Well you can't have a 50 foot patio go to waste, and the easiest and cheapest way I could think of to make it like home is tons of plants.
Of course, to fill said 50 foot patio with plants requires quite a few plants - so I had to go with the seed route (Mother Nature is the ultimate in thriftiness).
So after getting 18 2'X2' square pots, a crapload of dirt, and a tons of seeds - I'm off to the races. As Hilary Cox taught me years ago, the secret to growing seeds is pretty easy if you just follow a couple of simple steps.
We'll see how these puppies do - but they're doing pretty well so far.