Still trying to find some ostrich ferns...surely somebody has some to trade! ;-) Sally

I can send you some multiplier onions (aka 'shallots', not scallions - scallions are the non-bulbing 'green' onions that look like chives). These are agricultural grade Dutch shallots. The cultivar name is 'Yellow Moon'. Send me an e-mail at tammyinolympia@yahoo.com. I don't need anything in trade.

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If you're patient, you can probably get some Green Mountain multiplier onions (they run out of stock fast). They came from seeds of Yellow potato onions. They're potato onions, but they set seeds more often, and the onions are a lot bigger. They still multiply. I've also heard a few times that regular onions, contrary to popular belief, can be more than biennials, and can become potato onions. I plan to experiment with that to see. In the meantime, I've been growing bunching onions. They do multiply. I like how Crimson Forest bulbs, too. They're not huge bulbs, but they're still bulbs, and big ones for bunching onions. All you have to do is plant more (or wait for them to multiply) to get more. They're pretty easy to grow and maintain. Some bunching onions and similar that you might check out include these: * Crimson Forest (already mentioned; cold-hardy) * He Shi Ko (shorter greens than Crimson Forest, but really tasty in a different way; cold-hardy) * Shimoneta Negi (Huge, leek-like plants; I'm not sure if these are cold-hardy) * Zebrune shallots (not a true shallot, since you grow it from seed, but it sounds similar to potato onions, especially since a lot of the customers at Baker Creek got round onions from it—although they're not supposed to be round; I'm not sure if these are cold-hardy, but I imagine so) * Tokyo Long White bunching onion (I hear these grow enough food to feed an army, with tall, leek-like plants; cold-hardy; I plan to order these from Baker Creek, today, although you can get them for a dollar at seedsnow.com, I think) In my personal experience, it seems like my bunching onions divide more the more years I let them divide. I suspect the same might be true with other kinds of onions. Maybe potato onions are just regular onions that are super old. They are the same species, after all—and it's somewhat of a mystery where they came from. So, I'm growing a giant onion variety for my experiment.