We bought old windows at a yard sale for next to nothing. I wouldn't advise using plastic up north in the winter time. You will get alot more light into it having glass windows. Maybe a store going out of business that has a bunch of windows or glass for sale? We had a glass store go out of business in town awhile back. One man used glass table tops in his greenhouse. You have to think outside of the box if you need to save money. We used greenhouse plastic in Florida on the big greenhouses and we had to punch holes in the top to let the water drain. We ran propane and kerosene heaters down there. I can't imagine how high your fuel bill would be. I know how anxious you are to grow stuff all year round. I feel the same way down here. Sometimes you just have to take the winter off. I don't mean to discourage you, it just sounds like it will cost alot to run the heater all winter long.

My heart goes out to you as I read your saga. Here are a few items that may be of assistance, they are not garden related but may help you enjoy your yard and not have to worry about your children. There is DIRT, an internet discussion group that is a service of American Bar Association and University of Missouri Law School that has a real estate focus. Post your story there and see what ideads that have. Ask if there is existing case law that would support your claim http://dirt.umkc.edu/ There is a legal concept of "unreasonable decision making" when a HOA does this, in some states the court will not allow them to restrict your actions. To be reasonable the decisions have to be documented and consistent. Some HOA have buried in them a clause that gives you the right to call for Arbitration to resolve an issue. I will pray that justice prevails.

If I were you'd I'd look through craigslist for a used one that will last you until the remodel. Don't worry about French door or bin sizes, just get one that works and doesn't look beat up. That way you're spending as little as possible and not buying something that might not fit the plans later. Since you'll only have it a few months you'll probably be able to sell it for what you paid so it's really a zero cost option in the end.

i think there are things at disney everyone can find to like. in the fall epcot has the food & wine festival which they actually do a very nice job on. after that there's the christmas decor. myself i hate rollarcoasters but i am a horticulturalist who loves landscaping and disney is a main innovator in the landscape world. do remember they charge you for everything. a co-worker took her grandkids last weekend for 3 days and they went to a campfire roast, marshmellows were $1 each lol she knew this ahead of time & brought her own. there are alot of things to do around orlando too. depending on when you are here there can be art shows, festivals and concerts going on. there's seaworld, discovery cove and aquatica. universal studios. busch gardens in tampa. leu gardens a local botanical garden. a history center in orlando, art museum, science museum... city of winter park has a nice upscale shopping district in an antique type town. if you are visiting from june thru nov, hurricane season/off season, do carefully watch the weather. we just had tropical storm Fay w/ 4 days and 35" of rain. we're keeping our eyes on hannah right now, will either come thru south fl or possibly central fl. and there are 2 systems behind her... some yrs we see no hurricanes (very unlikely this yr) some we have back to back to back hurricanes. in 2004 we had 3 back to back and disney did lose power in some places and people got flooded inside the parks for days and not for free either lol. here are some links... ~ liz http://www.visitflorida.com/ http://www.leugardens.org/ http://www.cityofwinterpark.org/2005/arts_culture/index.shtml local news: http://www.cfnews13.com/ http://www.wesh.com/index.html (great weather radar) nasa: http://kennedyspacecenter.stores.yahoo.net/ http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/about/view/index.html orlando/orange county tourist places: http://www.omart.org/ http://www.osc.org/ http://www.orangecountyfl.net/cms/DEPT/countyadmin/arts/default.htm concerts http://www.mix1051.com/pages/2045550.php seaworld orlando http://www.seaworld.com/orlando/?ReturnUrl=%2fSWF%2fdefault.aspx disney epcot http://disneyworld.disney.go.com/wdw/parks/parkLanding?id=EPLandingPage