Perhaps the folks over on the California Gardening forum can help. They's be far more familiar with local store sources. Seeds are readily available online. Dave

Try valueseeds for inexpensive seeds. It is the clearance outlet for T&M. Shipping is a flat fee of $1.99 and all seeds are .99 cents or less. The seeds are sent without the outside packet so you have to do some work in getting the instructions for planting and growing but it is all found on the website. They list new seeds a couple of times a year so you have to keep an eye out for the new listings. Some sought after items sell out almost overnight. Shipping is quick and well done. spiderwoman

"i suppose if there was a website that had pictures of various korean vegetables, i could sit down with her and find out which ones she desired the most." Here are a couple places you might check: The Evergreen YH that zeedman mentions has several things specifically listed as Korean: http://www.evergreenseeds.com/ AgroHaitai is another source of Asian seeds. I don't remember if they have anything noted as Korean, but there may be vegetables there your girlfriend knows of, just with a different name. Kitazawa Seed lists names for several of their vegetables in different languages. They also have a mail order catalogue, which might be easier to browse through.

Aloha all, my surgery went very well, so TY very much if you prayed for me. :) The surgical staff were only expecting one problem and they found 2. They did a great job, everything considered. I am still healing up and sore in spots, but despite this I already feel tons better than I did before I had the operation. :) I'm very grateful my health is turning around. About water chestnuts- I don't have a water garden (or water chestnuts) right now but I used to grow them when I lived in Calif. Some large cities such as San Francisco, CA and Houston, TX have a Chinatown. In Chinatown there are Asian veggie markets that sell fresh, unpeeled water chestnuts when they are in season. If you put an unpeeled fresh water chestnut in a water garden it can grow and multiply. Also, water chestnut is sold by a website that specializes in water plants. If you want the specific info please email me, so I can avoid spamming everyone with a merchant URL.