If anyone that hasn't already been on the ETPS website forum is trying to sign up, it will be a little over a week before I can sign on and approve memberships. I don't have access to the password right now, and the &%#$ site can't email it to me. Please be patient if you are new to the site!

If we registered on the ETPS site this past spring, do we need to register again to post on the page for the fall swap?

Nope. Just log right in and everything should work fine (unless you are out of town and forget your password, like me).

Hey Red_bird, I am back home, so if you are still having problems getting on, let me know. I can't remember what your screenname was last year on the ETPS site. There's no record of Red_bird, but maybe you went by another name? I remember you from the swap, but I just can't find your screenname.

Thanks so kindly, Brandon. I was able to log into the site, although I haven't posted my Have List. It is so meager this time that I'm a bit discouraged about it. I had really hoped to bring some young antique rose plants, but none of my cuttings made it. (I'm still trying to learn how to propogate roses.) But I do have a few things, including some nice magazines and pots as well as some common plants and (hopefully) some Cuban Oregano starts (a nice looking plant from the coleus family, but you can also cook with it).

Red_bird,

You should start a new thread and tell us what went wrong with your rose cuttings. I know there are at least a couple of rose experts on here that could probably tell you what you could do to get better results. I have grown lots of different types of plants from cuttings, but haven't done roses (yet). I have heard they were supposed to be pretty easy though.

Don't worry about not being able to bring alot to the swap. The effort you made to grow the rose cuttings (which would have probably have gone over quite well) shows you tried. As long as you show up and give some poor little orphaned plants a home, you'll be fine. Maybe you can give the rose cuttings another go next spring.

It's hard to believe, but the swap is just two weeks away!!!!

If you haven't posted your haves/wants (and you plan on doing so), now's the time.

Here is a link that might be useful: www.EastTnPlantSwap.com

Thanks for the words of encouragement. Good idea about a post, Brandon. After the swap I think I will post about my rose propogation attempt. I am determined to try again and hope to bring propogated roses to a future swap :)

If anyone here has gardening friends in the East Tennessee area that don't frequent the Tennessee Forum on Gardenweb, tell them about the plant swap this Saturday! It should be one of the most exciting plant-related events of the year!

Hi guys! Thought I'd throw my two cents in.

Redbird, why not bring fresh cuttings to the swap? Then you're still sharing your roses with folks and giving them a chance to learn propagating themselves:)

One of these days, I'm gonna come to your swap!

Heather, why not come to this swap? We'll even let you give a talk on rose propagation (just kidding, unless you want to). But seriously, you should come and meet some of your fellow Gardenwebbers and eat some great food.

I wish I could! I haven't even met any of y'all, but just chatting on GW, I feel like you're family:)

It is simply a matter of conflicting dates. Tomorrow I'm part of the Autumn Extravaganza in Murfreesboro, which I signed up for way back in May. There are a total of seven different cool things going on tomorrow and it kills me that I cant be everywhere at once. There's even a clearance sale out at Gardens Oy Vey in Memphis that I would dearly love to go to...

Maybe next spring! My friend Tiffany has been telling me all year how much I'd love it. Y'all have a great time tomorrow!!!