Good morning, Carol!! I want to give a warm hug to all my bloomin' friends. Have a great day!!! Spring is slowly, but surely coming to my world. I have crocus blooming, and the robins are singing their songs. : ) Treasa

Congratulations to Debby : )
Spring has arrived here too! My lawn is full of crocus blooms and I actually saw at bee at one yesterday.
My garage door fell off of its track this weekend, so I had to call a repairman. I had all my wintersowing bottles in front of the garage. so I had to move them. In the process I discovered I had tiny sprouts yesterday!!!
Remy

ConGRATS DEB :)) I"am sending you a list of my lilies
to choose from for your winning :))
I have lots but many are not ready to share yet &
it would take alday to list .


ANNA------------ HARRIS H 83
AUGUST FLAME------ WOODS 68
BIG TIME HAPPY--------APPS 93
COSMIC HUMMINGBIRD ---------KIRCHHOFF D 79
COMMANDMENT----RECKAMP 69
CZARS CHAMPAGNE -------MUNSON RW 80
DAMASCAN VELVET --------MUNSON RW 80
DARING DELEMMA------- salter j 93
DARRELL-------DURIO 81
DEEP FREEZE-------- millikan b 90
DOUBLE CUTIE -----BROWN B 72
DOUBLE DELICIOUS -------TISCH 72
DOUBLE DIXIE-------KROPF 76

choice of 2 they will come to you in may when it is safe for me to dig them up :))
thank you

Now Today I have sent a list of all the player to all the players along with their info sheets .
I do hope that you can print them off & put into a folder.
we have a rainy day :))
So I'm going to our NURSERY & check for any bargains to come :)) have a great day all .

let me know if all 17 info sheets do not arrive.

susie

yum, daring dilemma...that one is on my want list.
although, something happened to my page...it went poof in the night. will need to redo it.

congrats deb.

Susie,
Thank you so much for offering/sending me two of your lilies!
It's so hard to choose! They all are so beautiful!

Cosmic Hummingbird, and Damascan Velvet! Sound wonderful to me! I'll think of your kindness and generosity each time I see them bloom, Thank you my friend!

It was such a fun contest! I really do like the name, it fits the group perfectly!

Hugs,

I forgot to say "Congratulations, Deb". : )
Earthly, I'm drooling over Daring Dilemma as well.
See you later bloomers. Treasa

Congrats Deb and Hello to all my Bloomin Friends! As Mellen gets April underway keep an eye out for my post about May....would like to get an early start to allow everyone enough time to get their packages together.
Theresa

Congradulations Deb great name I am happy to be a new member some day you ladies will have to teach this semi- computer illiterate how to post the cute little cartoons.I hope I won,t disappoint anyone. Patty

GM Everyone :))

Deb I have you down for Cosmic Hummingbird, and Damascan Velvet! :)) to be sent as soon as the weather permits :))) our weather is warming so may not be to far away :))

Just want to say welcome to all who have Joined
our group & I hope that we can make it fun for
everyone .

One way we can have a great group is that we
all do our part as to post when you want to play into
a robin . & keep up on the robins as to what is
going on .

anyone wanting to sign up please email me for the
info sheet & Guidelines of our robins.

IF You Want In on our SEED SWAP _ HOSTED By MELLEN
Please SIGN UP TO BECOME A MEMBER .

THERESA24 Also Has A Great plan for our May
ROBIN & I KNOW YOU WILL WANT IN ON THIS ONE.

HOPE TO HEAR FROM YOU.

susie

sue, save me a piece of that daring dilemma, which i will be more than happy to share with treasa.

also, treasa, was it you i saw posting on another swap that you were looking for flower sack/baker's towels or was that someone else?

Congrats Deb! Great name for a great bunch of gals!! Looking forward to future swaps and getting to know everyone better. Thanks to Sue and Carol for all the effort and time they have put into getting this group organized.
Also looks like a great seed swap for the month of April! Mellen is doing a great job on getting that swap off !
I haven't gotten a month but I will keep thinking and when you need someone (just incase) to take a month please let me know!

Earthly : I will try to remeber you when it comes time to send to you :)) Please remind me .:)))

Plantladyjan: we will be letting everyone taken a month
starting JAN 07 once everyone has hosted we start agin . I hope this is fair to everyone .
so far here is what we have comming up .

APRILL ------- MELLEN----- SEEDS
May----- TERESA24----- CACTII ??? or Mothers day robin
June--- NYVOICE----- Daylilies
July ---- VEEJA11---- Xmas in July
AUG ---- GRANNYMARSH ------ IRISES
SEPT --- DANCINGMOON----- HOLLOWEEN ???
OCT ---- REMY ---- Bulbs
NOV ---- DEBBYA----- GARDEN BOX ???
DEC ---- EARTHLY--- XMAS ???

here are the players so far.

