I had no idea this conversation was so active the day of the swap! I missed all the Friday chatter. Happy, sorry i didn't respond about the tomatoes. I did manage to pick up six different ones, however, for which i got in trouble. *big grin* Mone, I didn't get any Annabelle's. I'll maybe drive over this weekend. My patio is getting finished today and then i'll have plenty more room where I want to put the Annabelle. Annette - I didn't say bye to you because i couldn't find you! As always, wonderful seeing you! LilBlossom - someone saved me Lamium, but if you got there at 6:30, we must have crossed paths because that's about the time I left. if it's still at Ellen's or Esther's, I will drive back for it. I have plenty of space. I didn't pick up too much this year, though my mom did. I figured i'd have to defend the quantity of plants I brought home and decided the fight i'd take on was over the tomatoes. HAHA OH, on that note, if I just bought an heirloom tomato, could i just pluck out the seeds and plant them? is it really that easy? Thanks all! -Rolando

Beautiful snowscape, Franeli! I love your ice pictures, Claire, although your trees and bushes were probably less enthused about their frozen crystaline outerwear. My gardens are buried beneath at least 15" of snow. In between clearing away the white stuff, knocking down massive icicles, and nursing my poor back from the daily effort, I trudged through the deep snow to take these poor quality photos. (My tripod doesn't hold still very well in snow for long exposures.) Looking down through the pines at the back of our house and our colored lights. Walking with the dogs around the snowblown looped path is like a tour through an elvish wonderland. It's some compensation for the difficulties of winter. I hope the New Year is kind to all my fellow New England gardeners. Cheers!

we have rocks, they are just ground up really tiny and called sand LOL! Rocks and cupcakes, now those are trades! Jim is as excited as I am about the rocks. Forgot Lisa on my list! How did that happen? Ya`ll weren`t gonna tell me either, they are my cupcakes, mine! all mine! I`ll share. Lisa: cupcakes FOR: whatever you want!, take it all! What can I dig up out of the yard for you? Tally HO!

Would anyone be interested in vegetable sets? I have quite a few left after planting my garden. I also have some rooted purslane cuttings and plan to root some cuttings this weekend from my Lady Banks rose bush.You can find out about varieties here. -> http://happenings.hereinmygarden.com/