wrf - I'm just looking for a whole bunch of good folks to come down and have a great time.

Ricky, your swap last year was the best ever for me. I meet nice people and made three truly good friends who stay in touch and seem to care about me and I amso made a special friend who shared all that wonderful salsa with me. My world has been truly made better due to the wonderful folks I met at your home and I have you to thank for that. That is why your swap comes over any other swap out there. I am slready saving my mint for gas as it will out of sight by then, but for you - it is worth it. Anything in particular you are seeking for your limited space? I am acquiring some rare seeds and such. Linda

Linda - other than Bromeliads and rare Crotons, I'm currently not allocating any space in the garden. I have around 75 crotons in three gallon cans that I will eventually move out, one way or another, and that will give me some space, mostly shade.

Just come and have fun. I love watching you guys toss plants at each other!

Ricky,
I will be there. This will be my first swap. I am looking forward to meet you and all the others. I will bring czech potatoe salad (goes wonderfully with pork), and apple strudle (also czech recipe). I would be interested in one of the pride of b.
Thanks for the invite.
Veronika

Veronika - glad to have you. Everyone will get a Pride of Barbabos.

I would really like to join you guys at this swap. It will be my first one. I am new to gardening so I don't have anything to swap with. Can I still go and what do I bring so that I can come home with some plants???? Please let me know. Thanks

Hello Veronika! My Grandpa was Czech and my Grandma was Slovak. I will be the one following you around drooling for czech food. I will also be forcing you to take plants.
Anything on your wish list? You too Misti.
Ricky, count me in!

jardinera - You will go home with plants, I guarantee it! Bring food if you like, bring friends, everyone is welcome.

Thank you sooooooooooooo much!!!! I will be there with food. I love to cook so that is great. I am looking forward to getting my garden started.
Thanks again,
susana

YEAH - Kristi is coming! *crying low sobs* I thought you would be following me around with the salsa. Guess I knew where your heart lies. *wiping nose on arm* I kinda thought we were salsa buddies, but I have been forsaken for another. *blowing nose on shirt hem* I guess I will just share my salsa with Ricky and force you to take plants home and share the pie with Ricky and *having trouble seeing screen thru the tears* just sitting in corner with head bent feeling rejected and forlorn and *ROFLMAO* It means more salsa for ME ME MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

Love you, girlfriend *hug* Got a surprise for you. Nah Nah Nah Nah *sticking out tongue* You will just have to wait to get it and I am not dropping any hints.

Ricky, darling, I will share the salsa with you and enjoy sharing your garden and making new friends who are not so fickle *L* and having a good time. Will have plants to share this time and happy about that. I can't wait. Ricky, may have something coming you may want. We will see. October hurry and get here. Linda

Hi ricky,
i would love to come and look at your yard! Doesn`t sound like I would have anything that you would be interested in.........but i can bring something to munch on.
( I willtake home some of your cuttings :)
D`Ann

D'Ann - come on down!

Hi Ricky,

I'm new to the forum, only a couple of postings, but would love to meet you all in person. Have drooled over the pic's of your yard many times, and can't wait to see it. I'm busy trying to start some cutting so I won't come totally empty handed. What type of food can I bring, (if it's ok for me to come)?

Joi

Joi - all are welcome. Bring finger food, drinks, whatever you like.

Thank you soooo much for welcoming me, Ricky!!!

I am really looking forward to this, have marked the date in Big RED letters on my calendar. This will be my first swap and I know it will be so much fun putting faces with the names. I lurked and read this forum for months before moving to our new home, so I feel that I already know everyone. Some day my 3 acres will be more than Palmettos and sand. It will never look like yours, but I can try!!! Till then it's bit by bit, plant by plant...!!

Joi

I'd love to go :)

should i bring my mom again? lol

-sb

SB if you don't bring her I'll go get her myself!
Marion

lol ok!

