Puffie, Sounds good! You can email me at evans8592@msn.com with your address. Mine is : Dave Evans 2664 S Oakland St Aurora, Co 80014 Thank you!

Oh what fun, snakes in the bed. My elderly neighbor is afraid of the garter snakes in the yard. You can hear her scream all the way to the moon if she sees one. Funny thing with my daughter, she teaches genetics and microbiology in HS. They have to do stuff with flies and that doesn't bother her at all, CAUSE THE D##N THINGS ARE DEAD, SO SHE CLAIMS. She was visiting her roommate from college last summer, the roommate is from Florida and lives there now since graduation. One night the phone rang and on the other end of the phone was her old roommate and all I could hear was my daughter screaming at the top of her lungs. Roomie says, "just wanted you to get a good laugh, she's staring down a huge palmetto bug and it's so funny." I was laughing for days. Must admit though, I kind of freak if a see a spider, but have a good reason. I'm allergic to spider bites, you don't want to see what happens if I get one. That's why I'm not allowed to prune any bushes that will have my face near or in the bush. One bit on my forehead or around my eye and the eye is swollen shut for 2 weeks and massive infections. OH yes, freeze those malva seeds too. Weevils and their eggs die in there too. Alison, you are crazy. Didn't you know that part of the definition of a gardener is crazy? Think about it, we try to beat mother nature by growing things that the 4 legged critters love to chew up, we die of the heat, sweat like you know what, water, water, water, all to try and have beautiful flowers in our gardens. Half the time we loose the battle with mother nature. Now we've become addicted to seed trading, Winter sowing, and we have even more seeds to start. For Pete's sake, we are outside in the freezing cold in the winter, climbing through snow to put containers full of dirt with seeds in them outside to "germinate when mother nature says to germinate" and you wonder if you're nuts. Yup, we're all nuts, and love every minute of it, don't we? Fran

The original post is pretty old. If you check out the seed exchange forum, sometimes people offer seeds free if you send them a SASE (self addressed stamped envelope). SO, this works best if you are getting at least 2+ varieties of seeds (or seeds you cannot buy locally), otherwise it costs you almost as much as a pack of seeds (postage there and back). Happy gardening.

Hi cats, yes, you can collect lupine seeds and start plants easily. You can plant them in place outside as they dry out or store them. If you store them, the seeds can be planted inside in the late Winter next year. Bear in mind if you plant inside, be prepared to give them light after germination, that's a set up you may not have at this stage. If you plant outside now or later, place them carefully where you'd like them permanently. They don't like to be transplanted due their taproot style. Lupines are a great plant and seed to grow for a new gardener. Have fun!