Belinda here is her email addy, if you would like to contact her aturner10@tampabay.rr.com
I had a lady in the last swap I did, that couldn't post, so I posted what she had and it worked out okay. You could email her and ask her if she still wants to send the seeds to you for this swap, but that is up to you.
Everybody, have a good day,
Connie
CLOSED: Easter Seed Swap - - It's Time! :-)
Jane,
I will be glad to dmail her addy to you...........give me just a few minutes and I'll zip it your direction.
Connie, great idea. I will email her today and find out what she wants to do. Will let everyone know what she prefers to do.
Hope that all of you have a terrific weekend,
Belinda
Thanks Belinda............take your time....I'm not in a rush......just whenever you have time.
Jane
Jane, did you get your dmail ok? :) Also, I talked to Allison and she does still want to do the swap, thrilled that I tracked her down - - - and I will respond for her from here on out.
Belinda,
Yes I received your dmail.......thanks so much for taking the time out of your busy day to send it.
I will get her a very special card made and on it's way to cheer her up a bit.
Jane
Jane, you are most welcome as it was no trouble. :) Allison will appreciate the special card, I'm sure. Hope that you have a very nice weekend.
moretz ~ I received your package today and OH MY how cute! What a good idea!!!!! :) You guys have given me terrific ideas for future swaps! Thanks for that! :-)
Belinda
I came across this earlier and had to share with all of you. Dave is working on a new addition, sort of "a bloom a day" type of concept. Check it out: [HYPERLINK@bloom.com]; it is my understanding that he will also be adding a button at the bottom of the home page to view the new pics daily. I hope you all enjoy it!
Belinda
Good Monday morning to all of you! So sorry I was away from my puter all weekend, but the weather was simply too nice, so I played outside in the dirt all weekend. Finally got a few more flowerbeds ready to go. Now only a couple more and I'll be ready for Spring! HOORAY!
I did return all my dmail to each of you this morning ~ thanks for your patience. :) I wish each of you a terrific week!
Belinda
Question for all of you ladies ~ have any of you grown black bamboo or brugmansia from seed? I have tried and failed in the past and would value any tips anyone has to offer. :) Thanks a bunch!
brugs ( i think) are easy from seeds never tried the bamboo,i would prefure a plant unless the seeds where free lol
i have taken them out of there "shell" and they seem to germinate faster but will germinate with the "shell" but will take longer,they like to be warm to germinate i think it is like 75 degrees, ihave some coming up right now and they stay like 75-80 during the day and like 50 @ night,theyre in the gh so i hope this helps
moretz, thank you for that. I think that maybe I have kept my brugs too hot, maybe???? I had them over a heat mat and it seemed to stay 85+ when I checked it. As for the bamboo, it was indeed free; but seems impossible to start! Grrrrr. :0) I'll keep trying - - - - I simply refuse to give up!
texas see if you can find anything helpfull on here about the bamboo
http://www.backyardgardener.com/tm.html
Great link, moretz.....THANK YOU so much for helping me. :-) You've saved me from another day of frustration with attempting those darn seeds! lol Truly, thank you.
Hope ya'll think this is cute...it was posted on the booktrading site I use=)
http://egg.d21c.com/egg.swf
heres the update on my mom
http://davesgarden.com/forums/t/699593/
wont be posting on here much sorry
Very cute, dmac085! Thanks for the link!!!
Donna that is really cute, thanks for the link
Too cute, Donna; I love to send stuff like that around to all my email friends - - thanks for sharing! ☺
moretz, thanks for sharing the update on your mom with us...........my prayers are with you and your family.
Susan51 - I received your BE yesterday and took a peek ................... CUTE idea. I wondered when someone would cleverly use that product (keeping them a secret). ☺☺☺ Thanks for sending them in so soon and for letting me know they were on the way. My mailman visits my door daily here lately - - - I'm sure he needs the exercise! LOLOLOL Hope all of you have a great day!
