Hi everybody! I'm glad you're all happy with your seeds! It's always a lot of fun hosting these things and seeing all the different varieties that people send in, so thanks to all of you for participating! Garden_love, I got your package sent back to my address today. It looks like the label with your address came off, so the envelope had my address on it again (it was under the label). Anyhow, I'll send it back out tomorrow. Happy Gardening! -Julia

Yowsah! My seeds arrived yesterday! Man-O-man, what a tremendously generous amount, and such an impressive variety! I mean "Elbonian Mud Ball"? "Zogola"? "Shadow Boxing"? "Black Pineapple"? "Casino Chips"? "Seattle Wooly Blue Mammoth"? "Kosovo"? "Stump of the World"? Wow! - Thanks so much everyone, and especially to you, Gary, for hosting this! Totally awsome!! :)

Well, it looks like I won't have much to offer up in the Bean Swap this year. I planted lots of varieties of beans, and they're getting totally fried by this unusually hot and dry summer we've been having (even for TEXAS!). I just can't keep up with watering them enough and a lot of them are shriveling up and dying with no production. I have harvested a total of three Cherokee Trail of Tears benas and three Blue Coco beans. Yes, THREE BEANS each. The rest of my bean plants are just struggling to survive. Bummer. (Don't ask about how my other crops are doing. Especially the garlic. Oh, my poor garlic!)

This swap is now open in the Round Robin Exchange. Closing date to join is Feb 14.