1. Nitelite
2.theresa24
3.grannymarsh
4 uptresa
5 Remy
6 nyvoice
7 debbya
8 mellen
9 veeja11
10 amybabyboy3
11 plantladyjan
12 earthly
13 Number_1_angel
14 Beth_b_Kodiak
15 Dancingmoon
16 Skohler
17Pattygrow5
18 Ilovefaca
19 lunamoon

sure hope everyone is getting ready to send their seeds
& gift to our hostess MELLEN :)))
have a great night all Have to go to work :))
susie

Where are all my bloomin friends? I think I have darling dilema also, need to see a picture I lost a bunch of tags last year. All of daylily season I will be posting daylily pics if you can identify it I will send you a fan of it. good way to get names and share, will start as soon as they start blooming, I may let the winner pay postage tho or at least share postageMellen is doing a fine job on her first swap. congrats Mellen hugs to all{{gwi:1259801}}

Carol--do you have a list/record of the daylilies you have?? I know you just said that you lost the tags. Bummer... With the 10's of thousands of daylilies, chances are there are a couple that look similar, thus adding to the confusion.

Carol,
This Bloomin' Friend was doing yardwork all day! It was gorgeous outside, almost 70*. Today was the warmest day so far, tonight it's back down in the 30's. The weekend looks good, no rain 50*. I'm glad, because I have much more yard work to do!

update on our group :)))

APRILL ------- MELLEN----- SEEDS
May----- TERESA24----- CACTII ??? or Mothers day robin
June--- NYVOICE----- Daylilies
July ---- VEEJA11---- Xmas in July
AUG ---- GRANNYMARSH ------ IRISES
SEPT --- DANCINGMOON----- HOLLOWEEN ???
OCT ---- REMY ---- Bulbs
NOV ---- DEBBYA----- GARDEN BOX ???
DEC ---- EARTHLY--- XMAS ???

here are the players so far.

1. Nitelite
2.theresa24
3.grannymarsh
4 uptresa
5 Remy
6 nyvoice
7 debbya
8 mellen
9 veeja11
10 amybabyboy3
11 plantladyjan
12 earthly
13 Number_1_angel
14 Beth_b_Kodiak
15 Dancingmoon
16 Skohler
17Pattygrow5
18 Ilovefaca
19 lunamoon
20.sguanzon
21.Giverny4me

For 2 days I have planted 25 Hostas ,4 peony's , 4 bleeding hearts , 4 trays of seed's , my hosta's are up 4-6 inch already in 2 days . I have these all in pot's
not in the ground at this time >))
I would like to say to all that when sending a box to your pal . JUST REMEBER .
WE ARE Looking TO Share our Gardens so I'm going to
share a few pictures for the newbie on how to pack a few plants . will try to get them by the weekend .

ALSO : I Have TANSY PLANT"s TO GIVE FOR POSTAGE
it gets up to 3-6 ft high very nice bush type .
$8.00 prioity.
PLUS It Is used for getting rid of poison IVY:))
By steeping it as a tea :)))
Email me if you want any .
susie

P.S Welcome SGUANZON & GIVERNY4ME

It is up to our player's to let me know if you have not recieved all the info on our players .
if you have not yet gotten a copy of each player please
EMAIL me & I will get them sent to you.
I'm sorry I guess I did happen to send a couple of info sheets before erasing the phone # 's I'm sorry
But sure no one here is going to call you just to
breath in your ear :)) .

giverny4me I will be sending all the info sheets
to you tomorrow for you to print off :)))

we have 21 player :))) would everyone take a sec & post your birthday here so we can all put it on the info sheets ??
mine is july 9th _ _ _ _ :))))

oh My email is jamed up rigth now for SOMEONE
sent a large file that will not come through
so have to wait till morning to call my server to
delete it.

so if you sent email today I cannot open it till
tomorrow . Sorry .

have a great night
susie

My birthday is June 21, 19????? LOL!!
Trish

Well, I think this is a great group! I've already know quite a few names from previous trades : )
I spent most of the day outside trying to clean up stuff. Made my husband put up the new welcome bucket/picket fence thing next to the door. Planted a couple Naked Lady bulbs I just received in a trade. Etc.
Lots of daffodils are getting ready to bloom. I had a couple of early tulips bloom on the south side of my house today!
Oh, and I split up Colchiums. I have an assortment of varieties, The Giant, Waterlily(I know what these 2 are and where they are planted), and a mix from the following: bornmuelleri, speciosum, lilac wonder, cilicicum, byzantinum, or autumnale Plenum(I didn't write down what each is where it is planted. Does this make sense? lol To me it didn't really matter. They are all great!) If anyone wants to do a trade. I can give one or two bulbs of at least 5 different varieties. Please e-mail me.
My birthday is April 6.
Remy

Here is a link that might be useful: B+B Colchiums

I was born on Father's Day and yes that is what my dad wanted as a present ...a baby girl! June 17

june 5th..

