I have some seeds from Israel. The plants are about a foot tall and have deep blue beautiful blooms about an inch in size. I am looking for Salvia apiana (white sage) and Pinyon Pine, I would really prefer a tree but will settle for seeds.

Sounds like you had lots and lots of the Asian ladybug that was around in mass numbers a few years ago in New England, several years ago as my 28 year old daughter was still in school then. If I remember the story correctly, they where imported to this country to help out with insect control and it was believed that they didn't survive. It was found that they had and in mass numbers and they, more than the ladybugs that were here all along, have an attraction to light colored exterior homes, especially white, as well as white walls and in the fall they would cover both inside and outside of light colored homes in mass droves, looking for entryways into the home for the winter. My home is white exterior and the walls of my daughters room where white at the time and her bedroom was on a west facing side of the house. All disaster for her and her room. Her room was infested with the beetles and I was vacuuming them up in her room, the walls, the floors the furniture, even in her bed for about 3 weeks and then they where gone. Gone, that is, until the spring. Then these wonderful asian ladybugs reappeared all over the inside of her room as if I had never vacuumed them up. they where coming out of any and all crevices that they had gone into for the winter and we had to keep her bedroom windows open and the screens up all day, every day for about a week. Since that year, and it seems to me that she was in middle school then, we have not had a problem like that repeat itself. We just would get the occasional ladybug in the house. That is as long as I didn't need them to eat the aphids. The years that I did, well none where to be seen. A was talking with a friend of ours that is a farmer and he reminded me of one method to try and keep some ladybugs around over the winter for next year. Get some corn stalks, if you don't grow corn, or use your own if you do. Let them dry out, and then place them on top of your garden beds in the fall. You only need a couple of stalks per bed and you can cut them down to fit the bed if need be. Leave them there all winter and spring until you are ready to clean up the beds. Apparently ladybugs love to stay under and around the corn stalks for the winter and come spring, are very content that you provided them a place to winter over and will stay in your beds. That's my plan for the fall. Corn stalks in the beds for the winter. If lucky ladybugs in the spring and I won't have to buy them. Fran

Hi Virtuo, Sure, i will post a picture,the batteries are dead on my camara right now, but just as soon as they are charged, i will post a picture ok? Hi Trudi, Yes, i did alot of HOS,from the milk jugs,it worked out fine,i was a little wasteful,after planting SOOOOOO many seedlings, i placed to many in one spot, just to get them planted,but, being my first year,every thing was really lovely,not a lot that bloomed,(i am hoping this year)but i was very happy with what i did, so much so, i am doing it again this year.I have some very special streaked hosta seed i am hoping will come up for me,:0) I have not started to do any sowing yet,but plan on it the first of the year.Way to busy right now.It's nice to be back again,you guys are all great. Carol

Ianna, sorry, I wasn't ignoring you - for some reason these posts aren't making it to my email, and I have no idea why. I just happened to notice extra posts to my original post, while reading everyone's haves and wants messages! I have some gourd seeds coming. The reason why I wondered about leaf size is that I'm growing them on my deck. The deck is HOT and they should grow like crazy. I want to weave the leaves in and out of the railings. Just thought it would be a cool way to get some green on the deck! Now, off to check my gardenweb settings....