I also don't have any cactus but would love to send you postage for some pine tree seedlings. Email me at mamahack@hotmail.com if that would work. thanks much.

I discovered more of these buggers in my yard. I'm not going to bother trying to trade these like last time. I want them GONE! Haha. As indicated in the title, these are baby babies. Only an inch or two tall. There are a few larger ones that I can try digging up if you like. I am unsure of how many there are, so I am doing this as a First Come, First Served deal. Tell me how many you would like. A small flat rate box will be required for the accommodation of seedlings & cushioning. Small flat rate boxes are $5.80. I do not have PayPal. POST HERE BEFORE EMAILING.

Wow, that's good news. Didn't previously know that Loblolly trees would retain their lower branches when they were old, even if they got enough sun. When originally researching if a loblolly tree would do well in the area, I only saw photos of lobloly trees with tall clean trunks and nice top growth canopies. I thought they looked good that way, but over the years that mine have been growing, I've found that they also look very good with nearly no clean lower trunk. So I know what you mean, misssberry and alavamatreehugger. So I guess at least for the next 10 years or so, the now well established Shumard oak, pecan and Foster holly trees that I planted about 20 feet east of the original rows of Loblolly trees, still might not be developed enough to prevent morning sun from accessing my loblolly trees. With this in mind, guess it is a good thing that the freezing rain event that happened last winter did break some of them and that it motivated me to remove the damaged ones, which ended up creating open spaces in the previously solid line. Now with that original staggered two rows having been changed into two groups of 3 trees each and one group of two remaining shorter and less well developed ones still growing on the southern end of the Loblolly row; this has opened up a view that reveals the beauty of the fruiting Foster holly trees, which I am letting grow naturally into mostly whatever form their conditions motivate them to develop. This has allowed for the female Fosters to become so thickly covered with red berries that the birds never seem to have been able to significantly strip their berries all winter long. It's nice to be able to enjoy the beauty of those berries now. Guess the two Ponderosa pines I planted late Summer of '07 will end up staying full for quite a while, also. These are planted along the southern most part of the lot's eastern border, and they are behind the grouped loblolly trees, but still shifted over far enough just south to most likely not receive much if any afternoon shade from the two shorter, less well developed loblolly trees I mentioned weren't damaged by the ice and which are still growing in the line about 20-25 feet west of the east border.

Tell me you're free this Friday evening. I'll let you dig them out. I have many requests for palm seeds so I'll place 10 000 seeds from pruned palms at the Gorge waterway park on both the Saanich and Esquimalt sides as I take a walk to see how the eucalyptus and palms are doing in the area. Palm enthusiasts will just grab the bluish seeds from park benches and tables when they take a Saturday or Sunday walk. I have thousands of seeds to get rid of every year and I know that southwestern British Columbia residents actually purchase these seeds. Let's put waste to use. I sometimes need to clear bracts that total 50 000 seeds from mature Windmill palms in Greater Victoria. I used to hand thousands of seeds to a palm grower who grew pups but he can't handle the volume of seeds.