Ken, I'm pretty sure we are all happy that you -- and everyone else who has related their experience -- responded.
It seems pretty clear that "results may vary."
In a way I would like to do the program -- for one thing, like Ken, it is my alma mater (Michigan State Univ., in my case) that runs the show. But I'm not really clear on what it would do for me in the long run... and it would be a lot of time taken away from my own garden, to say nothing of the fee, and I have only so much money and energy to spend. So, for me, the jury is still out on the whole thing...
Rick, I knew there was something I liked about you... quoting Tolkien, "You know, like Tolkein said: "Go not to the Elves for advice, for they will say both Yes and No." "