Am still waiting for some tropical trade items to come in hopefully to add to this swap too. Chris

Welcome Regina!

We would be happy to have you join us. No need to post amounts. Just send in what you can..I am so happy you decided to come and swap with us....

Thanks Chris I am waiting on some seeds too... Here is our new member list. Happy valentines day to each one of you...Barb

1. Rosepedal me
2. Fcoffill
3. Karmahappytoes
4. Karyn1
5. divahethr
6. Chena
7. Kiddo **** received seeds
8. Chitownladyd
9. Fool4flowers

10. Dimples31312
11. Ibartoo
12. Napdognewfie
13. Ladylotus
14. Grolike crazy
15. zubababy ****received seeds
16. Barbcoleus **** Received seeds
17. Givelittle_getlots
18. dige01991
19. zoo-katie
20. chellflower
21. Sassybutterfly 2008
22. ladygreensleeves

Happy Valentine's Day to everyone!!!! :)

~Wendy

Hello Regina! I was thinking about you the other day, I am happy to 'see' you!

I am hoping Barb is NOT going to send me ANY seeds. I really do not need anymore.

Happy Valentines Day everyone! Hope you are all planning a little personal indulgence today!

Frances

Hey does anyone here know if the belly plant can be grown from seeds? Barb I love that plant...You southern folks might know this for me... :) Barb

Yea I found them at whatcom...My valentines present to myself and enough to share a few too...Ohh they have a lot of neat seeds... Lol Barb

Frances of course you are getting more seeds...LOL I cant belive you dont need any....I love seeds.... Have a great day Frances :)

1. Rosepedal me
2. Fcoffill
3. Karmahappytoes
4. Karyn1
5. divahethr
6. Chena
7. Kiddo **** received seeds
8. Chitownladyd
9. Fool4flowers

10. Dimples31312 ****Received seeds
11. Ibartoo
12. Napdognewfie
13. Ladylotus
14. Grolike crazy
15. zubababy ****received seeds
16. Barbcoleus **** Received seeds
17. Givelittle_getlots
18. dige01991
19. zoo-katie
20. chellflower
21. Sassybutterfly 2008
22. ladygreensleeves

Update..

Received your seeds today Dorothy! Thank you. :).. I also wanted to thank you for the beutiful card. Barb I received your postage today too. Thank you everybody. I hope your valentines day is going great. The fiance took me to the store for the big seed sale for our vegetable gardens... I cant wait for fresh veggies...Come on spring Barb

1. Rosepedal me
2. Fcoffill **** received seeds
3. Karmahappytoes
4. Karyn1
5. divahethr
6. Chena
7. Kiddo **** received seeds
8. Chitownladyd
9. Fool4flowers

10. Dimples31312 ****Received seeds
11. Ibartoo
12. Napdognewfie
13. Ladylotus
14. Grolike crazy
15. zubababy ****received seeds
16. Barbcoleus **** Received seeds
17. Givelittle_getlots
18. dige01991
19. zoo-katie
20. chellflower
21. Sassybutterfly 2008
22. ladygreensleeves

:) Barb

Hi Everyone...

It was a fab valentines day today. The niece made you all baggies for the lottery. I will be sending them to you. Here is a picture of her doing it. Zoo katie she drew you a monkey beacuse I explained to her you work in a zoo. She thinks you have the koolest job. It was a great day with all of us doing for one another. My sister made my fiance Split pea soup for dinner. You all it is so wonderful having family with you. I sure miss them all. I know GW sure is family orientated the way we all take care of each other. Okay no more sappiness I cant help it. Life is good with family here.

Thanks for the welcome rosepetal.

Belly plant....would that be the buddha belly? Definitly comes up from seed here. My BIL has them and they are always popping up. When the seed pod busts it sends them flying everywhere. I keep asking for seed but he does'nt "know" how to catch them. And yes, I've discussed different bagging methods with him.

rosepetal I have a artist in my family too, he loves to draw and color. But I have to be honest too. He is now 18, and still draws, mostly with the shading pencils that I got for him. It's a stress reliever for him, he's been first in his class all thru highschool. When I first got the sketch pad and artist pencils for him DH thought I was nuts. But coming from a long line of artists myself I knew how it could benefit him. Amazing what a little encouragement can do.........

