How do you get access to the rest of the catalog only available to members? Thanks! If you've just recently purchased a Seed Savers Exchange membership (as your thread title indicates), you would have missed the 2008 Yearbook mailing as it is normally mailed in Feb. There are three publications. The Yearbook, Summer Edition, and Harvest Edition. You can join at any time of the year, but your membership starts with the most recent publication. In your case, that should be the Summer Edition. So I think you'll get the Summer Edition, the Harvest Edition, and the 2009 Yearbook sent to you for your one year membership. You might be able to ask if they would be willing to send you the 2008 Yearbook, but if you do that, I doubt you will be able to get the 2009 one too unless you renew before it goes out next year. Also, cutoff on requests is June 1, unless the listing member specifies otherwise (and most don't), so request time is almost over for the 2008 Yearbook. Hope this helps. Here is a link that might be useful: SSE membership, publication listing in description

Josh, Let's see...I think they are mostly pale green ones. I have lots of solid blues. And I already have quite a few darker greens like Fallen Angel, Elvis Lives, Invincible, Krossa Regal, some nice Lakesides, etc. The new ones are: Niagara Falls Jimmy Crack Corn Lime Piecrust Sun Power Now, there is one more I'm looking/lusting for and I don't know what it is! I saw an extremely dark green hosta, close to black, shiny, roundish leaves in a 48" wide mound in the display gardens at the Winter Greenhouse in Winter, WI. It was unmarked and NO ONE at the green house knew what it was! The color reminds me of Mr. Big but the leaf shape isn't right. Char

Sue, you go to "account", and then "privacy" and there are 5 subgroups you can choose from. You go into each of them, and change from the default to the selection you want, and then you click on "save". I don't think you'll have a problem being selected into the group... and IF you did, it would only because because the request wasn't noticed right away. It's my understanding that KT members aren't "filtered" to see who of us will be accepted, just that it's a private group to KT members only. Hope I explained that well.

I've learned something new today about the Christmas Cactus. I will keep that in mind. Oh, you asked about the Lilac Vapor paint. It is (gasp!) a Dutch Boy paint. I know this is not a brand that is touted too much on other forums, but I've had very good luck with it. It's not too expensive; it goes on so smoothly, and in my experience, it wears like iron. I have never had a problem with washing it, either. What more could you want from a paint? I have it mixed at Menard's (a northern chain similar to Home Depot, Lowe's, etc.) in their "Dimensions" base in a satin finish. I may have used egg shell on the AF Base. The label says the base is "Designer White, DB 676-03 The colorant is OZ 48, E PH Blue 9, and V Magenta 12. I can take a photo of the label if you like. It also says DC024 Lilac Vapor (Old). The formula must have changed slightly since 2004. I had the old 2004 chip when I ordered new paint in 2008. I looked at one of the new "Lilac Vapor" chips and saw the numbers were different, so he used my old chip to mix the paint. I love it. I used Benjamin Moore's "Cotton Balls" for the white trim in that room. It's not a bad paint; but it didn't go on, wear, or wash any better than the Dutch Boy.