Hello i am a new member and i want half of your trade list lol im starting a cut flower stand shed on mainstreet in my home town Monticello ky i have some things you may be interested in inc split second morning glories gourgous!!! Also i can gather postcards here in ky.. what about kiss me over the garden gate seeds Also luffa gourd....check out my list n let me know if youd be willing, I buy many seeds in late winter and hope to trade more than once i need to take a while to whittle down my wants from your page prob know by tomorrow thank you...definately some egyptian walking onions!!!!

The red sandy soil has some clay in it.It's called cushion sand. Just mulch and you will be fine. It is like that over here too. Lets just say you're lucky to have that much cushion sand. Mine is pretty shallow and I have to dig into caliche soil which isn't very fun.

Hey there Jenny- I may have some seeds for you- The Amaranth in the photos looks just like what was to be a tri color Joseph's Coat- but is a burgundy color in my front bed- and I have a Burgundy (possible 'Bronze')Amaranth that is much taller in my garden beds which has the burgundy leaves and a much showier top "flower"- I also have Bishop's Children Dahlias with burgundy/bronze foliage and one has sandy red blooms- Gosh- I love purple-bronze dark rich foliage! Try Japanese parsley- Red Rubin Basil(my FAV- thanks Lynn)Oh and Thai Basil is green leaved with a purple cast to the stems and flowers- same with cinnamon basil- and purple/red Perilla- for edibles- Sweet potato/Ipomea "vines"- Dark leaved cannas- Viola labridorica- "Black Dragon" and "Giant Palisandra" coleus- and those cute "Black Magic" (Moisture lovin, sorry) colcasias too. I have all of those too- many may seed- some will not however. I see Knautia macidonica and a "black" sedum (Purple Emporer comes to mind) there as well as the 'New Zealand Purple Castor Bean" which I believe, is the tallest plant in that garden. Carmencita and Impala have a pinkish red cast to green leaves- the N.Z. purple had a deep red cast to bronzey purple leaves. I also have a red flowering green leaved canna (Possibly 'Red President') that may just make seeds before the year is up- And a red with a pinkish center 4 0'Clock, emelia javanica the tassel flower plant- Penstemon 'Husker's Red'- Black Pearl ornamental peppers and red flowering sunflowers too! I think I may have some alcea nigra seed left from last year as well as Burgundy Gaillardia.... The ferny leaved red flowering vine in one of the photos is a cypress vine. I think they are annuals for us- just as other ipomeas are. I think I might be tempted to plant red tomatoes- red okra- raspberries (I do like the frosted red of the canes especially in the winter), Rosa Glauca, Blue Fescue and echinops and sea holly too- as I do like what those frosty blues do with the reds. I would have some 'Purple Majesty' Millet in there as well- I think I will have seed for some these as well.. From what I know- you will need to fence off the euonymus to keep the deer off of it in the winter- who knew they liked those shrubs! I know I am counting chickens before they hatch by mentioning plants that I have not harvested seed from yet here- but- I wanted to let you know I can possibly help you get your red bed going....

My Acer palmatum Robinson's Red has done very well in my garden. The tree has seen -25°F without damage and the tree is in one of THE most exposed spots in my yard. I protect the tree with a cylinder of 4' tall chicken wire covered with burlap, and that's it. I do not put anything inside the chicken wire enclosure. The root zone is well mulched. Robinson's Red is a seed-grown selection from a tree growing in Ohio, at Girard's Nursery, and since the tree is seed-grown I am not putting the name in single quotes. Girard's is the only source I know for the tree. Girard's did not list the tree for sale this year. I have provided a link to Girard's web site, below. Mike Here is a link that might be useful: Girard Nurseries