Rhizo's advice is great :-) Applying organic gardening principles is easy....once you understand the basics of how plants grow and what they need. The Botany for Gardeners text is a great starting point but then you'll need to research the specifics for the individual plants you choose - each will have its own set of preferences. Soil conditions are only one of multiple variables and cultural requirements that affect the growth of plants so I wouldn't get too hung up on that to begin with. After you understand the hows, whats and whys, then you can get specific about how to provide those requirements in your situation. For a good all-round reference on both organic gardening and gardening in general (but overlooking the kind of high falutin title), I'd suggest Rodale's All-New Encyclopedia of Organic Gardening: The Indispensable Resource for Every Gardener. At 700+ pages, it should build up some muscles anyway :-)

Always fun to experiment!! Just my opinion Oxy, but if I were you, next time I would use first aid tape..the clear kind. Wont rip away any of the plant when you remove it, like I would think the packing tape might do. Also the first aid tape will stand up better to the moisture. Daniella

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What's really odd to me is that I did not let my kids use a lot of band-aids or they would have gone through a box a week if they were freely available. We used them when they were warranted. Now, my grandkids have to have a band-aid for everything. And not just a basic band-aid, but the more expensive ones with all the cute little cartoon characters on them.