Coffeemom and Linda, you are so funny. Anybody can follow me or my food :-) We can kidnap the bowl of salsa, and just run around> CHi-Chi
I am first generation Czech, I do plenty of experimenting on my husband, so my cooking is getting better. Coffeemom, do you have any special favorites? (as far as food, maybe one day I can invite you for a czech dinner).
I am very much into tropicals- heliconias and gingers, edibles, and butterfly gardening.
I am puting together a list, of what I can offer to you guys.
Looking forward to meet you. Veronika

Veronika, I can not wait to meet you also and I will be behind Kristi as I like Czech food also. I will be the one carrying the bowl of salsa and we can all share. Will have to keep Kristi's drool out of it though. I may have something on your list to share with you. Believe me - you will go home with lots more plants than you ever thought possible. These are some of the most generous gardeners I have ever had the fortune to run across. They welcome you with open arms and are there for you.

Can't wait to meet all the new people. Linda

Where is the swap going to be held?

Deb

It's at Ricky's in Boca Raton. He makes the best pulled pork you ever did eat. His gardens are to die for!
Marion

Deb - the Thursday night before the swap, I put up a webpage with directions, a map, and a visitor's entry pass (we're in a gated community with a guard.) You send me an e-mail and I reply with the link.

I'm at the western end of Yamato Road (1 mile west of 441) in Boca Raton.

Boca Raton - looks like it's about 2 hours from Ft. Myers, which certainly would be doable for me! Count me in. Having recently moved down here, I won't have as much as most to trade, but I do have a green and black colocasia (or alocasia?) that's throwing out a bunch of stolons with babies...and some gro-lights that I brought down here with me that I don't have room for.....and can always throw in a few maters that I'm starting from seed generously given to me from Treefrog...

Maggie, do you know if CindeeA is going to come? She lives in the Ft Meyers area too so it might be possible to carpool.

Yeah, we met CindeeA this spring when she shared some babies with us. Nice lady (as it seems everyone here is!)

I haven't seen her post anything about coming, but I think my husband and I will make an overnight trip out of it!

Cindee has difficulty making it to swaps and things unless her DH brings her or she carpools with someone. I would go get her and bring her if it wasn't for the fact I am in the Orlando area and would have to make a trip to the west coast of Florida and then over to the east coast. Might consider it though but will have to think about it. Linda

Geeze guys..I didn't know I had a fan club! Thanks for thinking of me, my friends. It's still too early for me to plan. Depends on a lot of things, like, will I have a new job by then, will gas be $5 a gallon and how my legs will be feeling. Yet I gotta laugh, I made a list today of things I could bring. I am minimizing and have some plants, large, that I really have no love for. Oh God, the garden angels are going to strike me down for that. Maybe they will be kind if I remind them I kept the plants alive and would rather share them not dispose of them! I'll keep ya all posted. Love you guys!!!! (and Ricky's pulled pork!!!!)

Cindee~~You could always have a swap at your house! Say mid March? I'll come over and help!
Marion

Cindee. I will sweeten the pot with your very own pie to take home and I will make yours with the choloclate underneath the bourbon peacan part *waving tempting smell towards Cindee's twitching nose and watering mouth while wearing a very innocent smile* Wouldn't want to tempt you there girlfriend. *hugs* Linda

Hey Cindeea - Yeah, late October does seem a ways away to be making travel plans - but if my husband doesn't want to make a weekend trip out of going east for the swap, you certainly are welcome to ride with us!

Or I can always help you with a swap over here on our side!!!

Deb

Linda-you are toooooooooooo much! That pie would curl Dennis' toes for sure.

Marion-I been wanting to have my own swap, but I do not have near the tropical settings of everyone else. Plus it is a lot of work, but if you will help me, maybe we can do an Ides Of March swap here. I have room for you to stay even...oh yeah and a pool to float in!! Maybe we can plan on something like that. ((((Love ya marion-you are such a wonderful friend!))) Ricky, I am still not out of the running for your trade....just gotta wait n see.

