I jettisoned the compost bin experiment--as you predicted, Bobert, there was plenty of moisture. So much that it wasn't working properly. I dug a hole in the yard compost pile and tipped the contents of this bin in under cover of dusk last night, crossing my fingers that it seeps into the bin and doesn't get stinky (the latest heap is out in the front yard).

I'm going to pick up three barrels from a friend who works at a metalworking plant. He brings home the big plastic 55 gallon barrels from non-regulated items (the benign non-EPA regulated stuff, he says) and has used them around the yard to hold water and to catch rainwater and such. He's an organic gardener also, BTW. I'm planning to set up water stations and see if I can work out a gray water into the veggie garden operation in a couple of spots, and in another, I want to see how much rainwater I collect and how long it takes to use in the flower beds out front.

Janie, how is your move going? Have you started transporting pots yet? Sorry I'm not nearby to help you paint!

SRS