Hi Frances....waving frantically.....how ya been? You really did'nt think you were going to get away with giving away your seed and not get back any did you?

diego.....how you been? Hows everything in your neck of the woods?

ohhhh.....almost forgot, rosepetal I will be needing your addy to send my seeds to ya in a few days ;0)

Regina

Hi Regina!

Thanks for the information about the buddha belly. I finally found them at whatcom seed company. I will put a couple aside for you since you are looking for the seeds if you would like.

That is wonderful about your 18 year old family member that can draw. That is great you are helping to encourage him to draw. So you are a artist too? I wish I could draw Lol only stick people here.

Everyone we started the lottery today. I have to CLOSE THIS RR TO NEW MEMBERS since the lottery started. We took the seeds recived for the week that was not enough to go completely around and placed them in a box. The niece picked and I placed them in your bags. I have the bags hanging on my livingroom wall. It is quite a sight to see. I will take a picture Later....I will at the end of the RR go thru them to make sure there are no doulbles in your packs. Thanks once again for taking care of your fellow gardeners across the great states of ours. We truly are a lucky group. I am thinking I will do this again next year at the same time....Barb

I always forget to finish my thoughts...Lol We will do lotterys on sundays for seeds recived for the week that cant make it competely around to each other.....I will take a picture later to tease you all....hahhahah Barb

1st week lottery...Have fun with photoshop trying to enlarge the photo to see what is in your baggies..... :) Lol Barb

Well I see a baggie with my name on it but I can't ready what's in it. It's more exciting this way.
Barbcoleus

darnit ! Can't read mine.. LOL yep, I tried :P

Hugs everyone!
~Wendy

hahhah I need to wash my lighting knob eewwhhh it is dirtyyyy...Lol Barb How embarrassing :) hahhah

Barb my southern friend I just read it (your 1st week baggie). hahha Anyone who receives what they send in and ends up in their baggie will be changed too :)

I will place these in your envies I have all set up after I go through them (each week). I promise I am organized on this....I have thought it all out.

I am even in good with the PO lady there is only one in my town..hahhah We all meet there in the morning to have coffee. Small town America is wonderful we all know each other.

I am called the seed lady in town... I love that handle.. I had a lady come up to me and introduce herself and explained she was a gardener, well she was looking for information on how to collect seeds. Long story short we are good friends now... The PO Isnt so bad after all. I have met some wonderful people there waiting for their boxes to be filled because they have no mailman that comes to their house.

I love my town people and what they do for each other. We are going thru hard times right now. The big company that hires a lot of the town is going under. But, you wouldnt believe how people are pulling together to take care of one another. It is bad times but also wonderful how it pulls everyone as one.. Awesome in smalltown WI... Barb

darn can't read mine.....getting out the magnifying glass.

ummmm...... who am I to say no to some buddha belly seed, that would be awesome.Thank-you.

Hope everyone had as nice weekend.

Regina

Hi Everyone I am asking for a request this week from each one of you!

Smile and help each other out. If you see someone that needs help or a smile only please do it....

It is contagious and it makes you smile inside and out...

That is what we do as gardeners... America needs smiles and help from our neighbors... Please feel free to post only if it was a smile and the feedback you recived from it... Come on girls and guys... here is mine :) Barb

Belly plants make you laugh Regina! I love adeniums they crack me up! We are part of the belly family here! I tell the niece every night "let me check the belly" I check for holes...hahhah I poke her belly... Gosh I really am happy... I wish I could pull my sister out of unhappiness.. I am trying!!! Happiness spreads...

Hi all, gosh i feel like a peeping tom.I couldn't read mine either....love suprises. This is just too exciting.Love ya all

BIG SMILE

Kiddo

hey sassybutterfly!!! Wendy I see you in the bottom right corner! LOL (I think)

Barb...You are such a tease! LOL

Dorothy

lol Yes Barb you are a tease! Beautiful neice too! looks to be having fun with 'the seed lady' I think I am getting that reputation around here myself! I have seeds sprouting everwhere! chomping at the bit to get the annuals started! My herbs and perennials are done (and growing) Most of my wintersown containers are 'greening up' nicely. Should have the rest sprouted in the next few weeks.

the "hosta project" is going a lot better than I had hoped, I have a dozen or so varieties planted (in my spare bedroom) and many baby hosta waving at me every morning when I turn on the lights! Some are even starting to show their true hosta forms already!!!

