems and provide vertical support, even if they grow to an enormeous size i should be ok, at least i think. thanks for the Marigold input, i did not know they grow so large, maybe i should find another place for them and not plant them in the new beds. In regards the cilantro, i never had much sucess with them, i planted a row of 6 plants, and they only grew about 1' or so. They looked healthy, problably they lacked fertilizer. So i let them die last fall in hope of them regrowing form the seeds they drop. To answer your climate question, i am in between zone 6 and 7 (i think, i leave in RI) I tried composting this year for the first time, but its a problem here in the city, atracts all kinds of animals to my property. Specially RATS!. So i will have to find out where to get organic compost, of at least 3 different sources. where can i get this fish tea?. Thanks for answering the amount of feeding time per months, i was really looking foward somebody answering that question. P.S. I just planted indoors my fourth of July Tomato seeds. My goal is to mimic in the link below. Everyone here in RI plant tomatoes outside on or after memorial day to be on the save side. Last frost is supoused to be early may but we have seen snow here in May. Weather is crazy in New England. I can problably plant them early may, but i problably have to cover them or provide protection. Here is a link that might be useful: First tomato, July 24th!

I believe there's also another resource called Care Calendar where you can organize a help schedule.