@gardenbeet: yes, i am indeed torturing them in a hardcore way,and thats on purpose. Theres no point of using a cheaper solution if it needs replacing twice a year :-p. the first ones i bought have been through 2 winters already, this is their 3rd one, and they are holding great :) the stitching never gave away, even on model with the thinner material ( the light brown/beige ones). The textile ripped completely but the stitches are like new! Wally pockets have certain benefits for sure, snce they are specially designed for growing, but are not economically viable and i suspect they wont last much longer than those shoe organizers which cost a fraction of the price :) The material in those shoe organizers had no drainage holes but the material itself drains. They do dry out very quickly due to the small size of the pockets ans the fact that they are not contiguous. The best 2 improvements that could be made to this system is drip irrigation and using a white material to keep things cooler. Otherwise, they are a godsend :) And my name is Khaled, but my nick here is MisterK Khaled :)

just came across my vertical gardening ebooks by steven J and Vicky townsend - wanted to see what else they were doing now but can't find them on the web...finally going to put it into practice but can't find them = anyone know if they are still around...thanks Donna

Mesclun should do very well. Any kind of greens. But the other things are going to require more sun than you have. You can start off planting a mesclun mix or other baby greens in a flower pot. You should be able to get a crop inside of a month! And it's cut and come again. The English grow their mustard greens in a saucer - you can sprinkle the seeds on a paper towel and they will come up fine as long as you keep it moist. And you can sprout all kinds of seeds (mustard, cress, alfalfa) in the same way or in pot filled with potting mix. No extra light required.

Yes DivalnTheGarden, everything is moveable. In fact, I'm going to rearrange it in the spring. The swing set just picks up and moves (with help). The pole bean trellises have metal stakes that I just pull out of the ground and hammer them in somewhere else and then push the piping into the ground next to the metal stakes and use a couple bungees to hold them together. It's pretty easy to move everything. And I use concrete reinforcing wire for everything to grow up in the trellises and also have cages made out of that wire for the tomatoes. I leave everything out over winter too.........not a problem.