You can get some free seeds by going to wintersown.org. All it costs is a couple envelopes and stamps (a SASE). The link to the free seeds is below. The only catch is that you don't get to choose what seeds you get (unless you do the tomato offer). Rodney Here is a link that might be useful: Free Seeds From WinterSown.org

Sylvia, thank you so much Sylvia. I am sorry to have missed your last swap but this has been a bad year as regards health. You are correct about the diet and I was following my heart and diabetes diet to the letter and forgot about too much potassium so there is a chance my kidneys could wake back up in the next four months or so. Tomatoes and Haas avocadoes did me in. I need to keep busy as I sincerely miss work and the people but my cats and working on getting my garden back in shape helps. I have beds in the ground, three raised beds and lots of containers. I have full sun, half day sun and dappled sun. I can grow almost anything as far as conditions go. This is what I can not have or have too often: Green Beans, Cabbage, Carrots, Cauliflower, Celery, Corn, Eggplant, Green Peas, Kale, Summer Squash, Bell Pepper and all peppers, Cucumber, Lettuce, Onion, Radish and all varieties of herbs and spices. I would greatly appreciate anything you can send as I think your garden is fabulous and I am attempting to pattern mine after yours to a certain extent. Thank you so much and there is an email coming your way.

Hi Lisa161-- These deeper blue finishes are really starting to appeal to me! What style is your pool and in what part of the country do you live? So glad you revived a specific request for more photos of this color. Hi Lennardsmalls-- Thanks for the fantastic links. I had been randomly trying different plaster companie' websites and doing searches for hours on end to see more pictures of the these colors. PS--I have enjoyed following your build. Thanks again.

i was in kansas city for a vacation one time and i loved it..esp that market where you can go and go from shop to shop ..ethinic shops..and get stuff from all over the world..don't know what it is called. i think you are right..at 51 it is unlikely you'll be planning on a huge family for the future..tee hee..so it sounds like a great place for you. also at this age and after your divorce a lot of things will be changing in your life..things you used to love to do you may not want to do any more..but you also may be taking up new hobbies and interests.. remember to remove anything that really annoys you from your past..or is just no longer of interest to you..that will bring in room for new interests and changes in your life. i think you did a great thing by making the spare room a library and exercise room..i have 3 bedrooms here for just 2 of us..and the one spare bedroom does have a bed and a sewing area for me, but also had 2 large library shelves full of books and a spare tv with directv on it..so that if someone wants to get away and watch a movie or t v in a quiet place or work on a sewing craft or something..that is a quiet room where they can go..or if we are both watching t v and want to tape something on another channel. we have turned the 3rd bedroom into a gym room..we have a total gym, a weider 3 station weightlifting machine, a weight bench with free weights, a stepper, an ab station, and a recumbant bicycle..we also have a mirrored t v in here so that things like exercise tapes can be watched or you can exercise watching your favorite program..one wall has discarded base and wall cabients on it..the t v sets on that..and those cabinets are used to store spare things that we don't have room for in a pantry or closet. the closets to those two rooms are walk ins..and one (guest room/sewing one) holds cleaning supplies and extra crafting and gift wrapping stuff..and the gym closet holds tools, cannister vacuum, camping stuff, etc...mostly tooly type stuff.