Hi Audrey, Have the Romneya Coulteri been pretreated with smoke? I have long wanted to try some of the Romneya Coulteri and I doubt that I have anything listed that you are looking for. I do have some seeds coming in from value seeds but they are not here yet, therefor can't really make an offer but I can send you a list if you want. Les

i just started quitting smoking. Today at 11 noon it was my second 24 hours without a cigarette. I am 39 and have been smoking since i was 13. I didnt smoke a lot as a young teenager but was almost to a pack a day by my early 20's. The last time i went 24 hours or more without a cigarette was when i was in bootcamp when i was 19, otherwise i havent been 24 hours without a cigarette for 20 years. Recently i started having a bunch of health problems after being relatively healthy - i guess it was just luck since i didnt take the best care of myself and on top of that i smoked. what happened is that back in december (it is now march 2004) i got cellulitus on my left leg. Took antibiotics and it healed. A couple of weeks later i got it again on my left buttock and also treated that with antibiotics, before that one was healed another small on started right near that one but i took another course of antibiotics and it never got really bad. A few weeks went by and then i got another on on my right side in that area below the buttocks thats not quite on your hip or thigh. That one was a bad one and i took antibitoics for it. that one had barely healed and two more flared up. one right near the one on my right side and another on my left buttock. these weren't progressing as fast as the worst ones i had and i called my dr and she begged me to not take anymore antibiotics because she said too many can cause some kind of bad thing to happen in your digestive system or your colon or something. anyway these two havent been getting much worst so i havent taken the antibiotics even tho i am scared because cellulitus can get into bone and blood and kill you or so i have heard throughout all this i have also had the flu or flu like symptoms twice when i havent had a flu in over 17 years i had an ear infection and an inflammation of the eye from something hitting it this last time i had the flu i had a fever of 101 for 4 days and right after that the 4th cellulitus started on my right hip i also developed a small cough with hardly anything coming up but lots of wet sounds when i tried to breath deep i also found out recently that my uterus is so full of fibroids that it is the same size it would be if i was 3 months pregnant and have been having a lot of pain with menstruation and mild cramps pretty much constantly i just visited a womens center last week and they want to give me a hysterectomy since i wanted a tubal ligation anyway they told me my cough was probably something called smokers cough and it can become chronic i am scared to death right now because i feel like something is really wrong with me so for many reasons i decided to give up smoking i asked my boyfriend to help me buy the 21 mg patches and slapped one on and now i have been almost 52 hours without a cig an indian healer who is a friend of a friend recommended i start drinking turmeric and applying it to the cellulitus and i went online and read about it and found out it also has awesome antioxidant properties so right now i am going to start drinking a teaspoon of powdered turmeric in a cup of milk twice a day and also have been taking hot sit baths in it i am a recovering alcoholic - 15 years sober as of this month 2004 and i just sat and thought about what i want and what i am doing - my brain says dont quit smoking now there is too much stress but when isnt there stress? yeah the patch is helping - i hardly crave at all but now and then i get hit hard with a craving anyway - well since i am wearing the patch i know its not a real chemical craving it is just my brain and habit yeah a cig would be really comforting for me right now no doubt but will it fix anything? no just like drinking never did so i havent set any goals for myself i dont even care i just want to try to quit smoking one day at a time cuz every day without a cig is a day without a cig but i can say one thing for sure my sense of smell has already improved i use my empty dry cat food bags for trash by my computer and emptied my ashtrays in it and i have sat here with it for 4 years and it never bothered me - today as i was reading these forums i had to take it outside - it smelled so bad my taste buds are already better- everything i am eating tastes richer and fuller - i dont know how to explain it even and even better i tried to take a deep breath earlier today because i still have a little gurgle in my lungs but no coughing and i was expecting a lot more stuff to be coming up then what is so i took a deep breath to try to make myself cough up and as i sucked in it kept going and going - i guess i never realized how shallow i have been breathing all these years i was almost frightened by how deep a breath i sucked in i am hoping and praying that quitting smoking will help my body have a chance to start repairing itself and for my immune system to be able to start fighting back with all these problems i also wanted to quit smoking because if i am going to have surgery to take out my uterus i want my body to be as healthy as it can be one thing i know is that i didnt really want to quit smoking and i dont think i ever would - i kept waiting and waiting and finally with all this happening i just realized that waiting any longer is going to kill me and i dont want to die i just started a new relationship with a guy who is younger then me - even tho i never liked younger men but i am convinced he is my soul mate and i dont want him to have to deal with me and a bunch of health problems or me dying young and i certainly dont want him taking in my second hand smoke then dying from lung cancer anyway pray for me if you believe and if you dont believe pray anyway cuz psychology is finding now that beleif in something greater then yourself is almost critical to emotional health i also threw away all my ashtrays cuz in the past i kept them in case i started again but screw that and i have gotten rid of anything that smells like smoking or tobacco and aired out the house because those are triggers i am also going to avoid ppl who smoke for a while also another thing thats good about the patch is in order for me to have a cig i have to take the patch off and wait a few hours so i dont have a heartattack and right now a cigarette isnt worth suffering in withdrawal for, for 4 to 5 hours so the patch helps slow you down i am planning on doing the entire step down program tho i may try the lowest patches first after the two weeks of these sorry for the long post and if you are trying to quit smoking go read about turmeric - it doesnt taste that bad and i am a real wimp when it comes to bad taste and also i think you can now get it in pill form good luck to all of you trying to quit - just do it - and use anything you need is what i say - i am eating anything i want i rather gain ten pounds then die of lung cancer or emphysema

Hello there all, The next swap is June 5th. I've got a ton of Agastache "Blue Fortune" and lots of other odds and ends. Here is the wish list. See you then. Let's cross our fingers for weather like today. The monsoon at the last swap was a soaker! Wish List for June 5, 2007 Allium- Rocky Astilbe- Regina S. Astilbe, white, purple or red- Regina W. Bleeding Heart- Peggy D. Butterfly Bush- Betty Butterfly Bush, dark purple- Beverly M. Columbine, purple- Heidi Forget me not- Dawn Forget me not, pink- Ann J. Garden Phlox, blue- Sue L. Grass, ornamental- Kathy C. Hellebore- Joanie R. Hollyhock- Carol S. Hosta-Gold, Blue or variegated- Linda West Hosta, Blue- Judith Hosta, Large leaf- Cathy P. Hosta- Sagae- Lindsay Hosta- Sum and Substance- Cheryl D, Reena, Kathy P. Iris, mid-size- Mary M. Lobelia, red- Bev M. Lupine- Carol, Diane Mc Pachysandra, variegated- Elaine Paw Paw tree- Peggy L. Peony- Anne Clark Poppy- Colleen, Irene, Allegra Scabiosa- Pink (pincushion flower)- Kay Sedum, DragonÂs Blood- Yvette Silver Bells Shrub- Kim Defoe Sweet Pepper Bush- Patience Zebra Grass- Kathryn

Hi ladies what a nice day my niece came over & helped me plant 200 blubs that were given to me :))) from a friend of hers :)) HEHE couldn't pass them up . I know there are red ,pinks blues, yellows, tulips blue diamond, giuseppe verdi,orange cassini, Judith leyster, upstar, red emperor narcissi - golden ducat & crocus -dorthy . she new all the names but did not have them seperated :((( so I have no idea as what color is where :)) . Also just talked to jeanette tonight & she sent out daddys box saturday so he should have it by monday & I know it will make his day when it arrives :))) wow mellen it was only in the low 60's here but it was sunny :)) Sure hope tomorrow is the same . have my brother coming to mulch up the leaves for me :)) hope all is well with everyone :) have a great week susie