Belinda
hey girlfriend!
did you get my be in yet? i haven't heard so i hope it's not lost on it's way somewhere.
plmk,
silkie
Hey Silkie (gf) ~
I haven't received your BE yet - - - - maybe tomorrow???? I'll let you know as soon as I get it. I need to send your BE back to you early, because obviously it is going to take a while to get from Texas to PA! ☻ GGRRRR, the po. You just never know, do you!
ttfn,
Belinda
it took a bit for yours to get here too but i think it was shorter. i think i sent it on the 29th, i'm glad i sent it early. hopefully tomarrow or soon. i have 2 international trades that have been weeks and still not come in yet so let's cross our fingers for the best they all make it safe and sound without crushed seeds. that would be aweful to wait so long and have something happen to them.
hey, just send our trade back with my easter be i didn't think to tell ya that before. since i'm sending yours back with my swap it will save us both on postage if that's ok with you.
lmk,
silkie
Hey Silkie ~
I'm hoping that today your BE will get here - - - good grief it is taking a terribly LONG time. I hope that it isn't lost and smushed up somewhere...........that would be the worst ever. :( About your seeds for the trade, I sent them to you on the 7th. I hated for you to wait so long to get them - - - and I didn't mind going ahead and sending them. Thanks for offering that. Hope that you have a great day and I 'll talk to you soon!
ttfn,
Belinda
So I see I missed out on the bunny hope....lol Guess my little wiskers radar wasnt working right.
Hi all and just so you all know Belinda will rub her good fortune of weather right in your nose.....lol
Guess what sweetie.....I received that package of weather you sent my way today, it was 64 degrees today whooooooohooooooo loved it. Grabbed the chaps and coat and jumped across the motorcycle today OMG it was so refreshing. Thank you love I needed that. Ofcourse we were so busy unloading all that rock for the pond that DH bought that I didnt get to enjoy it much. Told him if he bought another, just 1 more rock I was gonna kill him.
So hows the bunny hop going???? Hope everyone receives lots of goodies.
I walked the gardens today and My Tulips, Narcassus, Hyasinth, are all popping thier little bunny ears right up through the ground. :) :) :)
Happy Times
Becky glad to hear you are having somewarmer weather, hop it along this way some, will ya hon :o)
Also good to see you posting around, haven't seen ya in a while.
Happy Gardening
Connie
pepsidrinker aka cegoins :o)
Hey ya Connie nice to see ya. I have been on DG lots just not been talkative, But I missed all of ya. Didnt see y'all around. Guess I was hybenating along with the bears.....lol No really I do hybernate. I hate winter.
And BTW why ya go and change your name on me. Now I gotta retrain the brain. And do ya know what that is like at my age. Come on now I have old timers and I got it bad....lol
Guess I could change mine to DrPepper drinker....lol hate Pepsi....yucko But I wuvs you.
Belinda hope you dont mind but everyone check this out I ordered 10 lbs. http://davesgarden.com/forums/t/698140/
Boy it is great to see all my friends here and start chatting again. Belinda sent enough Weather for me to share so the evelope of Weather is in the bunnies pouch on its way to ya.
Beck
Hey Beck, dh drinks DrPepper :o) matter fact so does my dd... I can drink that, but only once in a great while. It is really good to have you posting again, next time don't stop posting so long ;-} And oh, I pretty much hybernate too, these old bones can't take the cold... It is so nice that the weather is finally starting to change...
Hoppy Gardening you all
Connie
Hi All - Belinda has very kindly let me personalize the seeds I send in, so I've sent you all a dmail with my list - I hope you'll take a look at it and let me know if there's anything there that you would like to have. So many of us have swapped together that I'm trying to avoid anyone getting back any seeds they may have sent in. I have other seeds, and those of you who have your trade lists up with your wants may get something more interesting.