Sun shined all day so dh worked on my new bed, while I weeded existing ones and planted tomato's Shirley i have a kinda list of some but not of all although I should recognize names, went to Michaels and found lots of swap box goodies, gonna try to get my seeds off to miss depends tomorrow

Not that it matters, but I must of been half asleep last night it is Colchicum not colchium. I should of just wrote Autumn Crocus, lol.

Carol, "Miss Depends" lol!
Remy

My birthday is Dec. 17.

I am happy to see that remy has the correct lady ID'd as Miss Depends and it AIN'T ME!!! Mellen

AINT??? I see Trish is sooo old she dosen't remember what year she was born in Sorry Mellen it is Mrs depends, forgot there was a mr. depends. here are pics of my new bed first just poisioned second dh starting to turn it, not very big but took me a year to talk dh into this much.{{gwi:1259802}}{{gwi:1259803}}more flower room carols happy

My birthday's June 7

HAHAhahahaha!!...I remember...how old i am, just dont want all you old coots too know!!......Nice work on the new flower bed Carol..."Good hubby"...good job...cant wait to see pics of it filled up with beautiful flowers!! I am sure it will be lovely!

P.S. We use Poise pads here...they work better !! ROFL!

Maybe I'm the one who should be called Mrs. Depends. LOL It took me a while to catch on, that I missed something along the way! LOL Remy, I'd love to trade with you for a couple of each of your Colchiums, I mean Colchicums. LOL
Really, please, sometime. Thank you!
Earthly, that was me with the towels. I'm either in the garden, or in the kitchen. Oh, or at the computer. ; ) I seem to go through a lot of towels. Also, thank you about the Daring Dilemma. Sometimes, life seems like a daring dilemma. I'd love to trade for a start.
Carol, my dh would be glad to kill the sod, but the rest is up to me. Is this the bed where your new daylilies will go? That's going to be beautiful!

I'm wayyyyyyyyyyyy over the hill. I don't remember the year either. All I know is I feel 20. That's the main thing. I was born November 5, a late bloomer.

We had a layer of snow this morning. Oh, well.
I'll just go sow more seeds in the greenhouse.
Can't wait to see how the seed swap turns out. Treasa

Hi All My Bloomin Friends,

Thought I would do this so all Birthdyas are one 1 thing, I am missing # 13 & 18,
1. Nitelite - June 5
2.theresa24 - Auguest 14
3.grannymarsh - May 12
4 uptresa - November 5
5 Remy - April 6
6 nyvoice - May 5
7 debbya -Dec. 17
8 mellen - April 17
9 veeja11 -July 15
10 amybabyboy3 - January 21
11 plantladyjan - June 17
12 earthly - May 22
13 Number_1_angel -
14 Beth_b_Kodiak -September 3
15 Dancingmoon - June 21
16 Skohler - July 9th
17Pattygrow5 - June 27
18 Ilovefaca -
19 lunamoon - January 26
20.sguanzon -June 7
21.Giverny4me - May 20

Have to run, have a call I have to take, talk to you all soon, :)Anita

Thanks Anita! I will cut and paste that to my Blooming Friends document with the questionaires.

Carol, don't you just love the promise of a new, empty bed just waiting to be planted.....so much potential and so much room for MORE STUFF!!!!!!!!!!!!! LOL...I have been on such a plant spending spree this year...It's not even funny.

Theresa

-with no cute cartoon yet cuz I don't know how :(

Anita,
Thanks for that list!

Carol,
What a nice new area you have to work in! I don't know why it took so long to convince your husband especially since without commas it looks like you poisoned second dh. Lol, I was confused as I read it! Now I sound like the Depends Lady, lol.
My husband was telling my Godmother today that he bought me a 3-in-1 Asian Pear tree. She asked where it was going. I said in the imaginary bed in front of the imaginary gardenroom, lol. He's got a lot of digging to do!

Treasa,
I'll reserve the Colchicums for you. I'll let you know once it gets closer to the foliage disappearing.

