Hi Suzanne, Welcome to Garden Web. I thought you might like to know there is no email link on your member page, thus no way to email you. To set up your email, just go to the bottom on any page here, and click on Member Pages Then click on Edit your Personal Information, Page, and Preferences You will then probably be asked to login in again. Once there, set the drop down box to Show my email address to MEMBERS And then check the box Allow other users to send you email via forms at our site. That will place a link on your member page, and will also show your email address to members you might email about a trade. While there editing, you may want to fill in your state abbreviation. It goes in the one box provided for the garden zone. Happy Gardening and trading. Sue

They love regular Ca poppies, eschscholzia californica, that is often how I tell where a new gopher is, when I see a wilted poppy. My theory with some suceptible plants from seeds is to plant extra, so there is enough if they get attacked. When I see damage, I set a trap, the cinch traps work the best for me. When I see a mound, I am usually in the middle of another garden task, but I drop everything and set the traps, because the longer you wait, the harder to find the freshest mound. I have planted many fruit trees and my most prized plants in the bought cages, but it is so much more digging and effort to get those cages in deep and I have read that some people say they stunt plants. I think you have to be very careful to make sure the cage is filled with soil, especially the corners and around the rootball, and underneath. On my to do list is raised beds lined with hardware cloth for veggies.

breadseed is readily available in many countries, and some gorgeous-looking flowers can come from this source. although richter's has a great variety of seeds, they do not identify flower type,color,variety name, or country of origin of their poppy seeds, which they presumably sell to be grown (not eaten). in such cases it is very helpful to know the seed's provenance. actually producing medicine from poppies requires a vast number of the plants, far beyond the size of any standard garden, so i doubt that there are any real legal repercussions for everyday, true gardeners. i've seen soms in the front yards of homes in small towns, in showy gardens featured in national magazines, and along driveways and in backyards and in some cases filling entire fields (even featured in one state's travel brochures)--but no one is out there harvesting latex, either. poppy paranoia is fed in part by seed merchants who charge ridiculous rates (up to several dollars per gram!) for edible seeds, not wanting people to know these same seeds are easily available and that the plants are so easily grown.

kcannard - your poppies are very pretty. I would love to trade seeds with you. I actually have pods left from the Market that I could send you. The ones I have planted will have cross-pollinated with the other ones I have out there. Will they still be huge even though they have cross-pollinated? You can keep seeds true if you put cheesecloth on the flower. Maybe somebody can explain this for us better. My Foxgloves were very tall this year too. The white one in the background of the 1st pic was over 8 ft tall! Lauren - Thanks for the Meconopsis link. It helps a lot. Will move the seedlings slowly to dappled sun. Lauren's Grape is probably my favorite poppy so far! I also really like Drama Queen. bboy - I don't have fields of these mass planted. I don't think I will attract any attention. We live on the end of a cul-de-sac with neighbors very far away. I have seen businesses on Vashon with beautiful Opium Poppies in their planters. I also bought Lauren's Grape starts last year at our Farmer's Market. Lauren's Grape Giganteum? Pink Peony