Cindee, you should try the one made with macadamia nuts and pineapple rum. I used white chocolate under it and I have tried ti with coconut mixed into the chocolate. Linda

DROOL!!!!!!!!

Cindeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee, be careful there, darling. My screen is getting foggy from all that drool and it is dripping onto my keyboard. *L*

I dont have a trade list ready yet
but wanted to know if anyone wants ilang ilang,
miracle fruit,
or parrots beak? (Gmelina philipensis) seeds.

Or just say the word and i can try to start the seeds and have them ready for the swap.

-sillybugs

Sillybugs - I'll start a trade list right after labor day as a separate thread. But I'm interested in those seeds.

Sillybugs, I would love some of the miracle fruit. That would be great. I will post my trading list, to see if you would like something I have.
Veronika

This swap is sounding like so much fun! Nice to have some newbies joining the fun! You all will get hooked! I will try to get some purple and some lavender firespike plants rooted.
SB ~ Please put me in for the miracle fruit and parrot's beak. And if they are rooted already, I will be thrilled!
MsMarion! Are you ready to carpool?
Kat

ok got you all listed :)

Sillybugs:

I'd love some ilang ilang if you still have some - seed is fine if you don't have time to start it. I am just loving the way it is so easy to get seeds started down here!

However, I'm one of the newbies without too much to trade, but will have a few things on my list!

Bumpity bump bump

Sillybugs - I am very interested in those seeds too. I am a newbee so I don't have much to trade.
Thanks
susana

no prob. :)

I put together a list of what I have to offer for the swap. If anybody is interested in any of these, let me know.
Blue glory bower (Clerodendrum ugandense)
Firecracker plant (Russelia equisetiformis)
Scarlet milkweed (Asclepias curassavica)
Yellow bells (Tecoma stans)
Coral vine (Antigonon leptopus)
Mexican flame vine (Senecio confus)-butterfly nectar
Malabar spinach (Basella rubrum)
Pyrosia longifolia fern
Virginia chain fern (Woodwardia virginica)
Sword fern (nephrolepsis exaltata)
Heliconia psittacorum Lady DI
Large orange heliconia (I don't know the name yet)
Pendant Lobster claw heliconia (Heliconia rostrata)
Moringa oleifera
Coral bush ( Jatropha multifida)- nectar loved my zebra but.
Costus purple gueen (Costus erythrophyllus)
Costus stepladder (Costus malortieanus)
Hedychium Sagigake
Curcuma Coco top
Curcuma kimono
Alpinia pinstripe (Alpinia fromosana)
Zingiber creamy way
Candle bush (Senna alata)
Pitaya - Dragon fruit (physical graffity var.)
Ming aralia (Polyscias fruticosa)
fennel
stevia (stevia rebaudiana)

I can post pictures upon request.
Let me know. Veronika

Veronika-
wow what a list! i love every single plant on it LOL

is the Pendant Lobster claw heliconia,
Hedychium Sagigake and Zingiber stil avail?

I'm gonna put up a full list this weekend.
What i have on it so far is
miracle fruit seeds (synsepalum dulcificum)
and ilang ilang seeds.

Veronika - please transfer your list to the new thread. Thanks.

OK, silly bugs I have got you down for those three.
I guess this thread is being moved to another one.
Veronika

Sillybugs,
I would love a ilang ilang and a miracle fruit, either seeds or seedling. Is there anything you're looking for? I probably won't get around to posting a list of what I'm going to bring for at least another couple of weeks cause I'm a bit swamped at the moment. Is your mom going to come again? Tell her I said hi!

Thanks Veronika :)
i hope there will be stuff in my list you like!

wanna run- i'll bring you some of those (i already started a few of each hopefully they will take) but i have plenty of back up seeds too.

Ive been thinking about beautyberry, but overall have no idea what im looking for its just an addiction,
i grow what i can get LOL

and yes mom will be there :)