So we mustn't have to scan back through the messages, I put together a list of all trade offers thus far on the board... Bill Canna Tubers(red/orange) Iris Signet (has) BULBS : Grape hyacinth Poet's Narcissus (blooms late and is very fragrant) Snowdrops Star of Bethlehem Allium " purple sensation" Tiger Lily PERENNIALS : Evening primrose Centaura montana Centura dealbata various hosta including varigated and solid green . creeping jenny golden creeping jenny lungwort , cherry , pink turning to blue lambs ear creeping buttercup ajuga chocolate chip violet " freckles" violet purple Jack in the pulpit Mayapple trillium monk's hood Iris pale mauve ( smells like candy necklace tastes LOL ) Iris yellow Iris Miniature - cream color Artemesia Artemesia varigated Dames rocket ( attracts butterflies) Phlox purply pink white with pink eye sedum various kinds (inquire) Perennial orange poppy Chinese lanterns false Starry Solomons Seal Solomon's seal doronicum aka Leopards Bane pink mallow pink obedience plant lamium pink lamium white VINES: golden hops vine SELF SEEDING ANNUALS Forget me not white Forget me not blue Bladder campion Larkspur (purple) Verbascum phonecium Herbs: Herb Robert ( shade pretty pink tiny flowers) Lemon balm mint chocolate mint camomile double orange brugmasia ( rooted cuttings) double white brugmansia ( rooted cuttings) Globe Thistle (blue ) Fruit Raspberry Strawberry Veggies Egyptian walking onions. Trees: Lilac ( mauve) Forsythia small rooted cuttings Small Rose of Sharon seedlings White with pink and red with pink ( mixed) Yellow primrose Brunnera " Jack Frost" 1 Lilium bulb " Aphrodite" double lily grows to 3 feet tall small starts of Orange tiger Lilium Sweet Woodruff Small bulbs from lilium Casa Blanca 2 per pot (2 pots) Double feverfew Borage ( greylady it survived this time and did really well ) White Bellflower 2 Triple corona Yellow with yellow trumpet daffodils ( Rosco p would these interest you ? ) 2 white with white corona daffodils ( Rosco p - or these ones ?) Iris pseudocorus ( yellow ) Hosta Golden Tiara Hosta Clausa Hosta lancifolia Pink obedience Shasta daisy Persian speedwell aka Bird's Eye speedwell ( ground cover ) Very pretty tiny blue and white flowers -may be classified as a wildflower/weed Hosta Sum and Substance American Bittersweet Lilium michiganense a cultivar of Black Eyed Susan Rudbeckia Hirta ( I forget the name but it is sunset something or something sunset .Yellow with a blackish brown ring in center of flower Daylily Hall's Pink Daylily Pink Damask Daylily Elegant Candy Daylily Rocket City Persicaria amplexicaulis 'Firetail' aka Mountain Fleece flower 2 different color vincas 1 Small toad lily Trout lilies ( yellow) Ladybells ( adenophora ) Double Fans of : Daylily " Bonanza 1954" Daylily " Ury Winniford" Daylily " Rocket City" Daylily " Seurat" Daylily " Unidentified Flying Object " Daylily " Frans Hal " Historic Daylily " Fulva " (species daylily (this is the orange one that you see along the roadsides. It has natuarlized to Canada after being brought here from China by Linnaeus in 1762) Historic Daylily " Flava" also known as Lemon Lily early blooming species daylily ( usually blooms end of May and if conditions are right will rebloom ) brought to Canada by Linn� emend. Hylander, in 1753) Rosco: Aconitum (blue Monkshood)- Rooted divisions Japanese Kerria - rooted divisions Mauve Lilac - flowering size (1gal.pot) Bears Breeches - rooted divisions Pink Delphinium - seedlings in 4" pots Orange Honeysuckle - small rooted cutting from last season Globe Allium- seedlings in 4"pot Cherokee Purple Tomato Starts- individually potted in 4"pots Purple Calla Lillies- 3 month seedlings individually potted in 4" pots Red Oleander(tropical)-seedling in 4"pot Rose of Sharon (blue) seedlings Yucca Filamentosa-division Mock Orange 1ft. tall,single budded out branch-division Lunaria-(money