your email must be in non functional mode---replied to your email on the 12th----have PP cactus cuttings boxed and ready to go to you---with a surprise (peanut cactus cuttings too) let me know if you still want them

The prickly pear is the large padded spineless one. It's a collection of pads that broke off some bigger ones last year, stuck in a 3 gallon pot. It's been neglected and forgotten way out back, but they're all rooted well and growing. Can't kill them. I have eaten moringa leaves, flowers and green tips. Quickly sauteed/steamed with a bit of garlic and oil. Tastse a lot like broccoli raab to me. Very nice. Mine's blooming now too. Unfortunately I forgot to pick the "drumsticks" when they were green, so I missed out on trying those this year. But I've got a bunch of seeds now! Need any? Anyone? I'll plant a few for trade parties, and probably plant another one or two here. Gonna try to keep them trimmed and bushy, since they do like to grow tall and loose. I'd love to try one of your good papayas. Been eating a lot of them lately myself. Audrey's got lots and I've got lots of the small red fruited Hawaiian variety. I'll trade ya. Yesterday I made a bunch of carambola jelly! It turned out perfectly! Golden, clear and delicious. Had to do something with so many ripe at once. Even with 4 neighborhood kids coming by daily for a few each, we couldn't keep up. I wonder if the tortoise would like some? And you too of course.

I'm in Oklahoma City and have lots of pads (three to four pads per cut) of a very cold hardy nearly spineless large blue padded Texas variety englemanni that gets huge yellow flowers and juicy red/purple pears, is fast growing and gets about 4ft tall and wide. Also, some good sized cholla cuttings from New Mexico that gets large also and has magenta flowers. email me at eleusa@cox.net if you are interested.

Do you still have anything available? I would be interested in any of the plants, or the rectangular pots, but don't have much to offer. I have a bunch of Bromeliad pups(don't know what kind, but they'll root anywhere) that are green with hints of purple, and a tiny Cryptanthus Bromeliad pup(hasn't rooted yet). I also have a couple extra Daffodils(Paperwhites) that are just starting to put up leaves, or could take a couple cuttings of my Hoya nummularioides. And I live pretty close to where you are, I'm right on the Beltway. My email is katliketheef at yahoo . com :)