Thanks for making an allowance here, and I look forward to hearing from everyone via dmail - soon :)
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Edited to add: am now out of:
Aquilegia Navy Blue 05 trade
Aristolochia elegans Sheran swap 06
Canna Omega (Sheran Xmas swap 06 - TexasGardenMom)
Cosmos Orange (Feb 07 swap - either Makshi or Susan 51)
Datura 'Ballerina' white double (Sheran swap - Frausnow 06)
Gaillardia 'Arizona Sun' ((Alicewho's WinterSow swap 06 - Happy_Macomb 11/06)
Iris pseudacorus (tall, yellow water iris - did wonderfully in a shady pond here, but it got to be "too" wonderful) (Alicewho's WinterSow swap 06)
Limnanthes douglasii (Poached Egg Plant) (Feb 07 swap)
"Paradise Bird, Dwarf Flamboyant, orange & yellow" (names of trader or plant identity not given - from late 06 swap)
Penstemon digitalis 'Husker's Red' (Alicewho's WinterSow swap 06)
Stokesia laevia (Stoke's Aster) (rwmedic 11/06)
Yucca (Adams Needle) (rwmedic 06)
Zinnia 'Envy' (Xeramtheum - 7 viable seeds)
Zinnia (Xeramtheum swap - 10 viable seeds)
Pandora jasminoides z9a (from the Fragrant Plant RR received 2/24/06) (from another swap 06)
Russelia equisetum "sow on top of soil; blooms year round 2006" z9a (from 06 trade - Sheran swap)
Thanks to all who answered - still have seed "looking for a good home". Does anyone in this swap live where annual rainfall & humidity is low? or somewhere else where "consistent moisture is required" ??
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Edited on Tuesday, March 13, 2007 4:45 am -
Just wanted to let everyone know that List #3 is closed and that the following remain on List #2:
Althea (Rose of Sharon) - 1 trade
Ammi majus - 1 trade
Aquilegia "Purple Columbine" - 1 trade
Cynara - 1 trade - let me warn again that this has become a very invasive thistle in some places
Datura - single white - 3 trades
Heliopsis helianthoides 'Scabra' (- 3 trades (This yellow daisy is adaptable to such a wide range of conditions; it's a sun lover but does well in more shade than might be expected; very long blooming; would be pretty mixed with other yellows to set off contrasting shapes of flowers - for example, imagine this daisy with a yellow yarrow and a yellow daylily set off with misty green fennel and a white sage or bellflower. Gertrude Jekyll used to sow an early bloomer like poppies near her sunflowers and then pull the stalks over the poppies (toward the front of the border) when they went to seed later in summer - the sunflowers would bloom horizontally all along the stems at the leaf axils.)
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Belinda, The envelope will be on its way to you Tuesday, One of the envelopes inside has your name on it :o) also the monkshood is in it...
Connie
I think everybody is finally getting better so will send my be out Tues. Thanks for be patient.
Happy, Hoppy Monday to ALL of you ~ ~ ~ SO thrilled to log on and see all these posts on our thread! Beck - - - I told you that I had some good weather tucked safely inside of your envie! There was a reason I warned you to open it carefully~glad it made it there and did what it was suppose to! ☺☺☺ Wooo hoooooo, girl I can just see you on your cycle with the wind blowing your hair - - - what a ride. Too fun............take a spin for me, would you????? btw, I would love to see pics of your pond once completed - - - would ya share with us?
Connie, I will keep an eye out for your envie - - - thanks again for the monkshood. I've got its new spot all ready to go!
Karen, I would love to have your Gaillardia 'Arizona Sun', if it is still available..........you have dmail. Thanks! ☺
Robyn, you are fast! So glad that your crew is getting better.........will let you know when I've received your envie. Hope all of you have a terrific day today - -
Belinda
Hi Belinda, I sent out my BE today. We had a touch of spring here today finally. I used to live in Missouri and this is the time of year I miss the wide open spaces for gardens and my chickens.
Lots of plotting going on here though for when the snow melts. ;) Thanks for doing this. This is my first "Big Swap" and I'm enjoying the excitement.
Cyndie
Belinda, I forgot to put on the note that I wanted confirmation when you send it back to me. Dang I knew I'd forget something rofl... You will have 2 BE coming your way. The one for this swap and the St Patty's one. I hope you get them both together ;o)
Okay gotta get. tty later,
Connie
Just wanted to alert everyone I just updated my post of March 10, 8:37 pm.
Belinda, hope you got your dmail - the Gaillardia is yours...have been in touch with Allison but haven't heard back from her yet. I'm going ahead and making up packets for everyone whether I hear from them or not - the sooner I get these seeds off the sooner I can get out into the garden and back to wintersowing. We still have some snow remaining from little "Matterhorns" where we piled our snow shovelings, but the mice have left us one blooming snow crocus, and as far as I'm concerned, spring has finally arrived here.
