... as long as we're talking about Compact Flourescents, and not the Canadian Football League...

buzzhighstoned, what is the size of your 'garden' area, and how many plantlets were you thinking of raising in it? From seed, or clones?

As for getting it started, I personally believe that CFLs are the cat's ass. You should be able to run seedlings/small clones under one or two CFLs, and then increase the number as they get bigger.

For the initial 'Veg' (vegetative/growth) stage, you want either 'Bright White' (6400k-6500k), or 'Cool White' (4100k), which will help the plants grow without stretching. My fave for a single bulb is @ W4llM4rt, where 15bux gets me a 45w actual (200w equivalent) 4100k cool white 'shop bulb'... that puts out 3000 lumens

If you're going to do the whole thing with Fl/CFL lighting, then when it comes time to flower, switch / add as many 2700k 'Warm White' in there as you can (the redder light is better for simulating 'fall' lighting).

Or, if budget permits, add a single 250w/400w/600w HPS bulb into the garden for flowertime. As it is, I'm kinda working on a CFL experiment, where I've taken four plants out of my main garden (under 600w HPS), and am moving them to a secondary garden, exclusively under 388w of CFLs, totalling 24,800 lumens. The actual lumens/sq.ft ratio should be the same, though, and so we'll see how well they react. I'm hoping that they don't hate the new digs, as it should be quite a lot cooler in there, and the light(s) closer. I'm currently using 4x45w 4100k, 4x26w 6500k, and 4x26w 2700k, though I might change out all the 6500k ones for 2700k in a bit.

Hope this helps! And Cannamilf, hope to see your garden up soon, too!