What sort of problem are you having? You should be able to post to the exchange portion of this forum the same way you post to this discussion portion. When you click the small text link to "Exchanges" at the top of the message list, what happens?

THIS IS WHAT I FIRST GET WHEN I GO TO POST (AND I AM LOGGED IN)

Post a Follow-Up

Please Note: Only registered members from Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Alaska and British Columbia are able to post messages here (this may be indicated by the title of the forum. All exchanges not indicated otherwise are restricted to those living in the U.S.)

If you are a member from an area mentioned above, please log in.

THEN I GET THIS on the next screen:

Welcome mermaidmama!
Member pages allow users to share information about themselves, plants and seeds they would like to trade, etc.

See Your Member Page

Edit Your Page and Preferences

Change Your User Name, Password or Email Address

List & Edit Your Journal Entries

Edit Your Exchange Lists

Linking to Your Page

Contributions & Subscribing Membership

Giving a Gift Subscription

Search for Members

Search Members Exchange Lists

Log Out

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Linking to Your Page
The URL for your member page is:

http://members.gardenweb.com/members/mermaidmama

The URL for your journal is:

http://hortiplex.gardenweb.com/jour/mermaidmama

The URL for your exchange list is:

http://members.gardenweb.com/members/exch/mermaidmama

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Birthdays!

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Hmm. It sounds like you're trying to post a message to a different forum. Can you show us the URL of the exchange forum to which you are trying to post? Copy and paste the URL to your next reply here, please.

In case you're ending up at an exchange page other than the one here on the Iris Forum, here's the link to our iris-specific exchange page:

Go here:

http://members.gardenweb.com/members/

Click on:

Edit Your Page and Preferences

and where the pink part of the screen is make sure it says United States and that you've selected a state. To use the garden exchanges, you must identify your country, and if you live in the U.S., Canada, or Australia, your state/province as well

then go to the Exchanges forum and click on post a message. you might need to log back in but the ability to post should be there once you've selected your country and state