Does anyone participate in other seed exchanges? I participated in the North American Rock Garden Society ( http://www.nargs.org/index.html ) for the first time, and they have a huge selection that includes many low growing plants that are great for a small garden or for edging or low carpeting or other more ordinary garden situations - not all are minute little tufts needing a morraine or scree - but you can make a rock garden in shade, and they have quite a few plants native to our Eastern woodlands (not to mention primroses!) wonderful for a shady hill (like mine). I would start studying their list now so that you can join and maybe donate some seed next fall and be ready to pounce on their 2008 list when it comes out in late December - everything's on a first-come, first-served basis.
Another one I've heard about but not participated in is the Hardy Plant Society, but I may not have the proper name here. The only one I could find was http://www.hardyplant.org/ , but they don't seem to put much, if any, emphasis on a seed exchange. Does anyone know of any other hardy plant seed exchanges?
Anyhoo, am including a small fraction of seed from some of NARGS' packets I just received to give you an idea about what they have - which is dependent on seed donations that come from all over the world. They might not appreciate a tall annual sunflower, but they did accept my seed of tall, mixed sweet william. A major contributor of seed is Panayoti Kelaidis, the director/curator of an internationally famous rock garden near Denver Colorado. In a picture of that garden I saw some years ago, people were walking through paths of blooming alpines while snow-covered mountain peaks rose in the distance. We can't all garden on a mountain top in the Rockies, but you will be surprised at the range and adaptability of seed available from NARGS.
cyndie - - - thanks for the heads up on your BE...........can't wait to peek inside! So glad you are enjoying your first big swap, I absolutely love these things! I absolutely LOVE this time of the year ~ my world is full of new things...........new plants, new blooms, new chickies, new guineas.......the list goes on and on. Too bad it doesn't stay like this!
Connie - I will add you to my confirmation list. Thanks for reminding me.......I might have forgot to ask down the road. I'll watch for both BE's to come zipping along - - - can't wait to open them! ☺☺☺
Karen, girlfriend do you ever sleep????? 4:28 am? I am an early-bird, but my goodness you definitely get the worm for that! :-) Thanks for the info on the seed exchanges, I am going to check into both of those today. Sounds like the rock one would work great around my fish pond - - - it is all rock garden out there.
Also, I received kat7 & silkie's BE's yesterday and you two BOTH did a fantastic job! :-) kat7, I have to ask..........did you make that "gift" that you sent? I peeked, and it is gorgeous.............fill me in when you have time..........I love that type of stuff! (trying not to give too much away here!)
Hope each of you has a wonderful day today..........Belinda
oh, thank goodness i thought it got lost in the mail. i sent your wonka swap out just now so you get it faster since it takes awhile to get from me to you. it has tracking on it but dh hasn't come back yet from the po. i hope you like all your goodies, trade and extras. i had lots of fun doing it!!!
thanks bunchies!!
mary
silkie
HOW exciting ~ ~ ~ ~thanks millions silkie! :-) I am like a kid in a candy store when I receive a new BE in the mail with all that good stuff in it! I too am having LOTS of fun with the Easter swap; amazed by the generousity of fellow DGers. :-) I will let you know as soon as receive the BE from you - - - thanks a bunch Mary! ☺☺☺
Belinda
K Belinda, they are on there way and your confirmations are *drum roll please lol*
One is coming priority and one is first class, let me know which gets there first lol
# 0306 2400 0001 7551 1104 priority
# 0306 2400 0001 7551 1081 first class
Thanks a bunch for doing this swap and being a part of the St Patty's one :o)
Hoppy Gardening,
Connie
Thanks Connie for going to the trouble of doing all those confirmations, I really do appreciate it. You wait and see, that silly first class one will get here before the priority one! LOL Will keep you posted on the outcome. Thanks for hopping in on this swap, I have thoroughly enjoyed hosting it - - - Hoppy gardening right back at ya!
Belinda
The be is on it's way Belinda. You should get it in about 3 or 4 days. The mail goes to 2 or 3 different little towns before they even get to the big city to leave MO. lol
I hope I put everything in it. I had 10 different packages going out today, very confusing!! : )