That setup will work great. You can do basically the same thing with the mini-green house kits for less but your system is going to be much more durable. Keep an eye on temps though, with it being covered, it will heat up fast if the sun hits it. Here is my mini-greenhouse system. It has a heatmat with thermostat under it which keeps it at 80 to 84 degrees. I dont have any lights set up yet as those wont be necessary until the seeds sprout and start growing true leaves. Those are 18 - 3" pots per mini-greenhouse. The top and bottom are just over $2 combined for each and if you get the 3" pots free, then it is a really cheap setup. The heat mat and thermostat are the big cost. I could use sun too but it wouldn't be as convenient or as controlled as what I have now. The heat mat and thermostat are each about $30 on amazon. I went cheap last year with no heat and did fine but decided to try to max my germination efforts and so I sprung for the heat mat. Bruce

Like MrBubble, I also use Google Blogspot to document our house building saga. As others have pointed out, it's a wonderful way to keep distant friends and relatives up to date on our progress. We've had several European exchange students over the past 10 years or so, and they and their families are delighted to be able to share our experiences...especially our German "son" who is in construction/engineering training. I think daily postings would be overkill, but perhaps your progress will be more speedy than ours. I try to update about twice a month. If you use Google Picasa for your on-line photo site, posting pictures to your blog is very easy. I believe Picasa 3 now has a "watermark" option for your photos so as to discourage anyone from stealing the photos that you share on-line (see a recent thread about this on the Kitchens forum). Disclaimer: I have no proprietary interest or relationship with Google or Picasa! Here's an alternative blog hosting site that I found after I had already started blogging: Here is a link that might be useful: HouseBlogs

Thanks so much for this Jas. I was alone, laughing out loud, tears streaming down my face. I showed it to my DH who is not at all a laugh out loud person and he was absolutely cracking up. What a wild sense of humour! Jane

Here's some info on how to keep from having fruit flies in your compost bin from banana peels. Fruit Flies and Banana Skins Bananas and citrus fruit are often the source of fruit flies in a home. They're especially prone to bearing fruit fly eggs on their skins. The risk of a major infestation can be minimized somewhat by washing the fruit with hot soapy water when you first bring it home. Chop the banana skins before you put them in the bin. Worms can process small pieces more quickly, giving the skins less time to attract fruit flies. Freezing the skins or microwaving them for 60 seconds kills fruit fly eggs and reduces the likelihood of an infestation