Have a great day everyone

Hi Everyone, I am just checking in. I have been MIA for most of the week.
Barb, I didn't get my seeds mailed in last week, they will go in the mail tomorrow though. I will add in enough postage for the dC # too.
Thanks for doing this, it is so much fun......
I gotta start potting up some of the stuff that has germinated, I don't have room to start anything else. LOL
I will check in more often this week.
Linda

Hi everyone!
Shoot, I totally forgot that the PO is closed today...even after all the posts about it!!! Man, this weekend flew by and for some reason, I thought today was going to be the 15th. Grr...SO, long story short, I will mail my seeds out to you tomorrow Barb. They are all packed up and the envelope is sitting on my desk ready to go.

Hi Regina, I'm doing good, how are you. Winter is getting really long up here...but nothing else is new. I can't wait til it's warm enough to start trading plants again. So jealous of everyone who's starting to see signs of life again!!

Chell, I see you have peony on your list. How the heck do you collect those seeds? I waited all summer for the seed pods on mine to open and when they finally did, I didn't see anything inside that looked like seeds. Are they tiny? Should I collect the seed pod before it opens?

Take care everyone!
Amy

Amy...at the time I placed Peony on my list I wasn't sure how it was best propogated...... I recently planted seeds from a pod I got in trade (they were small)-nothing yet. I've since heard that it takes a while to grow from seed though (...I'm low enough on space and even lower on patience!). I'm not even sure if they can grow from cuttings...

I've recently found a couple of named varieties (tubers)at Lowe's & Wallyworld. Hoping they'll multiply enough to trade offsets for other varieties by next year. Thanks for reminding me that it was on my 'seed' list...I probably should remove it.

Happy Trails...
Chell

Chell ~ you're so lucky to have Peony tubers at your local Lowe's and Wal-mart!! All mine has is glads and Iris, and they're really generic varieties too!

Heyyy dimples!! lol :P

Smiling @ Barb :) lol

~Wendy

Oops! Amy, I thought you were talking about peony on my GW want list! LOL (I had/have? them on my seeds & plants lists)....

I did send extra seed pods for the tropical swap (recieved in a trade). I removed the seeds from the pod -they are small...I did plant some (WS), and no sprouts yet, but they were only planted a few weeks ago. As with most perennials, it appears that they require a couple of years to blooming maturity if grown from seed (but the blooms are usually worth the wait!). This is my first attempt with peony, so I'm a sort of 'clueless newbie'

As for collecting seeds....since mine were still in the pods I would guess collecting mature pods, allow them to dry and then either send as pods or open and remove seeds (they were small, but not too tiny).

Chell

Thanks for the advice Chell. This year I will try to collect the seed pods before they open up.

Amy

Goodmorning everyone!

Frances glad to hear the baby hostas are doing good...

Linda nice to see you. Good luck on finding room for your new babies...

Amy if you would like I can place chell's peony seeds in your envy. Just let me know.. :) Have a great day everyone taking sister shopping today. We are getting snow the rest of this week :( I need spring to get here...hahhah Barb

Hi, I just realized that the due date for this swap isn't until next month. I will wait and send my seeds in later, you never know what I may find to go with what I am sending. Yipee!!
Linda

Sounds great Linda! We were gonna go shopping today but, decided to be lazy. Got my chores done and decided to make a italian noodle salad with all the veges in it. Yum it sounded good. I hope you all a great day today. The storm is supposed to start this evening and wont finish until tis weekend. Everyone in its path please be safe..Barb

Hi Barb, love my bag I have been "monkeying" around than had to rush to get seeds ready so I mailed them today aaaannnnddd forgot to add extra postage let me know how much and I'll send it seperate (you have a seperate bag in what I mailed:))

Hi Regina, when are you going back to the zoo need your address are you going to Ricky's in Spring?

Katie

Thanks Katie! I am still cracking up. I did the same thing too :) Everyone chell's seeds got here today! I have to say you all are really sending in some neat stuff to share with everyone here in this RR. I cannot express how wonderful you all are to each other.

