Got mine today too! Walked down the street to the mailbox in the snow and ice for it lol I saw carolinaflowerlover got seeds and i had to check!! SO many things, i really wanted from my list so thank you for the thoughtfulness put into this Sassy! And in my madness, i ripped alot of gifts open without putting names to them but thank you everyone for the gift ones too!! I started off with so little to try this year and I have so much to revitalize alot of the old gardens!! I can't wait to share pics with everyone later this year! Since I didn't really keep everything seperated to thank everyone individually for the gifts (i'm sorries :( ), here's some of my favorite things that I thought I wouldn't get or that I'm looking forward to trying the most: Lavender Hyssop....never really thought about it till i looked it up and it attracts bees and butterflies...well thats a keeper for sure! :) Docmom, i was looking at an old post about your malva and i was so impressed with the deep purple and i really wanted it so I saw you had it on your list and searched in vain yesterday, to find something to impress you lol well I guess someone heard my prayers on that one! Daylily! (poisondartfrog) - really didn't expect to get any daylily seeds to try this year and i can't wait. all i have is the wild orange ones and stella de orro lol Trumpet Lilies....love lilies! :) Zinnias! (yes i said zinnias!), again i was looking at old pics by people and i saw someone who had a bed of these and they looked so pretty! so i will attempt to make a bed of these, just as nice! lol so many more, in fact, i could probably keep listing all of them but really i am so happy with my seeds!! thank you and i hope this swap will take place again! :) Happy winter sowing everybody!! :) ~Michael

I'll be there with bells on! Here's my cutting list. Email me if you want me to cut some and bring them. I don't check this forum ... ever, since I'm not in the Ozarks. Pinwheel princess verbena Blue princess verbena Pinapple sage Lipstick pink salvia (name?) Homestead purple verbena Indigo spires salvia Confetti lantana white and light pink salvia (name?) Chinese lantern Scented geranium (greenhouse) Sambac jasmine (greenhouse) Night scented jasmine (greenhouse) Bat faced cuphea (greenhouse) Victoria blue salvia Black & blue salvia Lemon verbena (greenhouse) Duranta erecta - sweet memories (greenhouse) Brazilian nightshade (greenhouse) Apricot verbena (name?) I've got lots of extra baby roses rooted, let me know if you want them. Again, email me. Mutabis - 1 Sally Holmes - 3 Folksinger - 6 Renae - 9 Ballerina - 3 A beautiful mini pink - 2 Madame Lombard - 3 Camellia Rose - 3 Blumenschmidt - 6 A big fat red smelly that thrives on neglect that I took cuttings of - 3 Also, non roses, Winter Honeysuckle - 5 Star Jasmine - 30 Recognize any of the roses, Kaye or Hilda? Take a look at my homepage and see if there is anything you want cuttings of. I've only got roses listed there. I love interesting plants, especially fragrant ones, so if y'all have anything that you don't mind cutting, let me know. I've got a few rare ones that I'll cut if anyone wants them, it'll be a suprise to see whether they root easily or not: Wintersweet, banana shrubs, sweet olives, and mahonias (leatherleaf and burmese). Since you guys are from the land of rocks, maybe some people would want to bring some rocks to trade for plants? Weird request, I know, but I'm trying to build a earth and stone retaining wall, and there are no stones here. Carrie

Hello Ozark Seed Savers! I want to invite you to the Inaugural Arkansas (Ozark) Seed Swap at the Ozark Folk Center in Mt. View Ar on Sat, March 1, 2008 from 12-3. Free food, music, and lots of folks with seeds to swap. For more information please see the following link: http://www.uca.edu/news/index.php?itemid=1869

My total packet bet is 7979.43 by the law of average, should be right on the button. Now while we wait can we talk about my poor pumpkin seeds that were so fresh when I sent them, I mean I was still turning them every hour in the sun coming thru my french doors,before bagging them. Anyway, today, to my horror, the Musque de Provence seeds were moldy green!!!!I did not figure tha tthe time from when I packed them and the time we will get our seeds back would be enough to mold them, as I din't want to treat them with chemicals or bleach but maybe I should have!!! Looked on line for answers , someone mentioned rinsing the seeds in hydrogen peroxide before drying them. I panicked and use what was close at hand , put some bleach in water and filled the little baggie with it and slooshed them around until they cleaned up a bit, then i rinsed them further with my fingers, and planted them in a peat pot to see about germination. I don't know what to tell you. It's really sad to loose these, they were beautiful pumpkins, of the brightest orange flesh. If they are really lost then I will have to make sure mine grows and distribute the seeds again thru another swap.I am so sorry about that, thought i was doing the seeds a favor by not using bleach or other chemicals...and look what happened. Chris