Have had several folks email for directions: Please feel free to post and make some pre arranged trades if you'd like. I'll have a bunch of plants for trading/taking. Iris Raspberry Blush Iris Blue Denim dwarf Iris Smell the Roses dwarf Iris Jewel Baby Dwarf Various Daylilies Creeping Jenny Liriope Sedums One or two starts of hardy dutchmans pipe vine variegated petesites (very aggressive plant) Lots of lily of the valley Justa a couple of lilies; Stargazer and Cancun Various Hosta (I collect hosta there are over 1000 in my woodland garden) Some things will be limited in quantity, others I have in abundance ;) and lots of other stuff... if anyone wants to "put their names on" anything specific ahead of time just drop me and email and I'll send you a better more specific list. I'm always looking for woodland/shade plants to go in the "hosta garden", but also have sunny gardens and a veggie garden.

My box from Melissa arrived today! Inside was a very nice basket full of great stuff! Lots of chocolate goodies, which the kids immediately tried to talk me out of ... don't think so, LOL! Lilac and lavender scented candle Sharpie marker (thank you, thank you, my old one was just about dried up, and I use them for labeling my wintersown containers) Cute little notepad that says "If you pray for rain, be prepared to deal with some mud." (Love it!) Green metal turtle windchimes (very cute) Pair of heavy duty leather palm gloves (Boy did I need some of these! My husband's work gloves are way too big, and regular canvas or cloth garden gloves just aren't tough enough for some jobs.) In addition to all of these goodies, there were tons of seeds in the basket too: Greencrop bush beans Henderson bush lima beans Early Sunglow corn Parade cucumber (can't believe you found one I didn't already have) Poona Kheera cucumber (grew it for the first time last year. They were very large, and crisp, almost melon-like, and a very good producer.) Sakata's Sweet melon (Can't wait to try this one!) Orangeglo watermelon (on my wishlist) Louisiana Green Velvet okra (our nights might be too cool, but I'm going to try it anyway - I miss fried okra!) Burgess Buttercup squash Cocozelle squash (I almost sent this one to you too, LOL) Mini Bell Yellow pepper (Would you believe I grew a Mini-Belle Mix last year, and only got red and chocolate, no yellow, so thank you!) Czech's Excellent tomato (new to me, yippee!) Nature's Riddle tomato (also new to me!) Emerald Evergreen tomato (yep, didn't have that one either) Wow!!! I am so pleased and thankful for the wonderful box of goodies you sent. Thank you very much, Melissa! Bonnie (who plans on keeping those chocolates for herself!)

Hi everyone. Peppers: Leave them alone. I used to hve trouble with them too and then last year I planted a zillion b/c I always have so much trouble with bell peppers. Well, I did not amend the soil this year and I really did not water as often. I think the biggie is that before I treated them like my tomatoes. I watered the same and fed the same. Last year it dawned on me that these are a southwest native. In other words, they LIKE a lot of heat and can be on the dry side. Let them be. Esp. if you are getting lots of lush foliage but not fruit. This means you are feeding too much or the bed is too rich. This was m exp. last year and when I planted zillions, I did not need that many. I still have baggies in the freezer of them. Carrots. I have trouble with them too. I can gro beats and radishes like a magazine picture. But for some reason my carrots don't tend to do much of anything. Last year I actually had long skinny root but they did not grow like supposed to. But that was better than previous years when they sprouted nd then went kaput.

I have 3 named Iris I'd love to trade! Is it too late to join? I have Glazed Gold, a brillant yellow tall Iris, Sultan's Place, a deep maroon Iris, and Hi-Ho Silver, a pure white rebloomer. The sultan & Hi-Ho are medium tall Iris. I'm having trouble with changing my preferences and will possibly have to unsubscribe, then rejoin under another name. But meanwhile, I'd love to trade. My email is prairieskygarden@aol.com Here is a link that might be useful: My prairie garden in Northeast Kansas