The swap was wet and still fun!!!!!!!!!!!!

plantermunn

18 years ago

Great time had by all. There was plant swapping, prize drawings,friendly chat, puddle jumping and good eats.

Film at 11.

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Lynn
18 years ago
It was wet, but wonderful. I'm glad we had the enclosed portion of the pavillon. We even had a fireplace with a fire to warm us up! I had a good time, and brought lots of plants home. Thanks everyone for making it a great swap!

WindsurfGirl
mrsfrodo
18 years ago
Best swap yet! Lots of friends new and old. Lots of plants named after friends to join the family in the yard. In a few seasons, I'll bring the "grandkids" to show off for the "grandparents" (credits to Jackie).
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robolink
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It WAS a lot of fun. My girls enjoyed it too. We're so proud of everything we brought home---LOTS of tomatos and peppers, great hen and chicks, more wonderful sedum, cannas (that we were all looking for), EE's, hostas, and fun homemade soap and garden labels, and LOTS more. It was great meeting new people (someone even shares my last name!) and seeing ones I had met from the Fall Swap.

I'm a little sore from the fall I took out of the back of the truck....bummer. My hand is scraped pretty badly and I have a wonderful bruise you-know-where. I guess I provided the pre-swap entertainment!!LOL

It is so nice to put faces with screen names.

Looking forward to the fall swap!
Robin
owiebrain
18 years ago
(I'm just going to copy my message posted to the other board since I'm too lazy to write a new/different one. LOL)

Oh...my...gosh!!!! We had SO much fun! The rain only made it better, according to the kids. *rolling my eyes* Next time, can someone bring some duct tape? I'll stick 'em all in a corner so I can actually talk to you folks for more than 30 seconds at a time. LOL What do you get when you strap 5 kids in a vehicle for over 4 hours and then release them in public? Insanity, I tell ya.

I'm am very much not a people person. I like living out here in the boonies, only venturing into civilization once a week for groceries. It's not that I don't like people, it's just I'm a happy hermit type of gal. I was greatly looking forward to the swap but was apprehensive about the large group of people, especially since I couldn't just whack 'em all out of the way like I do with my shopping cart at the grocery store. ;-) But ya know what? All of the way home, I kept telling Steve, "Wow, that was fun! I wanna do it again!" over and over. The poor guy just wanted to take a nap and I wouldn't shut up. LOL

Just so you all know, I didn't sleep at all the night before. My allergies were going full-blast (mulching with hay earlier that night) so I couldn't breathe and, therefore, couldn't sleep at all. I was running on pure caffeine Saturday. Between that and having to keep an eye on the kids and their pent-up energy, I was rather, um, spacey. LOL I hope we get to come to the fall get-together (if there is one this year) so I can get a second chance to talk to you all! I think we'll plan on arriving early and letting the kidlets run off their energy first.

Thank you all so much for the plants we brought home! Geez, there's a LOT. I think I know what most of them are but I may have to pester you guys for IDs on a few that Steve got. And the soap! Oh, how I love handmade soaps! I'm gonna be the best-smelling sweaty gardener in county now. :-D Another thanks for letting me strong-arm several of you into taking extra plants off of my hands!

Dang, who was it that needed the link to the other place? Maybe it'll come to me later.

Thanks for a wonderful swap, everyone! Now I need to feed the masses and then head out to get everything planted. It's going to be a busy afternoon...

Diane
okiegardener
18 years ago
I can't think of a better time than getting new plants and rain to save all the old ones at the same time! Too bad the whole state didn't get the soaker we got here around OKC. I got almost 5 inches Fri/Sat in Midwest City!!

Sure enjoyed talking plants with everyone at the swap! Next time I'll bring more Inland Sea Oats, Purple Cone Flower, and cannas, since many seemed interested in these. I got three or four new-to-me outside plants, a tree, and a few house plants - what a haul!! And I love my painted gourd door prize! Hope to see everyone again in the fall. Thanks to Mrs. Frodo for organizing and to all who helped! See you out in the garden!

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The swap was wet and still fun!!!!!!!!!!!!

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