Hi Tom! I see you have a page and a wish list started. Good job. Now if I sound bossy or start to sound like an IRS agent spitting out rules--that's not what I'm trying to do. Can you do a couple things? 1. Set up your messaging. When you click on our usernames (such as canyonwind (9) above, it will take you to her page. In the top right corner is a rectangle marked "Message". You can email her directly, ask her a question, propose a seed trade, give the other person your address to send you seeds--and it's not on the public thread with the weirdos and stalkers. As long as you're setting things up go to your username and add a number behind your name. Once again using canyonwind (9) as an example. That means she lives in USDA hardiness zone 9. I live in zone 4/5. That makes it easier for us to know if the seeds we have will do well in your area. The larger the number the warmer the climate. You can google your USDA hardiness zone. Now that you know your zone...you can work on your wishlist. If you are in zone 4/5 like myself you will know that anything tropical dies in the fall. If I want tropical seeds I know I'll have to grow it indoors or plant it as an annual. What kind of Want List? There's no right or wrong. Why make a Wish List? Because it gives the rest of us information. If you have 3 kinds of marigolds on your list we might offer you another variety. If you have annuals on your list we might offer you some of those. Also include what you DON'T want. Example: No prairie grasses or daylilies, please. Now...FOTESS is a group. It stands for Friends of the Earth Simple Swaps. We swap just about every month. If you are back here at this place find 2018 January Fotess thread. Usually next month's post will be put up the end of the earlier month. We love new people...but as with everything there's a process. You can post on the thread that you're interested in this month's swap or you can click on sandlapper or sjc's username and email them through Houzz. We just don't want someone who says they will swap, but doesn't follow through so we make sure there's a back up plan so nobody's left out. Just like second grade--everybody wins. Keep asking questions! Heidi

" I'm thinking last years pepper was a cross or possibly a seed from a different type of pepper that made it into the seed pack." Peppers crossed during grow will not exhibit any cross pollination traits so IMO it was a mixed seed.

What if we are not on facebook? Will there be anything on Gardenweb?

These are my seeds from the last few years. Not sure there's enough seeds in all packets to trade. If any of the regular posters want some of these I can snail mail packets. Alyssum carpet of snow Alyssum, carpet of snow Alyssum, royal carpet Arugula Bachelor's Button, tall blend Basil, sweet thai Bean, Blauhilde Bean, blue lake pole Bean, kentucky wonder pole Bean, kentucky wonder pole Bean, Royal burgundy bush Bean, Trail of tears pole Beans, Blue Lake pole Beans, chinese red noodle Beans, Thai Purple podded yard Bee balm , lemon Beet, Chioggia Beet, Detroit Dark Red Beets, early wonder Bok Choy, Purple lady Buckwheat, rose red soba Cabbage, Brunswick Cabbage, Chirimen hakusai Cabbage, One Kilo slow bolt Canton Bok Cardinal climber Coriander Cosmos Cosmos, Bright Lights Blend Coy sum Cucumber, boston pickling Cucumber, burpless garden sweet Cucumber, homemade pickles Cucumber, Lemon Cucumber, marketmore 76 Cucumber, spacemaster Cucumber, straight 8 Cucumber, straight eight Cucumber, straight eight Cucumis sativus Dill, Bouquet Dill, Dukat Eggplant, Bianca rosa Eggplant, Lista de gandia Eggplant, Thai purple ribbed Grass, Little Bluestem Hardy Kiwi Juneberry Kale, dwarf siberian Kale, red russian Kale, scarlet Komatsuma Lettuce, Paris island Melon, alacati Melon, American melon honey rock Melon, Crenshaw Melon, edens gem Mustard, MiikeTakana Mustard, red giant Okra, clemson spineless Onion, He Shi Ko – Bunching Onions, bunching Peas, Lincoln Peas, Lincoln progress 9 Peas, unknown Pepper, Big Thai hybrid Pepper, Botineka Zuta Pepper, Jalapeno early Pepper, Jalapeno Gigantia Pepper, Kung Pao hybrid Pepper, liptick Pepper, Poblano Radicchio Radish, Minowase Snapdragon, dwarf mix Spinach, bloomsdale Spinach, Lavewa Sunflower, mammoth Sunflower, mammoth greystripe Sunflower, prairie Summer Squash, Crockneck sunny supersett Tatsoi Tatsoi Tomatillo, pineapple Tomatillo, purple Tomato, Beefsteak Tomato, beefsteak Tomato, purple russian Tomato, roma Tomato, San Marzano Watermelon, golden midget Watermelon, golden midget collected 2019 Winter Squash Buttercrop burgess Winter Squash, ambar Winter squash, butternut rogosa violina gioia Winter Squash, Butternut Waltham Winter Squash, spaghetti Winter Squash, Waltham butternut Pink Lupine African Marigold Larkspur These are what I recently ordered Ailsa Craig Onion Ajvarski, Sweet Pepper Anaheim Pepper Ananas Noire or Black Pineapple Tomato Australian Brown Onion Big Jim Hot Pepper Buttercrunch Lettuce Carentan Leek China Rose Radish Chocolate Beauty Pepper Criolla De Cocina Pepper FRISÉE Endive or Curly Endive Green Lemon Balm Hungarian Heart Tomato Japanese Long Cucumber Lemon Spice Jalapeño Lunix Lettuce Marjoram Merlot Lettuce Mizuna, 605 Summer Oak Leaf Lettuce Orach, Red Pacific Beauty Mix Calendula Purpurea Echinacea Pusa Asita Black Carrot Quadrato D'Asti Rosso Pepper Pepper Red Marconi Rosita Eggplant Round Black Spanish Radish Sheepnose Pimento Pepper St. Valery Carrot White Hailstone Radish White Horehound