plant) seedlings Mountain Bluet-young plants Canna-bronzed leaf (tubers) Ostrich Fern-division- gallon pot Variegated Solomons Seal-3 growing tip Rhizome Purple Violets-4" pot Hardy Geranium-4"pot Lilly of the Valley(white) 4" pot Clematis Tangutica- 2 year old in half gallon pot Sylphium-cup plant Siberian Iris(blue)-4 rhizomes potted in a 6 inch pot Lilacislove: Seeds I have to trade: � Flowers: � Canary Clematis � Hollyhock-mixed colours � Everlasting Pea : Lathyrus � Lupins-mixed colours � Cathedral Bell : Cobaea Scandens � Royal White Sweet Pea � Royal Scarlet Sweet Pea � Wildflower-Blue Flax � Wildflower-Scarlet Flax � Gaillardia-Grandiflora Mix � Poppy-Double Shirly Mix � Corn Poppy-Flander Field � Milk Weed � Red Clover � Morning Glory � Foxgove : digitalis � Leopards Bane : Doronic � � Fruits/Veggies: � Zuccini-Dark Green � Cauliflower � Cantaloupe � Watermelon-Sugar Baby � Squash-Butternut � Cucumber-Straight Eight � Pumpkin-Small Sugar � Tomato : Balcony Charm � Asparagus-Viking � Goji Berry � Chichiquelites � Ground Cherry � � Herbs: � Lemon Basil : Ocimum basillicum Citriodorum � Lemon Balm : Melissa officinalis � Rosemary : Rosmarinus Officinalis � Oregano : Origanum Vulgare � Thyme : Thymus Vulgaris � Purple Basil : Ocimum Basilicum � Parsley-Single hardy Italian � Summer Savory : Satureja Hortensis � Sweet Basil : Ocimum Basilicum � Chives : Allium Schoenoprasum � Mint � Spearmint : Mentha Spicata � Chamomile : Matricia Recutita � Edelweiss : Leontopodium alpinum Chocolate Vine : Akebia quinata Noble Clover Red Trefoil : Trifolium rubens Groundcherry : Physalis sp. Chichiquelites : Solanum nigrum Goji Berries Milkweed : Asclepius Plants I have to trade: � Cuttings: � Red Raspberry-Heritage � Early Spring Lilac-Light Purple � Strawberry-Temptation � Red Currant � Grape-Concord � Bleeding Heart : Dicentra spectabilis � � Bulb: � Tiger Lily � Purple Iris � White Yucca � Ixia Hybrid-white, yellow, pink � White Tiger Lily � � Seedlings: � HollyHock-Mixed � Zucchini-Dark Green � Lemon Balm � Butternut Squash � Lemon Basil � Ground Cherry Greylady: feverfew--one small pot chives garlic chives--one small pot daylily--I 'think' it is red stella clustered bellflower--dark purple brugmansia cuttings--rooted over the winter and just potted up-some named-some NOID coleous--don't know the name, but it is really beautiful rooted over the winter and potted up datura-lilac la fleur--seedling about 5" tall right now tomato-thin skinned heirloom cherry--about 3" tall now moonflower vine--two seedlings in one pot about 4" tall now hosta--'gold drop' foxglove--'dwarf carillon' phlox 'Darwin's Joyce--very tiny piece in pot lady's mantle--very small seedling in pot daylily--stella d'oro seedlings of heliotrope 'marine' nice and healthy--about 3 inches tall right now--one to a pot heuchera--'tiny' piece of velvet night climbing rose--small piece of seven sisters type dk pink/red lupine--WS seedlings-NOID-grabbed the seeds from(shorter) plants that had finished flowering. two seedlings in pot approx 2" tall right now. foxglove--white-WS two pots of hunks of seedlings creeping phlox--white creeping phlox--mauve hosta--tiny tears astilbe--small pot siberian iris--butter and sugar--small pot daylily--anzac--small div. daylily--strawberry candy--small div. oxalis--charmed wine Bev: Herbs: Rosemary Parsley �Darki� Valerian (Valeriana officinalis) Greek Oregano (culinary type) Foeniculum vulgare �Purpureum� (bronze fennel) Levisticum officinale (Lovage) East Indian Lemon Grass (seedlings, but will grow huge by August and can be overwintered indoors. A nice ornamental) Costmary (Tanacetum balsamita) beautifully scented leaves Veggies: Tomatoes �Principe Borghese�; �Black Plum�; �Plum Dandy�; �Matina�; �Boxcar Willie�; �Cosmonaut Volkov�; �Druzba�; �Djeena Lee�s Golden Girl�; �Moonglow�; and probably more. There may be only one or two of each