Hi Denise, I have parsley (can you root from a branch of it?), have enough mint (chocolate mint and spearmint) to share. I also have a bronze fennel - can you get a piece to root? I think we can also get seeds from it soon. I also have catmint and should be able to have lavender to share with you later this year or next as well. I finally got one blue bird to move into the area. Maybe because I put a suit feeder out this year for the first time? I wonder... I local for you - in Wake Forest :-) Thanks Jean jnhidden@yahoo.com

Hi, I have some herbs/veggie seeds. What are your "other" seeds?

Mealy bugs can be gotten rid of by touching them with a Q-tip dipped in rubbing alcohol. You have to do it every other day until the problem is gone, because the alcohol only kills the live bugs and not the eggs. So you keep on doing it until you get the ones which have newly hatched. To keep flying bugs away from indoor plants, stick a garlic clove or two into each pot. When the garlic gets too high, snip it off and use it in a salad.

I need seeds or starts of meadowsweet, european mandrake, cinquefoil, dittany of crete, mullein, flax, coltsfoot, orris, mugwort, fennel, and parsley. Check my trade list. I also have many gardening books to trade. Thank you very much! Denise (e-mail me at d.tmilton@mindspring.com)