We are up in Bellingham. I can't go to the green elephant as we are moving house (again) and that will be the first weekend in our new rental, so I need to work on that. Plus we can't really afford to drive that far right now - you know how tight things can get with security deposits and moving vans and ugh - luckily it's a nice little house with space in back for a garden - I'm very excited about that. I love the idea of the Green Elephant - I'd never heard of such a thing. I will definitely keep my eyes open for the next one and hopefully will have some items to bring to the swap. Plus I'm a great cook, and see that trading for food seems to be a welcome thing ;-) Perhaps next year!

Good morning CityGirl. If you've an interest in squash or pumpkins, there are two SASE/SASBE offers on the Pumpkins, Squash & Gourds Forum. Happy gardening! Here is a link that might be useful: Pumpkins, Squash & Gourds Forum

5 looks like a creeping Verbena to me, 7 looks like a silver or variegated thyme (thus the reason we need larger photos) and I agree that 6 looks like alyssum, 8 like rosemary, 3 like chive, and 4 petunia. One and two don't look like culinary herbs to me - perhaps purple and white alyssum? If you can post each of the original photos in its own followup to this post, you should get confirmation.

Thanks everyone for your comments with the helpful information! The zone number I'm at is 10b (35-40F). I planted bell peppers and peas. My kids have been growing their broccoli plants since February and now they are big plants but I recently noticed inchworms started nibbling on the leaves. I just keep squishing them, I don't want to use any "natural" spray from Home Depot, and not sure what I can make at home that would be safe to get rid of the worms and put the netting over it afterwards. I bought protecting netting and hopefully it will protect the strawberries I bought today and prevent the butterflies from sitting and laying the eggs.