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Fall Swap

13 years ago

Thank you Char for hosting, it was wonderful. Thank you Karen for all the wonderful daylillies. Thank you all for everything.Jen, we missed you. I gave your iris' away, but I have lots for you next time i see you. Im sorry you couldnt make it. I have been a busy bee trying to get things into the ground. Another great event.

gloria

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mstywoods
13 years ago
What a great day for the swap - just right! Thank you Charlene, for letting us converge on your home - you did a super hostess job! I think everyone enjoyed touring your great vege garden as well :^)

Thanks to all for the great plants you brought! Can't wait to get mine into their new "homes".

Skybird and Jen - we missed you. Skybird - all your plants found happy homes. I'll get your trays back to you some time before the spring swap!
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polygonum_tinctorium
13 years ago
Thanks, Charlene, for hosting the swap again. The weather was perfect, and so was the event. It was good to see everyone. I'm sorry that not everyone could make it. Maybe next time...

Thank you to everyone who brought plants to swap. We are busily stuffing everything into likely spots. We'll see which survive, which get eaten, and so on.

Happy gardening, everyone!
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LOL Skybird! Yea, moving to Kansas has not been a life long dream or anything like that ;) But after our daughter moved here we discovered the cost of living is so much more affordable and the East side near Overland Park is really quite pretty. Not flatter than a pancake but actually has some rolling hills!! And lots of green trees and open land. I gave up the ocean to move to the mountains, and now gave up the mountains to live a simpler life in the American Heartland. Not fond of the humidity (except it makes my hair curl better lol) but it actually hasn't been tooo bad - only a few days here and there where it was a bit overbearing. Lately it's actually been quite hot and dry, but then the weather is now changing to be more fall like (thank goodness!). Some things I'm looking forward to are more colors in the fall leaves, and then next summer seeing lightning bugs (or fireflies). I was excited to learn they have them out here as I remember them from childhood days when we lived in Illinois. We found a nice spot in the country close to a lake with lots of trees and nature around us. A pleasant change of pace from the hustle and bustle of the city life! I will take this fall and winter to think about what and where I'd like to plant a few things in the spring. Planning to stay somewhat minimal on that (famous last words) and go with more of a natural look and low care. I do have deer to consider in my choices now. Haven't seen any rabbits though! Everyone eat an extra helping of great food and take an extra plant home for me!! :)
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col_sprg_maters
13 years ago
Thanks much to all for making our first swap so enjoyable.
Great Hosting, great food, outstanding participants and wonderful swapping of plants.

Me and DW thank all.

D
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flower_garden
13 years ago
I want to thank everyone, too. It was a fun time in a very beautiful setting. Thank you, Charlene, for hosting and to everyone for the wonderful plants...I would've posted sooner but I've been too busy planting! :)

Trish
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amester
13 years ago
MASSIVE PROPS to Skybird for all of her hard work potting up and labeling so many goodies. And Mstywoods, it would have been for nothing without you - thank you, thank you for taking care of the plants and bringing them to us!

It was great to see everyone, I love this group.

Already looking forward to spring... :)
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Skybird - z5, Denver, Colorado
13 years ago
Hi guys,

So glad to hear everybody had a good time again---but I knew you all would! I'm still looking for the pictures! Am I missing them here somewhere? This is only the second time I've been able to get online since I left DEN on the 7th! The first time was very briefly, but I tried to look over all the threads.

I'm glad you were able to get everything safely there, Misty, tho I had no doubt you'd take good care of them fo that week. Thank you again so much for coming to pick them up to get them to the swap! I REALLY appreciate your taking the time to do it. When I'm back to Denver and heading over toward your neck of the woods, I'll email and maybe I can stop by to pick up the trays to save you a trip to bring them back.

I'm sitting on the deck of the "Ranch House," the office of the cabins where I'm staying on this, the last two days of my vacation---which are purely R & R! The Poma Ranch I'm on is in the Weminuche Valley, 25 miles northwest of Pagosa Springs---a river runs thru it---and it's pure heaven! No TV, no radio, no cell phones---just the sound of silence! Right now a big thunder storm is passing over the mountains at the end of the valley, and I have the perfect seat to watch it and listen to it. I brought some sedum cuttings, some hen & chicks starts, and some seeds along for the owner, and she and I are going for a walk around the lake tomorrow so I can identify some of the wild flowers for her so she can transplant them next to the cabins. It'll be a slow, quiet walk, and I'm expecting to have a great time.

Looks like the storm is moving this way now, so I'm gonna post this and sign off so I can get back to my cabin before the rain starts!

Watch for Bonnie's winter Seed Exchange thread next, and then the Spring Swap thread coming up after the beginning of the year!

Skybird

P.S. Whoops! Too late! It's raining!
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mstywoods
13 years ago
Glad to do it, Skybird! Any time :^) And definitely feel free to stop by to get your trays - be glad to have you!

Wow - sounds like yet another wonderful vacation for you. Enjoy!!
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