Amy I placed one of chells peony seeds in your packet. Yea! One of my orders came today that I bought so I have to get busy and pack up seeds. I think I will do it tommorow during the snow storm. Have a great evening..Chell I am gonna email you Barb

I am all excited for you all and I forgot to paste this...LOL

1. Rosepedal me
2. Fcoffill **** received seeds
3. Karmahappytoes
4. Karyn1
5. divahethr
6. Chena
7. Kiddo **** received seeds
8. Chitownladyd
9. Fool4flowers

10. Dimples31312 ****Received seeds
11. Ibartoo
12. Napdognewfie
13. Ladylotus
14. Grolike crazy
15. zubababy ****received seeds
16. Barbcoleus **** Received seeds
17. Givelittle_getlots
18. dige01991
19. zoo-katie
20. chellflower ****Received seeds
21. Sassybutterfly 2008
22. ladygreensleeves

Just stopped in to see what was going on.
Had to look for it! On page two!
What just want work!!! LOL
Back to page one
LOL
Dorothy

Hi Everybody!

The storm was not bad here today...Thank goodness. I got all my seeds done between last night and this morning...Have a great day today...Barb

Bump~
;)
Good morning everyone! WE HAD RAIN!!!! Yipppeeee! of course its been wet and cold outside, I hope you are all surviving the last few weeks of winter!

Frances

Goodmorning Everyone!

Hi Frances lol I wish it was only a few weeks more for me too...I am so happy you received some rain. I know how you need it there. I am also hoping fro a spring and summer like last year. Fran we only brought the hoses out a few times to water. It was a great year up here in Wi.

The year before was opposite. We were watering all the time. What a pain in the behind and on top of it I had baby plants everywhere so I had to water...

I am wishing you a perfect spring and summer (is there one) LOL Wel gotta run trying to wake up. I was up late last night again...barb

Had some rain lots of wind, but all so ok

Kylie did you get my 2nd email. LOL

Good morning (afternoon) Barb Running late today can not chance up. LOL

Dorothy

Goodmorning tropical seed swappers we could use some tropical air in Wi 1.8 out right now...Brr

Dorothy I am so glad you made it thru the storm. The Greenhouse too :) I know you were concerned...

I am gonna try to sow some seeds I bought online today. I hope they germinate. I need to do some more reseach on them. Too many seeds and not enough time....Lol Have a great day today everybody and think warm air...brr I need more wood on the fire... Barb

Good moring tropical fans!

Its cold here this morning, I am waiting for it to warm up abit to go out and uncover my baby shrubs! I am now up to about 30 shrubs waiting to be planted permanently in the garden!

Hope you all have a wonderful day, stay warm (if you can) send me some warm air if you have some to spare (pretty sure we lost the brug and mandevilla this winter)

Frances

Hi everyone,
Well, I don't know what the heck happened, I posted a message last night. But I don't see it now...hummm...

Anyway, I can't remember exactly what I said, but it was something about how we have at least another month and a half before we'll thaw out up here...grumble, grumble, grumble... Ugh!

And I also said that I was going to mail the seeds to you today Barb. Which I did, so they are on their way to my neighbor to the east! :-)

That's about it from me. Can't wait to start seeing all the great seeds everyone will be getting!!

Amy

Just stopping in to say Hello!
I need to think TROPICAL since we have been hint again with COLD! LOL
Dorothy

I would love to join. Could you please add my name and I will have the seeds in my the due date.

Thanks. Tammy

I just realized this was closed. So sorry. I will have to wait til next time. :-(

Everyone have fun with your new seeds:-)

I have received a b/o pack of pelargonium. I will be sending some of those in, as I can't use them all!
I'm waiting to see if my hippeastrum seed pod matures before the deadline.

50 degree weather here today! woo hoo

Lol no tropics here snow all day..Boo hoo....Thank you zubababy you have done so much already for everybody...For those of you who receive Montera delisiosa the seeds have to be sowed right away....Temp 70-80 F Jatropha podagrica plant half inch deep bright light....Tetrapanax papyriferus 68 F can take as long as 7-90 days to germinate. I started us a new thread too. Have a great weekend Barb

50 degree weather here today too! Unfortunately I threw my back out (again) so I won't be DOING much in it! arghhh..lol

Just wanted to pop in and say hello to everyone and have a great weekend!
~Wendy