I would love to give your soap a try. A friend of mine gave me some a couple of years ago that I really enjoyed, and I would like to sample others. I have some of the plants you listed on your want list potted up - still have to dig the comfrey, but I'm hoping DH will help with that since it's a bit difficult to dig. He helps a lot so I'm sure he will accomodate me.

There's not enough room to do it tailgate-style so we unload onto a grassy (make that weedy, but mowed!) area. I have wheelbarrows, a garden cart and a garden tractor with a trailer for people to use. I try to set up a "freebie" area and you're welcome to put anything there that you don't want to take home. All of mine except for what's promised to people is free for the taking. I don't think we have to worry about too much sun tomorrow, but there is some shade if you need it. We set up a canopy with a table for the pot luck, and I also have lawn tables and chairs for your convenience. Any special plants you only want to trade for something special, please keep to one side. Things get a little loose and mistakes can happen when you're wandering from person to person. I encourage people to take cuttings and volunteers from my yard and garden so I have potting soil, pots and tools. I hope you have a great time since I think we're about the nicest bunch of people you'll ever meet! By the way, if you need a phone number, let me know and I'll e-mail it to you. Wouldn't want you to get lost, you know. Barb

Hi treepalm.. I would love to trade for your painted fern.Please check my list and see if you would like anything there. Marie

We set aside a yucca and a black mondo grass. Wish I could bring more than one mondo grass, but I bought ten plants to divide and sell next spring, so you're getting one that was left over after I filled the flats. We aren't really looking for anything special, but I wouldn't turn down a Russian sage. Oh, and I forgot to tell you - do you remember that plant we dug out of your garden last spring that we couldn't identify? I feel certain it is a catchfly (Silene). It's doing very well. The pulmonaria you dug up for Mom and me are doing very well, too. Some of the baby pulmonarias I've gotten from you in past trades put on a growth spurt this last summer, and have caught up with the plant we dug last May. And the seedling sea hollies you gave me have really grown! Do you have more seedlings?