thank you for all the help...I do have have all the growing books that I could get ahold of at my local borders...but in reading them...they seem more aligned with large scale operations, I was just interested in what others did for the own personal garden...I have no intention of selling what I grow, it's that I'm tired of all that brick weed out there...I hardly ever see any good quality stuff, and I have some good connections. But buddy is bringing some "diesel" over tonight...or what the person he got it from called it...But with my doctor giving me the OK to switch my Vicodin for Cannibis, I plan on growing some seriously medical plants...it will be a learning curve, I've prepared myself for that...but I've always had good luck with growing any other type of plant...well what ever I do...thank you for all the help, I will post any pics that I take...even the bad ones...just to show you how I'm doing...so please wish me luck you guys.

P.S....also, when you talk about grow mediums...I'm not exactly sure were to buy that stuff, it's not like I can goto my local home depot and pick it up...this isn't that big of a town....but...I'll give it a try...thanks.