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WANTED: 'Exchange' section for Butterfly Forum

19 years ago

Many of us over in the butterfly forum would really like to have an exchange section on that forum. Is that possible? We'd love to have an organized place to swap special host and nectar plants--as it is now, some of us will offer seeds off-topic in some threads, or post in exchange threads for other forums, but in order to stay organized and on-topic, it would be extremely helpful for us caterpillar and butterfly fanatics to have our own place to swap plants and seeds. Please let us know if this can be done. Thank you for your consideration!

Here is a link that might be useful: Butterfly forum expresses interest in exchange section

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tracey_nj6

19 years ago

Yes, yes, yes, absolutely, without a doubt, a necessity...

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susanlynne48
19 years ago
Please, please, please! We really need this since we have so many new people on the forum!

Susan
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Hi Signet, I've potted up an alcea rugosa (?) butter yellow hollyhock with fig leaves for you. My downy wood mint seems to have disappeared too. I'm half way through potting things up :-p I've been potting up other stuff for my plant sale the following week. Thank goodness for my new potting bench that Matt finished on Saturday!! Now I can do 30 pots in the time it used to take to do 10 _and_ still be able to stand up straight! Thankfully the next half of the potting up is the easy stuff. The 17 small plants from cuttings which won't take long once I get my kitchen back. Looks like it won't be so crazy hot tomorrow, and even a bit cloudy, so I can send the houseplants outside for their summer vacations! Because of the fear of lily beetles, I'll just bag the lilies the day before the swap with no dirt attached. I had hoped to get the cannas and dahlias planted this weekend, but it was too hot, and the weeds in that section of the front yard have gone nuts. WMC1 & NavyGirl01 - is their anything on my list that you would trade for a green or a non pink echinacea? I just found a Stokes blue aster as I was weeding & digging up the Yellow toadflax for Lilac.
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Michelle Reynolds
19 years ago
hello
I also would like to have a butterfly plant trade/exchance page. I would realy help us all to get the host plants we need to expand our butterfly gardens.
thank you michelle
aggscott
19 years ago
This is a great idea that I would love to see. We can all add some great plants that will help the butterflies fly~

Please add this to our forum~**

Aggie
jardineratx
19 years ago
I am very interested in an exchange section in the butterfly gardening forum
sandwhy
19 years ago
Fabulous idea, people! (caterpillars nodding in agreement)

Sandy
ben_birding
19 years ago
Should have done this a long time ago...
napapen
19 years ago
I 2nd, 3rd, 4th etc this idea. Offerings get lost in the general forum.

Penny
chelty2
19 years ago
This is a great idea. It would help keep us all in one forum, rather than spread out among various other forums.
This would be very helpful.

chelty
ladybarber101
19 years ago
I agree I am new to butterfly ardening and have gotten a few things lcally that will be going mad shortly and would love to share as well as hopefully be able to keep on top of where I am.

Please please please please!
tracey_nj6
19 years ago
Post here. The link will bring you over to the Suggestions Forum thread...
tracey_nj6
19 years ago
Sorry ;)
kek19
19 years ago
PLEASE!!!!! w/ sugar on top??
jasenka
19 years ago
I second that idea :)))

Jasenka
lori68
19 years ago
Â*Â´Â¯`*Â.Â¸ .. Â¥ .. Â¸.Â*Â´Â¯`*ÂGreat Idea!Â*Â´Â¯`*Â.Â¸ .. Â¥ .. Â¸.Â*Â´Â¯`*Â
kek19
19 years ago
bump bump

What's going on w/ this? I have seed I want to exchange in the butterfly forum!!
tracey_nj6
19 years ago
If we have to beg more, then beg I shall do...
bfern
19 years ago
An exchange section in the Butterfly Gardening Forum would help many of us newbies get the plants and seeds we need to attract more butterflies.
Thank you
Fern in Fort Myers
angie83
18 years ago
what can we do to get this exchance section for this butterfly form this is really a help anyone know what we can to to get a exchange . Im begging !!!!!!!!!!
Angie
tdr4
18 years ago
Please! I am tired of going to ebay for seeds and plants.
janetg57
18 years ago
Some host plants are hard to find and excessively expensive. We really need an exchange forum in order to keep these hard-to-find plants and seeds available for our beautiful butterflies.

Janet
brandymulvaine
18 years ago
A butterfly exchange section would greatly enhance my enjoyment of this site! It would also give me something to tell my friends here about:
"Hey, you guys wouldn't believe this awesome site!
Not only can you get butterfly information from people worldwide,
but you can trade all those extra seeds for things that you don't have!
And I finally found that (insert your own holy grail) That I've been looking for!
Wow I'm so thankful that the Gardenweb people gave us this exchange section"
B
terrene
18 years ago
I too think this is an excellent idea!! Gardeners who are interested in providing nectar and host plants for Butterflies are often looking for seeds or starts of specific plants.

Please add an exchange section to the Butterfly forum.
tdogmom
18 years ago
Please add an Exchange section to the Butterfly Forum. It would be such an asset!
poisondartfrog
18 years ago
An exchange section for the Butterfly Forum would be a great resource! It would doubtless get a lot more traffic than some of the other forum exchanges I have visited.
Alana
tracey_nj6
18 years ago
Geez, guess we don't rank high enough...

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