Can someone take a pic of the name tags and post it? Mine flew out the window and I want to make up something for our RU this weekend.
Dallas Plant Swap ( The People )
Hello Nada, it so happens that we had 25 left, so i can bring those. Do you think 25 will be enough?
I may be getting there later than others since we live farther away, I will take the picture and post it tomrrow.
Josephine.
cool... thanks.. 25 actually should be enough but I can have something available if it isn't
I had the most wonderful time meeting everyone. I am glad we can stay in touch online until the next one! Mitch who would have thought?/ indeed!! You and Josephine did such a great job, you are priceless people. Everyone I met was so real, such good folks! All friends worth keeping for a lifetime!
It was a total blast! Ted, Thank you so much for helping with the cart!! I think my Benjamin adopted you, he is still talking about you being such a cool guy..I agree, and now everytime we look at those cacti you gave us he will mention you, lol! Thx again Paige down to the last, I guess I was standing in the right place to keep you from having to carry too much back home with you...lol. Anything I got I will pay forward as I go along. Sheila it was fun doing the door prizes with you, the fruit salad was great! Sylvia, that Pork roast was incredible, we will be talking girl! Nada was nice meeting you so glad you made it up here! Carla your just plain lucky, and I was too for meeting you. Great to meet you too Patricia & Robert, so happy with our trade. Karen i enjoyed meeting you too, I hope to see you in the threads. Deb it was nice to meet you too, we didn't get a chance to talk much, but DH (Kevin) filled me in some, and your kids are great! Ciggy thanks for the Black Hollyhock & Duranta, guess I was in the right place for that one, Your kids are beautiful! Glad to meet/see you too Toby, Amanda & your cute little 4 legged kid, maybe someday you 2 will have one that looks more like y'all, lol. G I want to mention everyone, but I don't want to go on too long here.
Thanks a million ((Frank, Josephine)), and ((Mitch)), y'all realy pulled it off!
Waves and hugs to all~~especially anyone I missed.
:oDeb
ok Lady Gold.. reuben dip receipe please! That stuff was awesome!
Frostweek - I'm so glad you posted these pictures. I love being able to put faces with these wonderful people!
Frostweed - Thanks for posting the pictures and telling those
of us who couldn't be there of what went on.
I'm new down here, don't know anybody who could drive me, so
wasn't able to come, but I see everyone's name in the threads and
it's really nice to see who's who.
ME TOO - I want to see that recipe. I'm really partial to food. :o)
I wish I had known... I went right through NRH on my way to the RU/
Well, folks, this was my very first plan swap and now I'm afraid ... you're stuck with me! :-)
Josephine is right, I really lucked out on the door prizes. I'd like to say a huge "Thank You" to whoever brought the greenhouse. It is *exactly* what I need this winter to keep my seedlings and new cuttings safe from my 5 non-plant friendly cats.
Mitch, the Hibiscus you won as a door prize is a lovely deep red bloomer. Give him a drink every couple of days and he'll give you no problems. I knew he wouldn't survive the winter indoors with above-mentioned cats.
I want to say 'thank you' to everyone that I received plants from. But I also want to say 'thank you' to everyone I met on Sunday. Y'all were so friendly and so gracious. I received lots of good plants, but I also received lots of good plant advice and recommendations, which to a newbie like me is invaluable.
Carla
Josephine,
Thank you and Frank for posting the pictures. I had the most wonderful time meeting everyone, swapping plants and receiving advice, and am already looking forward to the next swap. The food was excellent, and everyone I met was just wonderful. Hope to see many of you again in Collage Station.
Ooops, forgot my tray, no big deal. I was going back to the pavilion to say final good-byes when my daughter reminded me that it was also my husbands birthday, ( not that I had forgot, I was just enjoying myself and not thinking about the time.) I was halfway to Dallas before I remembered the tray.
BTW, I followed your recommendation regarding the seeds for Eve's Necklace, and I'm trying once again to germinate some. I hope you enjoy the Byzantine glads.
