Newish to SA by way of the DoD. Just saw this posting. Bought a new house and have been going crazy with landscaping, granted it seems to be a tad different than what you all do. Is this once a year or other? If once a year, would there be interest next uear for any of the following: Goji berry Honeyberry Blueberry southern Pink lemonade blueberry Brown turkey fig Everbearing fig Pineapple guava Named versions of dragonfruit (purple haze, American beauty, and another. May have other types ready to propagate by then) Pomaagranet If I can acquire good root stalk I have some great, sweet kumquats, sutsumi. Can not guarantee Meyers lemon would be ready. Loquat And this bush that grow REALLY good here. Stayed green all year and has maroon/reddish thistle haired type of flower or something. Pretty sure I can root cuttings as this thing grew from 2ft to about 5ft in 8 months And if interested may pull up rootball for this black leaved crape myrtle. It was planted in yard, thought it was dead in the winter and mowed over 3" new growth. Just seeing as some of my stuff may take time to graft or root.

I might be able to make it depending on when the reschedule is. I would love some seeds anyone has to give away for plants that like full sun and aren't overly large. I've really been wanting some salvias and sedum

Yes, that must have been it, Omar. It was pixies playing tricks on us or else it was me who was somewhat "pixilated' after all the talking and trading ... LOL I have a question: someone brought a jar for the door prize table containing something brown that looked like preserves of some kind, but it had a picture of a cleaning woman on it. I asked the contributor and she told me that if was for cleaning your hands after gardening and contained brown sugar. I'm fascinated, but can't remember what else the cleaning compound contained. Anybody remember who brought it and what else it contained besides brown sugar? The dates for both SAPS next year will be announced by Lorelei soon ... :-)

Yes Carrie, I'm glad it shows what a good time we had, but it seemed the time was over too quickly. I wanted to have more chats with more of the people that were there! The people I did get to talk to one-on-one were absolutely delightful. Patty says one never gets to chat enough -- so you just have to go to another swap :-) so I'm really looking forward to the fall swap. Shirley, we are eager to see your pictures as well as anyone elses pictures too! I'm working on getting the agaves, succulents, aloes, etc. planted in pots for my 'desert garden' on the treated wood deck next to the store room in my back yard. The little water that they will need will hopefully not rot the deck any time soon. I'm placing the pots up on bricks, but of course the bricks will be wet too, or I might try a little gravel under some of them so the pot is not in direct contact with the wood and will dry quicker. Are there any other suggestions on how to accomplish that? I'm excited about the other plants received also.