gmail just sells you stuff based on the content of your e-mails.... why would I want to do that? (Maybe when nothing else is available)
Ads can be turned off in account settings.
Thanks... I'll take that into consideration 
Some great ideas on that site.
I like the forum, too.
Thanks.
I have done this winter sowing thing over and over for twenty some years and had many failures. The successes were worth keeping on, trying again and again.