Dawn
Josephine and Frank, Robert and I enjoyed seeing the photos (he brought his camera, but he still tires easily and just did not get it out this time), and all of you planners and hosts did a great job. It's just a few weeks until College Station, and we are looking forward to seeing many of you again.
I've started my list of plants I have promised, and I know I told several of you I would bring liatris for you. Please d-mail or post and remind me. I did not make a list at the time, and I can't remember everyone. I have access to all anybody could want, so if anyone wants some, let me know. It can grow in caliche or good soil, with water or without and blooms short or tall depending on conditions. Mine received more water than those in the wild this year and had bloom stalks 3' tall with at least 18" of flowers. They add spectacular color to a fall garden.
I will definitely have my plants presorted for the next RU as I missed getting to visit with several new faces. It was good to see so many young gardeners and their beautiful children, including Gina!
I was very lucky to win the Eve's necklace tree! We received a much needed and much appreciated 2 1/2" of rain during the night and early morning, so digging a hole for the tree will now be possible.
Patricia
Oh well I am reposting my previous post from the first thread.... I just want everyone to know how much I enjoyed meeting everyone. I wish I could find where my pictures are in the computer ... or i would pos some of them. Sheila please dont forget to email me the Butterfly Pics i hope they came out alright... I dont take very good pictures at times. :(
Well .. I am just waking up. I could barely make it into the house with the plants and stuff I thought "I didnt need". I even came home with Suntan Lotion! Thanks a lot Mitch. LOL Also Mitch Thank you for Chai's Baby rubber boots... I will always treasure them.
Sheila you forgot to give me some Shasta Daisies. :) I hope the pics I took with your camera came out good. Kudos to Frank again! Josephine I would have never made it to the car without him.
Paige please tell me what is that last plant you made me take. lol
Deb I am sure glad I met you... I know we will hear from each other again.
Pat I dont know how you do all you do. lol and that was the best pie, cant believe you made it from scratch.
The Food was Awsome this trip ... so many wonderful desserts. I never find out who made that dip. I would love to have that receipe.
It was nice meeting everyone ... some names I forget. I made a new buddy too I took a pic of her and her daughter, drives too fast and live on the other side of Garland. lol
Siggy it was sure nice to meet you and find out you are a man.lol ... love that accent ...dont worry I wont tell anyone you are a yankee! lol
Posie ... you sure made out like bandit ...got all the good gifts! lol
... and KUDOs to RUBY! she made another trip to Arlington!
Sylvia
Rennatelynne,
If you still want to know what the ID tags looked like, it just so happens that Marylyn put a pic on the CS thread just yesterday. Here is the link, look near the end.
http://davesgarden.com/forums/t/615129/#top
Sylvia, a lot of the pics were dark due to the shade, but I am working on getting some ready to post. Also, I have more Shasta's and will bring you a pot at CS RU. I had a tray on the table that Karen said she wanted and I told her to give others some of them to others if they asked. It was such a crazy time, I forgot to tell you, sorry.
Debness, I have three little cats munching away on my Rue you gave me! They just hatched yesterday! Hope to get some pictures. Thanks again if I didn't already tell you!!
Sheila
This message was edited Oct 10, 2006 9:11 PM
I still react to cats munching plants! My cats (felines) ate my cat thyme to the nub and its demise, even after I hid it upstairs where they are not allowed. They have rolled and loved on the cat mint until it is gone. So cats and plants don't play nice together around here. I have my passion vine and "cats" in the greenhouse and hope to have butterflies soon. Can I keep them in the greenhouse this winter? What do I need to provide or grow for them if I can?
I'm glad Sheila!!
Hope they grow well for ya!
Deb
Des's daughter? I swear I tried to capture that look on her face when she was told that was compost she won .... LOL bless er cute little heart.
ROFL!! Sylvia ..Priceless!
