thanks to everyone who has emailed me so far - if anyone else is interested, here is my trade list: I can give you as many as you like (not sure what is the norm. If I were trying a variety, I would ask for maybe 8 and save seed if I liked it, maybe you have a bigger number in mind, thatÂs fine as long as I have them.) Black Prince Big Rainbow Brandywine Pink Yellow Pear Emerald Evergreen Polish heart Marglobe Principe Borghese Golden Jubilee San Marzano Red Sausage Huang Se Chieh 'Moon Yellow" Orange Banana I can only spare, I think 3 seeds of these and then I will take them off the list (I didn't save them for whatever reason!). Amish Paste Ponderosa Red Jersey Devil Black Krim I also have a commercial pack of 30 seeds, says it is a mixture of red, white, pink, purple and orange beefsteak heirloom tomatoes. This kind of pack is how I got into growing heirloom tomatoes, itÂs fun to try and identify them. ItÂs yours if you want it! Beefsteaks make the best BLTs! These are not "tomatoes" but I included them just in case. Luther Burbank's WonderBerries Purple Tomatillos Green Tomatillos Hot Peppers Anaheim Hot (Many trades) Sweet Hungarian Wax (20 seeds) Red Cherry Hot Pepper (abt 25 seeds) Hot Jalapeno (2 trades of 8 seeds) Long Hot Cayenne (Many) Ancho Pepper (mild) (2 trades of 8) Serrano Hot (2 trades of 8) Thai Hot (2 trades of 8) Orange Habanero (1 trade of 6) Red Habanero(1 trade of 6) White Habanero (1 trade of 6) Anaheim Mild (2 trades of 8) Big Jim Hot (2 trades of 8) Sweet Peppers California Wonder Green Pepper(1 trade of 8) Golden Sweet Bell(1 trade of 8) Sweet Cherry Pepper(1 trade of 8) Purple Sweet (1 trade of 8) Sweet Red (1 trade of 8) Sweet Baby Bell (1 trade of 8) Marconi Red (5 trades of 8) Vegs: Mary Washington Asparagus (seed) (My dad told me he is buying me crowns) Turnip, Purple Top (I accidentally ordered an extra bag and now I have over a thousand) Herbs Basil, Cinnamon Basil, Dwarf Greek Basil, Genovese - pesto Basil, Italian - pesto Basil, Lemon Basil, Lime Basil, Osmin (purple) Basil, Sacred/Holy (India) Basil, Spicy Globe Basil, Sweet Chives Cilantro Dill Echinacea Purpura Fennel, Bulbing Florence Oregano, Greek Parsley, Curled Moss Rosemary Sage, Garden Savory, Summer Annual: Love-in-a-puff (Cardiospermum halicacabum), vine

Correct, R/U kills stuff by the plants growing themselves to death. Some farmers add liquid nitrogen fertilizer to the mix to make it work more quickly and effectively. This is not exactly correct. Glyphosate, the active ingredient in RoundUp, inhibits the development of amino acids in plants, in particular an enzyme that regulates the production of proteins - without the abilty to generate proteins, the plant starves, not "grows to death" :-) A plant does need to be in active growth for the product to be properly effective. Your lawn is likely not dead but merely dormant, as most PNW lawns want to be at this time of year (and yes, no Bermuda grass around here). Just watering it deeply a couple times of week for several weeks should bring it back to life without the need to fertilize. You can fertilize if you want but it is not necessary. And don't use liquid nitrogen, even if you can get your hands on it -- it is highly volatile, readily combustable if exposed to flame and will instantly freeze anything it comes into contact with (apologies to glenam - I'm sure that's not what you intended to recommend :-)). It is extremely difficult to spray RU over a large lawn area without producing some sort of drift which can/will damage any desired plants. If you layer newspaper under the areas to be graveled or prior to filling raised beds, it will effectively smother the currently dormant grass - countless gardeners have used this method with excellent results. Another, better than RU alternative is to use a sod cutter or simply turn up and turn over the sod - the exposed roots will quickly perish and you will have a great organic base to your beds. Or use the removed sod to add to your compost pile. Since you intend to remove the treated lawn and compost it anyway, why not just skip the treatment (spraying with RoundUp) and remove the sod now? It would be no more difficult now than to wait until the lawn is truly dead from the RU application.

I completely agree with everything Fran just said and more. I have been watching this amazing woman for three years now juggle family, job and this tremendous plant sale. She goes to work at 4:30 AM at Costco and then sells plants when she gets done work until she needs to go home and take care of her two youngest children. She is instilling a sense of community service in her children - they all participate from potting plants, growing seeds, painting pots and selling plants. The are a wonderful family! What was gratifying to see this year was the volume of repeat customers and referrals. So many people said "you don't have to tell me - I've been coming here for years", "I come every year to support you (Michelle) and the Childrens' Hospital". New for me at least were the non Costco members who found out about the crazy plant lady from Costco members who bought from her before and recommended them to buy from Michelle. The network is also expanding so hopefully more people will volunteer to help Michelle and her family. I can't say enough about how much effort Michelle and her family put in to making this event a huge success and she deserves every ounce of credit for its accomplishments. It is an honor and pleasure for me to be associated with Michelle and her family in this endeavor.

Oh Michele, hon, you're not going wrong. I have a big problem with both the "N" and the "W" words. My kids learned really young with the "N" word, I use to smack them in the back of the head for it and they would even hear me say something to my parents, who are very old, deep southern, about that word. Like you, I find it degrading and rude as all daylights. It's used in the derogatory fashion, not the true definition of the word, which has no racial connotations.So they know well and better than to use it, but to be honest, each of my older boys tried it again when they hit pre-teen and at about mid-teen and still got smacked. Tiffy still hasn't tried it since she was young and heard her grandmother spout it. She's almost 15 now. I don't doubt that Vincent and Devin will try it again at least during one phase or the other. And they'll get smacked and talked to seriously at that time. Tommy and Jarret tried the "W" word when they were young teens, it had just become the latest "hot" word. After trying,and failing, to convince me that I was just behind, they never said it in front of me again. I told them that I found it as degrading as I did the "N" word and the "B" word to describe women in general. I don't physically discipline my kids very often, so when I do, they know it's serious. And more so once I explain the meaning of the word and why it's degrading and show them the correlation between it and other degrading words. Like Tommy likes to wear his ballcap backwards, does that make him the "W" word? Jarret likes rap, does that make the "W" word apply? They all use slang any more, so the same question again. Once they realize that it doesn't really apply to them and they wouldn't want others applying it because it would hurt their feelings, they stop using it... at least in my hearing. The same as using the word gay. Some people live the way they live regardless of whether others approve or not, as is their right in this country. Applying a label to them doesn't help the situation. My kids eventually learned to use a person's name when speaking about them, not applying labels, at least when talking to me or where they think I can hear. I keep adding that part because two of them are completely grown, so their choices are their own, but if nothing else, perhaps they will remember what I've taught them :)And at least I can sleep at night knowing that I did what I could to prevent another bigot in this world. And once they're grown, that's all we have. Hugs, Kathy~ getting off her soapbox.