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01/23/2006: ""

Well after consulting an expert (my Dad) I may have to alter my starting bench and get more lights. He did say that regular flourescents will work as well as grow lights so I won't have to shell out the big bucks as I have a 4' 4 light fixture around somewhere.

I have found a great seed catalog that has stuff for self supporters.
R. H. Shumway http://www.rhshumway.com/ I found mangels and lots of other good stuff in there.
Otherwise everything else I could find on the web was in England.

I also discussed storage of roots with my Dad and he figures a good insulated clamp will work for the fodder crops as that was how they did it when he was a boy. So I will have to find a good supplier of cheap small square bales.

Lots of planning to do for the big spring push. I don't hope to do everything this year but I would like to do quite a bit and see how things work out.
The best source I have is John Seymours book but I think our climate is a bit different that Irelands.
And although he does talk a bit about colder climates I think I will have a learning curve to work through before I can come up with a system that will work well in Wisconsin.