I enjoyed looking at all the Swap pictures! Thanks so much for posting them. I can see that everybody had such a good time. ;)
Lin
My Goodness you guys and gals sure had a big swap. Bet you all had fun. Fran
Well Fran~
If you feel like packing there is another RU in College Station next month, and "Dave" will be at that one.
:oD
Rob all tuckered out. LOL
This message was edited Oct 11, 2006 6:40 PM
It was nice to see everyone this weekend. I didn't get to meet everyone although I might have seen you. I came home with quite a few nice new things that I'm looking forward to growing. I came home with too much of my own stuff tho! No more sitting at the tables at the next swap. We need to have more moving around and actually taking stuff!
Josephine, thank you so much for the things you saved for me. I can't wait to plant these! I think I'll keep the BOP in a pot so that I can bring it inside in the winter since it is so small.
Thank you to everyone else for everything else!
Bob, better known as Rob, was tuckered out, but he's getting stronger every day. That's a good picture! Ted, the cannas are finally all potted. Do you have any left in your garden at all? You are a very generous person! You have made a coleus nut out of me too. I brought my beauties from the spring swap in this afternoon and will find room in the sunroom for them this winter. I have spots out of the direct sun that should make them happy. The new babies are in the greenhouse for now. It's supposed to be down in the 40's tomorrow night. Brrrr, but it's about time.
Rob plenty left where they came from. Have six more varieites for next swap. Brought all my babies in for a few days until get a warm spell. Got to take cuttings of everything as I do not have room. ted
Not sure if this will work, but here is the pictures that City_Sylvia took with my camera.
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/sheila.f@sbcglobal.net/album?.dir=/b3c4re2&.src=ph&.tok=phQpxoFBt9qJfj17
IF anyone's name is wrong please d-mail me and I will correct. Also the girls names were all running together, LOL!
Ted, that is a very good picture of Bob!
This message was edited Oct 12, 2006 6:54 AM
Love those too - we just take some great photos...
Thank you for doing those Sheila and Sylvia. Very good.
Josephine.
Sylvia, the plant I forced on you is a Mist Flower. I really love it and the butterflies love it too! It does spread and can get big and sprawling but you can cut it back or keep it in a pot.
Here's a pic of it (purple flowers)
This one spreads in full sun with little water too... just had to try one and it made it there, still bloomed all summer.
Josephine - any idea what the plant covered in white flowers right now is? Looks like an aster and I have it on the chart from you...
For some reason my blue mist didn't show up until september. I was afraid it had completely gone. I had loads of it last year and the butterflies went crazy over it. But right now I only have one small place where they came up. Anyone know what they 'don't' like so maybe I can make sure I don't do that?
Mitch, it is probably the Heath aster, Aster ericoides, aren't they neat?
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Paige, that is a lovely picture of the mist flower, you really have a neat garden.
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Nada, I don't know what the mist flower doessn't like, but I know the like plenty of water.
Josephine.
that may be the problem then... It is in a bed of stuff that I don't water hardly at all. I guess I just might have to move it.
*sigh* my beautiful blue mist hardly made it alive thru the summer....Only half of it has managed to hang on...such a shame.. : /
Great photos....! Thanks for posting all of those, guys. Wish I could have gone as well....
Melanie
That is a shame Melanie! It's such a great plant. Do you want some more? I can send you a small piece that is already rooted. It won't take long to spread. Just d-mail me!
Paige
Heath Aster - a stunning plant... reminds Esther of wedding flowers.
Blue Mist... I have some in a dryish area that might do better for you if you want some cuttings.
aww....ya'll are so incredibly sweet.. :) I think I'll see how this lone little half fares for the rest of the fall.....before I put another at risk, lol. But thank you for your generous offer... :)
Melanie ---
There are cuttings here if you are ever ready...
Mitch has LOTS of stuff.... you should have seen all the bootty he carried home from the Dallas swap! *g
lol...Nada... Thanks Mitch.. :)
oh you should come over here... one of this and one of that most to small right now for more then one cutting .. that might be that I keep cutting them ... ummm