Remy

Thank you, Anita and Remy. : )

Theresa, don't feel bad. I haven't taken the time to do any of those here either. Have a great night. Treasa

wow anita, you are good!

hi everyone. mellen, i have some seeds that you might want for your swap that i will send to you this weekend, if it's not too late. i'm not participating (waaaaaayyyy toooooooo
maaaaaaannnnnny seeeeeeeedsssss) in the receiving, but i have no problem in the giving. is that too late?

carol, i see the depends are back!

treasa - i thought i had read about the towels somewhere. i thought perhaps you either bake a lot or made your own pasta. they are the best rags, aren't they? i love them.

walking up my driveway side, there is this incredible fragrance...wonder why

{{gwi:1108565}}

Oh we have comments from our other depends lady miss earthly.
and then there'sz miss poise, Trish. no didn't poision second dh but would like to poision first one. new bed will have my new daylilies and dahlias in it, mostly pinks, can't wait to plant it. love those hyacinths mine are always little stubby ones. got my seeds off today. I am doing a swap in another place where you decorate a spring garden hat for your pal, I am having fun decorating a hat. happy spring to all{{gwi:1259804}}carol

Whoops--guess I should check here more often--my b-day is march 8th--
Carol--envy your new flower bed and what a cute puppy--did angel get a nice home??

Earthly--I can almost smell those hyacinths clear out here in Iowa!!! yummy!!
Got to get back to work-shhhhh
Jeanette

Hi All,
Sorry I could not make it back yesterday:( My DS was MIA, he is safe & sound now, but I was in a panic till after 10 last night,
I am a bit confused with #18, not sure, so I will wait for them to post, I don't find this name in any of our thread's?
This list is only missing #18!!!!!
1. Nitelite - June 5
2.theresa24 - August 14
3.grannymarsh - May 12
4 uptresa - November 5
5 Remy - April 6
6 nyvoice - May 5
7 debbya -Dec. 17
8 mellen - April 17
9 veeja11 -July 15
10 amybabyboy3 - January 21
11 plantladyjan - June 17
12 earthly - May 22
13 Number_1_angel - March 8
14 Beth_b_Kodiak -September 3
15 Dancingmoon - June 21
16 Skohler - July 9th
17Pattygrow5 - June 27
18 Ilovefaca -
19 lunamoon - January 26
20.sguanzon -June 7
21.Giverny4me - May 20

Carol,
Love the new bed, sure wish my DH would help me with mine, But then again, I don't have to help him with the veggie garden, I still think I am on the short end of the stick.

Maryann,
Smelling of envy here, I am under snow again,

Can someone give me a heads up, What are we doing for May? I read something about Cacti's? I don't have any to trade, but I would love to do a perennial swap in my?

Have a great day all,:)

Anita, mine is correctly spelled uptreasa. Number 18 is correctly ilovefarac. She's Melinda.
Earthly, your hyacinths are gorgeous. You have a beautiful bed of them. Mine will be a while yet. Our snow just melted.
Carol, that dog looks friendlier than that other one you have. ; )
See everyone tomorrow. Treasa

The other dog is #1 angels, this little one is my new pup almost a year old now. Angel, Angel got a wonderful home they all did. Mommy got fixed last month this one is new mommy to be. dh has bed 1/2 done, won't be long now, I have lots of new daylillies and dahlias coming in to fill it. enjoying spring weather this week and get to meet Beth next week. I am excited. hugs carol

Greetings to all!
Carol/Beth have a fun time!! Wish I could join you!!
Watch out Seattle Carol and Beth together...one can't be sure of what is going to take place but I know it will be fun!! I am really happy that the two of you are able to meet!! I know that both of you will have a wonderful time! How long have you been GW friends? Share the fun and photos will the rest of us!!

Hi All:)

Treasa,
Not sure what person to blame, I just copied the list from our member list that either Susie or Carol posted, I think a few of them are incorrect, but I wont tell:)
I should be nyvoices99 & I am nyvoice, I can live with that, but when I have # 18 Melinda on it, I will correct it:)Anita

Anita, Thank you. Nobody is to blame. : )
Carol, some rat-tail radish and Centaura 'Black Ball' seeds went out to you today.

It's really great to meet internet friends. Grannymarsh and I have seen eachother several times. The first time was to get some "black gold" from us, since we have cows. I saw that she was from the UP too. I've met several of my online garden friends. It's really great! Treasa

Hi all # 18 is Ilovefranc, melinda> she just let us know on another thread that her mother Marge C just passed, marge was one of my first yearly swap pals, one great lady, thoughts and prayers are with Melinda

Melinda, my love and prayers to you and your family. I remember seeing Marge C on seed packets in some of the swaps. I'm very sorry. Treasa

I'm am so sorry to hear Melinda's mom passed away.

My thought and prayers are also with Melinda. They were the first few traders I swapped seeds with a few years ago. I'm so sorry to hear of this.
Melinda's GW name is Ilovefarac.
Theresa

Melinda, so sorry to hear about your Mom. She was a great lady. Over the years I recieved some very nice seeds from her and always enjoyed our exchanges of corespondance. Marge was a pleasant and gracious lady and I know she will be missed.
Beth