When I went to the post office today with all of my bubble envelopes, the postman told me that they will no longer be sent as an " envelope", they are too thick and will be covered as a " package " The new rates will all be going by letter size, thickness, and over sees mailing has changed.. and non profit organizations will be getting a cheaper rate. He also told me that if I take the bubble envelopes to the desk, instead of the drop box, that they get hand stamped no matter what.. can save a few cents. any more info on the postage, would love to hear. They said they are confused on how it will all go.. a ton of changes for them all to learn.

Hiya! Been so busy haven't had time to check this thread. Didn't get to arrange any trades with anyone. Hope I can bring stuff that people would want. I have stuff like: lavender mums, white bleeding heart, sundrops, variegated artemesia, geranium of unknown name, purple flowered lamium, some 2nd year echinacea seedlings and some seedlings I've grown this year. Well, if all goes okay and I have time after my daughter's b-day party will pot some things up, and come along tomorrow. Ciao for now, Trish

I'm so sorry you couldn't find us! The marina is on the back side of the park. We were on the front side on Hwy68 or Eastchester which runs right off of I-40, no turns. It's the next drive past the Drexel Heritage Furniture building. We're going to do this again in the fall (our 2nd fall event) and I'll try to help you to find us better. Meanwhile I know a new group in High Point that's just getting started they're having a 'bring a plant' to get aquainted meeting this month. Also I have quite a bit I can share with you if you'll email me.

Hi Ginny, Until 3 years ago I had been living in a rental house, and I had slowly been putting in a couple more perennials each year. They never did very well because I wasnt about to spend much money improving the soil at a rental, but they were big enough that, when I bought my house here, I was able to dig up small divisions of the ones I wanted to take with me. I potted them and kept them in the pots until I was able to make room for them over here. Now Im improving the soil quite a bit each time I plant anything, so the plants here are starting to really take off (I have way more sun too!) Most of the ones I brought were very small divisions that were barely alive when I put them in the pots, but youd never know that looking at them now. One thing you need to know, anything "permanent" you plant at the rental becomes part of the property and is supposed to be left there when you move out. Thats why I didnt dig up the whole plants. Well, a few of them I did! My landlord didnt really know what was there anyway! But she knew I had been planting stuff, so I left enough that it looked like I was leaving "everything." So I recommend you start some perennials! When you move, you can take divisions of the ones you decide you like a lot and just leave the rest behind. If you dont want to take the time with perennials but want some color, just put in a bunch of annuals this year and start from scratch when you buy your house. (I also recommend that you check to see how much sun youre getting, where, when youre looking at houses to buy.) And most of the herbs are annuals here, so Id put in whatever you want with them, and for the ones that are hardy, you can do the same thing and take divisions with you when you move. Most of the herbs that are hardy, like oregano and thyme, spread a LOT anyway, so divisions would be really easy. I dont know how well lilacs would do in pots for a year, but I suspect not very wellbut, again, if you put them in the ground, they become part of the propertyif the landlord knows you planted them! If you want a lot more advice, start a separate "just moved to COS - need advice" thread and a lot more people will see it to help you. Glad you found us here at RMG. Singcharlene will be glad to have another ex-SoCal person around here! Welcome, Skybird