variety. Peppers: �Lipstick�; �Anaheim�; �California Wonder�; �Yellow Bell�; Ancho; Asti Yellow; Sweet Sunset Italian. Perennials: Achillea ptarmica �The Pearl� Achillea sibirica var camtschatica �Love Parade� Agastache aurantiaca �Apricot Sprite� Agastache cana (Giant yellow hyssop) huge. nice for a backdrop or instant hedge Agastache hyb. "Honeybee blue" (true from seed?) Agastache Pringlei (Pringle�s Giant Hyssop) these will be small Alcea rugosa (Russian hollyhock) Alcea ficifolia (Figleaf hollyhock) Amsonia tabernaemontana (Bluestar) Anthemis tinctoria (Golden Marguerite) Anthriscus sylvestris �Ravenswing� (will take a division by request) Aquilegia var? Belamcanda (Candy Lily) Blue Fescue (from �Elijah Blue�) Blue Lyme Grass (very aggressive, double pot with hardware cloth and watch for escapees) Callirhoe involucrata (Prairie cups) Campanula persicifolia (Peachleaf bellflower) Campanula �Pink Octopus� Coreopsis grandiflora �Tetra Giant� Delphinium grandiflorum (var? blue) Dianthus (several varieties) Doronicum (Leopards Bane) Dracocephalum var? (dragons head) Echinops ritro Echinops sphaerocephalus �Arctic Glow� . This is a showstopper. Eupatorium coelestinum (Blue Mist flower / Hardy Ageratum) Eupatorium perfoliatum (Common boneset) Eremurus bungei (Foxtail Lily) mix from �Shelford Pink� and a yellow variety. Wow! Didn�t know if last year�s little volunteers would survive the winter but they sure did! At least three per pot, will probably take two seasons to bloom. Worth the wait. Eryngium planum (var? probably planum, not too tall) Filipendula vulgaris hexapetala (Dropwort) Foeniculum vulgare �Purpureum� (bronze fennel) Hostas (many, mostly named varieties) Iberis gibraltarica (Gibraltar candytuft) Illiamnus rivularia (if I can get a side shoot or seedlings) Liatris spicata (blue) Liatris spicata alba (White gayfeather, I will dig this by request only) Linaria purpurea (bee favourite, re-seeds enthusiastically) Linum flavum (yellow flax) Linum perenne (blue flax, from "sapphire") Lobelia siphilitica (Great Blue Lobelia) Lysimachia ciliata �Firecracker� (aggressive but gorgeous) Nepeta from �Walkers Low� Nepeta parnassica (giant catmint) Thyme �Doon Valley� Oenethera missouriensis (Sundrops) Oregano �Herrenhausen� Penstemon strictus (Rocky Mtn. Penstemon) Penstemon pinifolius (? not sure of variety. Perennial, 24″, red blooms, hummer magnet) Phlox divaricata (purple woodland phlox) Phlox paniculata �Baby Face� Phlox paniculata white, probably from "David" Phuopsis stylosa (Crosswort) Polemonium caeruleum alba (White Jacob�s Ladder) Pycnanthemum (Virginia Mountain Mint) Ratibida pinnata Salvia from �Caradonna� Salvia from �Blue Queen� Salvia from sclaria turkestanica var. alba (white clary sage) Scabiosa ochroleuca (Yellow pincushion flower) Sidalcea from �Party Girl� (seedlings) Silphium perfoliatum (cup plant) Solidago rigida (Stiff Goldenrod) this is really spectacular Solidago rugosa �Fireworks� (from seed, second year plants, lovely dark foliage, looks like most will resemble the parent) Teucrium chamaedrys (wall germander) Thyme �Doone Valley� creeping bicolour Tunica saxifrage (Tunic Flower) Verbena canadensis Vernonia noveboracensis (New York Ironweed) Veronica var.? gorgeous blue early bloomer, 8″, gently creeping. good for front of border lots more to come. Looking for something? Please email. Annuals: Ageratum �Leilani Blue� Alcea / Hollyhock �Creme de Cassis� Amaranthus �Candelabra� Amaranthus �Golden Giant� Amaranthus �Pygmy Torch� Amaranthus �Velvet Curtains� Amaranthus tricolor �Early Spendor� Amaranthus tricolor �Joseph�s Coat� Calendula Callistephus chinensis (China Aster) double red Cleome purple Cleome serrulata. Huge, shrublike (Rocky Mountain Bee Plant) ?? no germination yet� Cleome white Cosmos �Purity White� Cosmos bright cerise Cosmos sulphurous (tall orange type) Escholtzia California Poppies (if winter not too wet for volunteers) Fibigia clypeata (Roman Shields) will self seed Ipomopsis aggregata (Scarlet Gillia) hummer magnet, will have some if the hens haven�t destroyed the area where they seed themselves Lavatera trimestris �Ruby Regis� Laurentia �Avante Guard Blue� Matthiola bicornis (Evening Scented Stock) Mirabilis (Four Oclocks) �Limelight� Mirabilis (Four Oclocks) �Salmon Sunset� Mollucela (Bells of Ireland) Waiting on the volunteers Nicotiana alata (Jasmine scented flowering tobacco, white) Nicotiana �Crimson King� Pennisetum glaucum from �Purple Majesty� (true from seed? birdies love it) Petunia �Prism Sunshine� Petunia Old Fashioned vining (see "chicken destruction" above) Silybum mariannum (St. Mary�s Milk Thistle) Verbascum �Banana Custard� Zinnia (several varieties) Exotics: Cestrum nocturnum (Night-blooming Jessamine) tender perennial. overwinter indoors Mina Lobata vine (maybe�) Moonflower vine (maybe�) Eccremenocarpus (Chilean Glory Vine) Geranium, scented variegated leaves (from cuttings� overwintered nicely indoors) Trees / Shrubs: Salix alba �Vitellina� (Golden Willow) Liriodendron tulipifera Tulip tree Senna marilandica Myrica pennsylvanica (Bayberry) Hibiscus acetosella �Red Shield� Hydrangea anomala subsp petiolaris (Climbing hydrangea) Hydrangea �Annabelle� (small division) Sumac �Gro-Low� Hemlock BlueIris: Solomon's Seal Tarragon Black Eyed Susans Perennial Baby's Breath Canon J. Went Toadflax Mint Blue Spiderwort Yellow Evening Primrose Yellow 'Moonshine' Yarrow Pink Yarrow White Yarrow Daisies (not Shastas) Lychnis Hot Pink (Rose Campion) Lamb's Ears Penstemon Digitalis 4-5 kinds of low sedums Autumn Joy tall sedum Violet - white with purple, and royal purple Ajuga Asian/Garlic chives Pale native asters Echinacea Lily of the Valley Coral bells Gardeng8: Blue Azure allium Lady's Mantle Purple monkshood (fall blooming) Sammy Russell Daylily Wood's Pink aster various hostas (Big Daddy)...others-names forgotten MY BAD Karl Forester grass Ice Dance sedge (variegated) white anemone (spring flowering) pink anemone (fall flowering) King Edward yarrow (dwarf) -yellow Blue-eyed grass (dwarf) Lime Rickey heuchera Obsidian heuchera Pewter Veil? heuchera sanguisorba (Burnet)- pink bottlebrush flowers blue flax (linum) kalimeris incisa (small variegated) Brunette clematis koreana (division) Variegated Soloman's Seal Barberry (2 very small baby voluteers) Korean Lilac (1 very small baby volunteer) Red Twig Dogwood (2-3 small volunteers) Lilac (either purple or white...) - small(ish) Honeysuckle (pink flowers with white berries) - volunteers possibly: volunteer: purple smokebush 0r purple sandcherry Batisia/(Blue False Indigo)/2010 perennial of the year (2 small) Cotoneaster (2 cuttings-small) Flowering Almond (Rose Tree of China)- Cutting pulmonaria/lungwort (2 babies) lavender (2 babies) blue pincushion flower ("Perfecta") lysmachia "Firecracker" Iron Cross Oxalis -bulbs started June 8th Oxalis Triangularis -bulbs started June 8th veronica "Twilight" siberian iris -white Carex- "The Beatles" (3) Black Flowered Sedge (1 only) Daylily: Jan's Twister (1 fan) Malyasian Monarch (1 fan) Crintonic Shadowlands (1 fan) Promises Promises Pirates Promise (1 fan) Street Urchin (1 fan) castor beans (red or green) if anyone is interested. Penstemen 'Pygmaes' (1) Blood Root (1) Dwarf Bleeding Heart (fernleaf) (1) Monkshood (early WHITE) (1) Poor Man's orchid(impatien balfouri)- 2 seedlings Golden Tiara hosta (1 small) variegated phlox (1 small) astilbe (1 small) Barb from London: Perennials Helleborus foetidus - Bear's Paw Hellebore Stylophorum diphyllum - Native Woodland Poppy Hydrophyllum virginianum - Virginia Waterleaf (native) Geranium yoshinoi - hardy geranium, small magenta flowers, blooms late in season, good groundcover in shade Indoor plants Sinningia speciosa 'Cardosa Moriera'(from Brazil Plants