Ginny why don't you check out the Mid-Atlantic gardening forum. It's not terribly busy but there's another plant swap coming up the end of Sept. I went to my first one in May and had a blast and met some very nice people. The last swap and the one coming up are in Montgomery County, MD, not too far from you. I also grow mainly tropicals. It's terrible being in zone 7 and growing zone 10 plants. lol Oct and May are killer months for me because that's when everything gets moved either in or out. lol Karyn

Im hosting a perennial plant swap Sept. 1st at East China Twp. park @ 10am at pavilion 3, on Recor Rd. near the softball fields, and would love to meet some gardeners in my area. I am new to the area and have lots of unusual plants I would love to trade with friends nearby. Bring a garden related door prize and receive a garden goodie. Im in Marine City. Is there anyone out here in gardenweb world that lives near me?

I'm sorry I forgot to list the plants she lost. She mentioned green and variegated Swedish Ivy, something called Devil's Ivy, Coffee, and said her jade looked pretty bad.

In this market I would show the house myself and have. The way I feel, they contacted you wanting to see the house, and you can respond that you are having the OH such & such date but if you can't make that, you can show you the house. Hubby was getting tires put on his truck, the guy that works there asked if our house was for sale and told hubby how much his wife loves our yard. Hubby told them to stop by & they did. They've driven by on numerous occasions, a few weeks ago, hubby was outside, they stopped to talk about the house. They were still interested but couldn't get the mortgage. Had we sent them to our agent or had they counted on "their agent" I don't think they would have even made an appointment to walk the house. We've shown the house to people we sort of knew a few times but nothing came of it. What did I have to lose? We were on the market about 9 months, as a seller I had to decide how aggressive I was going to be. If we did end up selling, my agent would have gotten his commission anyway. If they used my agent, it was considered an in house sale and I'd already negotiated commission. We had 2 offers from people that can't access our MLS system. Apparently, they saw our house on realtor.com, but it's possible they got there via something I did. I made my own fliers when it was time to get serious about selling, as our new house was ready. I posted on Craigslists and even linked to my realtor.com page in my forum profile (not here). In the end, our house ended up selling while others are sitting, not getting any showings. You do what you have to do. If they were strangers, then I would send them to my agent.