Well it looks like this it the finally list: TODAY'S UPDATE and FINAL LIST OF MEMBERS: 01. ncgardengirl-Fran***** 02. medontdo-Michele 03. markcase1964-Mark***** 04. lgslgs-Lynda 05. misskimmie-Kim 06. conniesc-Connie***** 07. heatherbon-Heather 08. dirtdiggin-Toni***** 09. gardeningbingo 10. grolikecrazy-Chris***** 11. douglasls-Lisa 12. beverlysc-Bev 13. aphroditelaughs-Ellie 14. sissifriss-Myriah***** 15. chellflower-Chell***** 16. mary_grether-Mary 17. poisondartfrog-Alana***** 18. grovespirit-Iris 19. lindaruzicka-Linda***** 20. angelady-Angela***** 21. dimples31312-Dorothy 22. strmywthr3-Barbi 23. smokymist-Cheryl***** 24. jas_il-Jasmine 25. kristlindgren-Kris 26. ishareflowers-Lisa***** 27. purpleacres-Tracy***** 28. countrygirl_sc-Gail 29. fleethart-Fleety 30. hmacdona-Heather***** 31. echinaceamaniac-Clint 32. lakedallasmary-Mary 33. diana_lynn-Diana Lynn 34. smitties 35. ashle999 36. yotetrapper***** 37. mcbdz-Pattie 38. graanieb-Bea 39. sassybutterfly_2008-Wendy***** 40. threeshyacres-Jodi***** 41. blue_ivy-Tola 42. ibartoo-Linda 43. jaleeisa-Kathy***** 44. molanic-Molanic 45. rane_grow-Iris 46.gardenmom2-Nichol 47. southerncharm1-Kathy SC1 48. kilngod-Tina***** 49. luvgardening2-Nancy***** 50. rbrady-Rhonda***** 51. dessieb-Dessie I will be emailing out my address shortly IF you do not have an email from me PLEASE make sure you email me for my address. Thanks so much I am sure we all are going to enjoy this swap. :) Fran

Hello! Wanted to let you know that Veggie Volume will be in the mail today! WOW! You all did wonderful and there are so many wonderful things in there! Here is the packing list of what everyone sent in to share.... ChefLisbeth's List 1) Lettuce, Romaine, "Winter Density" 2) Beans, Bush "Nickel" 3) Lettuce, Romaine "Little Gem" 4) Broccoli, "Early Purple Sprouting" 5) Spinach, spring/fall "Bloomsdale Savoy" 6) Basil, Lime 7) Swiss Chard "Bright Lights" 8) Cauliflower "Snow Crown Hybrid" 9) Kale "Winter Red" Spinach, summer "Correnta Hybrid" Lettuce, oakleaf "Salad Bowl" Swiss Chard "Fordhook Giant" Pea, snow pea "Oregon sugar pod II" PatrobÂs List 1. winter squash/pumpkin 'Long Island Cheese' 2. winter squash 'Lakota' 3. winter squash/pumpkin 'Red Warty Thing' 4. winter squash/pumpkin 'Jarrahdale' 5. zucchini 'Zuchetta Rampicante' aka 'Tromboncini' 6. okra 'Cowhorn' 7. carrot 'Candy Stick' 8. cantaloupe 'Amish' 9. parsley, Italian flat leaf pea 'Green Arrow' 11.Crowder peas mixed leaf lettuce 'Chioggia' beets MeMesFlowers List Flor De Mayo Sweetpeas Alaska english peas Queretaro Black Beans Mayo Coba beans Painted melon Casaba Melon Crenshaw melon Cantaloupe Hales best Peter Pepper String bean Tenderbean Improved Hales Best HappyskunkÂs list Bean Barbarossa - Ingegnoli Bean Scuba - Ingegnoli Bean Allegria - Ingegnoli Bean Trionfo Violetto - Ingegnoli Chick Peas Black Kabuli - Gold Mine Natural Food Co. Basil Mammouth - Ingegnoli Pepper Carmagnola Rosso - Franchi Pepper Friggitello - Franchi Pepper Piccante Di Caienna - Ingegnoli Tomato Red Pear - Ingegnoli Tomato Principe Borghese - Ingegnoli Tomato Marmande VF - Franchi Tomato Costoluto Fiorentino - Franchi Radish - Purple - German company (note from cheflisbeth - ÂVery Kewl! Tomato - Hillbilly Potato leaf Tomato - Berkeley TyeDye Tomato - Beauty King Tomato - Russian - Korneevsky Pink Tomato - Russian - Wild Rose Melon - Ukrainian - Zolotistaya Melon - Ukrainian - Kazachka LadyAcres List Heirloom pumpkin mix Honey rock cantaloupe bugarian carrot hot pepper canary mellon king and queen watermellon mystery winter squash Sunflower - Snackster Taxi tomato heirloom tomato mix salad cucumbers orange sun bell pepper minesota midget mellon ShayÂs List Red Shine Citron Indian Corn Crook neck squash Pumpkin Garden Basil Triple Curled Parsley Long island Mammoth Dill German Johnson Tomato Black Brandywine Tomato Blackbean snaps Marglobe tomato Collards - Georgia Southern Cauliflower - snowball