seed) - first year seedling, should bloom this summer - deep purple flowers Sinningia nivalis (Snow Sinningia - supposedly survives freezing temps for short periods!) - first year seedlings, currently dormant tubers, from Brazil Plants seed - red tubular flowers Sinningia eumorpha 'Saltoa' (from Brazil Plants seed)- semi-dormant tubers, second year, bloomed last summer - white/lavender flowers Annuals Nicotiana langsdorfii - Green flowered Flowering Tobacco Grasses Miscanthus sinensis 'Morning Light' (if they actually survived the winter...they still haven't broken dormancy yet) Echinacea purpurea, mature plants Gaillardia (blanket flower), mature plants Erigeron 'Pink Jewel' some mature plants, some seedlings Didzgarden: Catmint Jacob's Ladder (Blue) Anemone (white) Ligularia (Purple leaves, yellow flowers) Chocolate Mint Salvia Bergenia sweet woodruff Ajuga lily of the valley orange cosmos (small seedlings atm) Daldak: turtle heads sedum (pink) obedient plant (pink) rock cress (purple) saw dust newspaper

OMG I had an absolutely amazing time! Thank you Silvia for the party and the sweet potatoes and the banana and seeds and tomato! Thank you Maxine for the banana! Thank you Doug for the staghorn ferns! Thanks Luthar for the amazing oranges! Thanks for the fruit tips Christine! Hey there Willie - your family is wonderful and we are crazy about your wife! Thanks Diane for the seed swap and organizing the plant swap! Thanks to whoever made that homemade candy...it was awesome! I know I am forgetting about half of the people who made this party so enjoyable...I did have a terrific time. Tina

This sounds more like your agent trying to make sure he gets his commission on both ends. I dont know where you are, but in my area, houses under 300k are selling and houses over 500k are selling. Everything in the middle is sitting. I dont see how this "offer" benefits YOU at all. Your agent says they are worried that you will sell the house out from under them but yet, if you dont do the 1030, they will buy the lot instead? It sounds like a bunch of bull to me. I dont think this is the buyer at all, I think you have a slick agent on your hands. They are afraid someone else will buy your house before they can. So to "fix that" they are considering buying the lot in your subdivision. Hummm, how does that help them? They still would have to sell their house to start construction leaving them in the same exact position they are in now. The whole thing sounds to me like your agent and their agent is making sure he has a couple of really nice checks coming in. Give them some time to sell their house with a 3 day kick out clause. (Meaning, if another buyer comes in to purchase your home without a contingency, buyer number 1 would have three days to move forward with the purchase or withdraw their offer). You dont need to do a 1030. (besides the tax implications of purchasing a home almost half the price of the one you are selling since you already puchased a home in another area)

Thanks for the update. We hosted an exchange student from Italy when I was in high school, I was a sophomore and she was a senior. Initially there was a bit of jealousy on my part- but when I got over that we became more like sisters. We did not do much together socially, but got along well at home. I also was an exchange student to Germany the year after I finished high school. Homesickness is a big part of it, but having a caring and involved family helped me to overcome it. Letters from home were an important link, there was only snail mail, no e-mail or texts for instant communication. I think in some ways that helped me to assimilate to their way of life. Congratulations for taking in the 2 girls, I would bet that the cultural understanding and friendships that you gain will be well worth any expenses of having them with you. Best of luck-and please keep updated!