I'm not sure if I understand what you are trying to accomplish with the cinder blocks. Did you want to use them to plant vegetables or flowers in? Of were you going to build a wall or fence. I have a new gardening friend that uses them to plant her herbs in. The cinder block have holes in them, They also serve as a border block to outline her veggie garden. She uses cylinder type concrete pillars(about 12-18 in. tall)to outline her paths for different areas in her shade garden. Even uses colored champayne bottles turned upside down into the soil like a fence. It's neat and very colorful. Reminds me of Felder Rushing's creativity.

Hi Pippi21,

Thanks for the reply. Yes, I see now I was a bit vague concerning the cinder blocks. I'm thinking useing them to make a raised bed , or series of raised beds inside the open to the air ,garage area. The old foundation is about 1 1/2 feet high, so it would be easy enough to start at that height right now, and add height as I find more soil. With the soil base for moisture and insulation, then I would have the blocks go up one extra layer to hopefully protect everything from blowing down the street.

In the past I've winter sown, but not like the folks on the forum do it. I've always just used flats of soil, snugged up to one and other on the ground, then a piece of Remay over the top. But I've not tried the variety of plants your folks do, so that's why I've checked here over the years.. just to see what your all up to.

So it seems I'm a gal without a proper forum, since the parts I'm worried about, how will the cement floor affect temp, moisture, should I insulate the bottom, the sides ..do I moisture proof the sides since a wet center and bone dry edges would loose me a year.I don't understand how the clear plastic doesn't cause heat problems at the wrong time..and how do I prevent that ? Opening little door on each one for a couple hours in the middle of the day, so many days from the start to the end seems undoable, without one costly mistake that ruins everything.

All the same concerns apply equally to growing out plants and tossing in some veggies in empty spaces during their season.

This is the reason I was looking for the photo I saw so long ago, thinking I could find his or her follow up , as to how things worked out.

NEW QUESTION____________

What forum did the original members here post in before this forum had a home base? That may be where I can find the photos I remember.