Yes "habitat_garderner" I will sign up. Thanks for sharing this thread.

At what temperature is pollin viable? I have been growing pumpkins for 40 years here in Alaska and am having trouble producing and using what pollin there is to set the fruit. We are having an unusualally cool summer.

Looking for cannon ball, banana, canteen and apple gourds from this past season that can be used for seeds.

Wow! I received my seeds yesterday...a day filled with many not so fun errands and chores. Sorting through the seed assortment was a great way to unwind and relax afterwards. It was fun to google a LOT of cool, new-to-me, varieties. The black seeds from shark fin squash are so unusual. At first I thought they had been spray painted! I'm not sure if they will set fruit at my latitude, but we'll see. I'll be sure to try the leaves and shoots, also. The patterns on the Nippon Island Squash are weird. It's fun just to look at the seeds, but I'll plant them next spring :). I'm looking forward to growing and sampling the hulless seeds from the Kakai pumpkin.....and growing many other varieties. Maybe more of the lawn will be disappearing ;) Thanks julia and everyone else who traded.