CUPID Valentine's FEB. SWAP SEEDS with the names _____included in their titles: Cupid Heart Love Valentine Pink Flowing Red Flowering Flowers Veggies Chocolate OR Chocolate SCENTED Homemade card Ok is that it? If anyone can think of something else to include then let me know. OK, IF you choose to include other items that is entirely up to you and in no way is required. This is something that is meant to be fun for us, friendship oriented, and non-costly, so if a homecard and seeds are all you can do then please only do this. We all understand, and WE PICKED THIS IDEA to do and AGREED TO DO IT CHEAPLY! DO NOT FORGET TO INCLUDE A HOMEMADE CARD, THIS CAN BE ANYTHING YOU CAN THINK OF. FANCY, FRILLY, A PIECE OF PAPER WITH HEARTS ON IT. WHATEVER YOU CAN DO, CHEAP AND EASY. HOWEVER YOU CHOOSE....ALSO WE HAVE THE WHOLE MONTH OF FEBRUARY TO SEND THIS IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE THERE BEFORE FEB. 14 IT IS JUST THE THEME WE ARE USING. OK? :) Fran

Amy, LOL. I am the same way. Even when the little voice in my head tells me that I should be starting seeds at a certain point, I often ignore the little voice in my head. Not necessarily on purpose, but just because I procrastinate and put things off sometimes. Another reason that early planting doesn't work for me is the wildlife. If the plants in my garden are the only green things around, they're going to be devoured by every creature that can reach them. I've seen wild birds peck new lettuce plants to death as quickly as they emerge from the soil So, if I am planting early, you can bet I'm either putting bird netting or row cover over hoops over the beds where tiny seedlings are emerging from the soil. I also will leave some winter weeds in beds adjacent to where the cool-season plants are growing. The winter weeds can distract the wild creatures from tiny emerging seedlings. Charles, One of my favorite seed-starting and transplanting schedules (actually it is a series of schedules) if found in John Jeavon's incredible book "How To Grow More Vegetables...." (the title alone is book-length). It not only tells you what seeds to sow weekly, but which ones to be transplanting each week. I also have used the schedules in Texas Gardener magazine. I use whatever TG zone number that Gainesville is in, because that's the TX city closest to me. Still, schedules aside, what matters to me in, let's say, the month of January is whether we're having days in the 50s and nights in the 20s or days in the 70s and nights in the 30s or 40s. The worst thing in my little world is to have flats and flats and flats of seedlings that need to go into the ground and to have the outdoor conditions not quite right for them yet. The greenhouse helps, but it gets much too hot on sunny winter days (even with 50% shade cloth covering it) for it to be a good holding place for cool-season seedlings. Seedlings that stay in containers too long get rootbound and then are slowly to adapt when transplanted. If I could sow seeds indoors whenever I wanted, I'd sow the cool-season ones on Nov 1st and the warm-season ones on Dec 1st to ensure I could rush young plants into the ground in late December through late January if we're having a warm winter. The problem is the word "if", because maybe January and February end up being extra-cold and nothing can go into the ground until early March. When I buy that handful of purchased tomato plants (usually purchased at the Lowe's in Lewisville) in late January or early February, based on their size at that point, I think their seeds were sown around November 1st....or, if cutting grown, their cuttings were rooted in early December. Young seedlings held indoors too long, even under lights, have a tendency to become etiolated (what we commonly all 'leggy') and that weakens them, so I tend to be a late planter to avoid that. One thing that I think is fun to do is to scatter-sow greens seeds on top of the soil in a prepared, raised bed around December 1st. I don't cover them with soil. I just firmly press them down into the soil and pack it down by patting it with my hands. If I water at all, I just mist lightly. Then, I leave the bed alone to see what happens. Sometimes they sprout early, sometimes they sprout late, but the timing of when they sprout tells me a lot more about my outdoor growing conditions than whatever is going on with thermometers, weather reports and forecasts. I also watch to see when poppies and larkspur (which reseed themselves here) germinate. Those sorts of things feed into my intuitive mental schedule about what to do when. Dawn