VegJoe Have three / four Osage Orange seedlings I wintersowed/germinated and just put outside in pots. I don't have enough room for them. Would trade them if you are interested. E.me at gndavis@peoplepc.com irisman646

I'm moving to the country and I want to get a head start on growing some Osage Orange trees. I don't really have much to trade right now, but if someone out there has some to trade I can look at their list and see if I have what they want. Thanks! Tony

I have a whole osage orange fruit that I can send you. I'd be interested in trading you for clary sage, borage, or feverfew, or all three if you wan to find other things on my list that you might want. Sending you an email. Thanks, Grace

I don't think osage-orange is toxic, and it's gross enough that I don't think enough of it could be eaten to do any harm...yuck ! I've taken seed from mature fruit, it IS a pain in the neck. The best luck I"ve had is when I forgot and left a bag out all winter on my porch. The plastic bag leaked a nasty ooz (which only took a couple of years to come off the wooden floor), but the next spring I put on a pair of the blue nitril gloves and squezed through the slop sort of like separating pumpkin seeds from the pulp, but, alot nastier. After there was a pile of more seed than yucky stuff, I put it in a sieve and rinsed it for ages under running water, then dried them on a cookie sheet. I have quite a few seedlings going, I think they are neet little trees, but I do have to back you up on the seed gathering being a real pain-in-the-neck thing to do! Did you know the trees were used in place of fence since they are tough, fast growing, and even cattle won't fight the thorns? Also Native Americans made an orange dye from the roots, and I think they used the wood for bows. One of my hobbies is wood carving, and from those circles I've seen some beautiful sculptures done from the wood!