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Wanted: yellow summer squash & dill's atlantic giant pumpkin....

16 years ago

I'm new on here. I just moved from NM to PA... my yard is naked except some ruffled daffodils I dug and put in the yard! We're working on putting in a pretty big veggie garden and it occurred to me that I'm missing Yellow summer squash, dill's atlantic giant pumpkins (or any giant pumpkin) and lumina pumpkins...OH! And our little boy wants ALL KINDS of onions!! (he's 7 and yes, he eats them like apples!!)

I have several things to trade:

Some of those ruffled daffodil bulbs!!;-)

pink ruffled poppy

red corn poppy

money plant

pink delight butterfly bush

mixed poppy

polar bear zinnia

wildflower mix (commercial)

dark pink cleome

lilliput zinnia

sparky marigold (commercial)

baby's breath (commercial)

bachelor buttons (commercial)

purple prickly pear cactus

green prickly pear cactus

crackerjack marigold (Commercial)

small orange 'maple leaf' morning glory

roma tomatoes (commercial)

ace 55 tomatoes (commercial)

beefsteak tomatoes (commercial)

candyturt

purple columbine

large single white datura

white W/ purple center datura

golden chain tree

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Comments (2)

sassybutterfly_2008
16 years ago
Hi there! I'd love to trade with you :)

I have onion seeds, crookneck and straightneck yellow squash AND Dill's Atl Pumpkin seeds, another variety of large pumpkin AND the lumina pumpkin :) I also have some great watermelons and unusual types of tomatoes.

I would LOVE some of those ruffled daffodil bulbs, pink delight butterfly bush, small orange 'maple leaf' morning glory, candyturt (tuft? lol), purple columbine, white W/ purple center datura, and golden chain tree.

Please let me know if you'd like to work out a trade. I'm sure I can come up with enough to make it an even trade, and throw in a few bonus seeds too :)

Thanks,
Wendy / sassybutterfly_2008
llbean
16 years ago
Hi. I have 15 Atlantic dills harvested from my 600 pounder last year.
I am interested in pink delight butterfly bush

Laura
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