Sounds great Nancy! Yes we could hold sign ups for a while that would make it drawn out with shipping in Sept? I potted up a bunch of plants today and am gonna start some more cuttings tommorow.... Yippe another neighborhood swap Oh and I took a baby LA PAZ Hippie bulb and planted her up to share....I love babies..:)

Amy we posted at the same time.. :)

bigmama, we posted at the same time! So what do you guys mean when you say that we're supposed to use ties to cover the paper? I didn't follow that! :-) I used to use tape to secure the plastic over my wet paper towel (around the root ball). Now I use rubber bands. I hope that works great. But, those of you who have received plants from me lately, feel free to give me feedback!

I am so jealous of all of your zones!! It's even a bit warmer where you live Barb! You lucky ducks!!! Our first frost is around Sept 15th (I hate to even think about it!) and our last frost is around May 10th.

BOOOOO!!! I need to move somewhere warmer!!!

I like the press and seal wrap when I have some lol. I guess we mail before Sept 15 Then we will be in the tropical bulbs and seeds heheh. My husband was watching 'Flatliners" when I got home today and that lady that Kevin Bacon picked on when he was a kid her greenhouse was as big as a house at least it seemed like it . I was like are you paying attention to my husband. lol Happy Friday!!

I received a swap one time the tape was so hard to get off I actaually had to get out the scizzors to cut it off... Wasnt part of our swap happened along time ago... That was why I was laughing.... I am glad we talk to each other...I need to get some of that press n seal..I really like it.. regina used it and nancy and the plants were so happy..:)

Lol Heather be careful of what you wish for just another house to have to keep clean.. Actually it is so much work too..:) But a great hobby...:) Happy friday to you all...

Amy that bites sept 15? Really, that is so early... Do you all see it that early? It is neat to learn about America and others gardeners area....

Amy, I could do a side trade with you now so you can be sure to have an August swap.
Nancy
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Amy
That is a very pretty banana!
SEPT 15!!!! that is early! I had to go and look at a map. You live further north than I did in Canada! (except for that time I lived in Northern Alberta, Zone 1 brrrr)

Good luck with the job Barb!!!

Fall and Winter are my best gardening times! Fewer bugs, softer ground and no heat! This summer it has been wet and muggy all summer! It is an improvement over hot and dry, but the bugs have been brutal and the blackspot relentless!!! The happy watered trees have now shown me just how little sun there is in my yard! probably have a bumpercrop of acorns this year (which means a squirrel population explosion next year) ooohh well :(

I think I can do a September swap (October-November is probably better) but I don't really want any tropicals at this time of year (especially not HOUSEPLANTS) can't imagine what I have that anyone here would want!!! my tropicals are pretty HO-HUM compared with all you tropical DIVAS maybe I'll just sit by the sidelines and drool!

Ha ha ha

Hope you all have a wonderful day! Its raining here again!!!

Frances

Goodmorning we all need to pitch in and buy Amy a gh..Boo that is such a long winter to go through.. Love your pics Frances..Do I see coco loco...Look at her grow...Frances I got to know, lol which coleus is that one in front of coco loco green leaf with black in the middle? That is going on my wish list.. Your bruggie and hibiscus are beautiful... I think that is a hibiscus? It is raining here today..Now it is a cold AND wet pattern..hahahha Another anything goes swap in the neighborhood including tropicals?

Barb
I have no idea what that coleus is! Michelle sent it to me in the "Surplus" swap! I have tons and tons of coleus needing trimming!!! She sent me a dozen (or so) coleus cuttings! Some of them were very exotic looking. Between those, coco loco and the ones I grew from seeds I ended up with 4 or 5 big pots of pretty folliage! (gave some to my MIL too!)

That hibiscus is YUMMY!!!! I was a bit disapointed at first, I had my heart set on a peachy coloured one (the buds are sort of pink and the plant was labelled as 'apricot frills') but it won me over!

My brugs are all setting new buds, 2 weeks of neglect didn't harm them, but they are a bit behind on their buds. My yellow from last year has just set its first "Y"s. I really have to make some choices about next year's plants! They do grow back and flower from the roots, but it's slow like 'MOLasses' HA HA HA

Gotta run weeding in the rain (much easier, even if it does leave you feeling all clammy)

Frances

LOOK WHAT I FOUND at the end of the RAINBOW!!!

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I laughed outloud when I saw this yesterday, took about a hundred shots trying to get it right and still had to do a little editing to get it to show up in the photo....

ha ha ha

Hi all,
Wow, I fell behind on the posts.

Thanks Heather. I could do bulbs in Sept/Oct for sure. I might be able to do plants into October, but I really have to watch the weather, every year is so different. We can get our fist snow in Oct. :-( I will definitely keep up with the group and do as many trades as I can this fall/winter. I've been collecting seeds like crazy getting ready for our seed swap next spring!!

Barb, Sept 15th is our AVERAGE first frost date, they say that we can get our first frost any time between Sept 1-30. It usually doesn't get bad until closer to the end of the month - every year is different though. I have a ton of old sheets that I use to cover as much as I can in the gardens. It's such a big job! I also have to drag all of my pots in at night and then I put them back out in the mornings...ugh. I have to watch the weather every night. If it's going to be below 40, I don't chance it and get to work to cover/bring in everything. I hate September, it's the worse month of the year for me, so depressing. The first few frosts are usually pretty light (which will kill only the most tender plants). It all comes in phases. Some stuff will die right away, then other stuff will need a much harder frost. I usually give up with the sheets and bring all my pots in by the end of Sept. Last year we had broccoli until Halloween, everything else was long gone and my gardens were totally cleaned out...weird! Barb, when is your first frost usually?

"...we all need to pitch in and buy Amy a gh" - Barb, LOL!! How about you all pitch in and buy me a plane ticket instead! :-) J/K You're so funny!

Nancy, I would love to do a side trade with you! Thanks for the offer. I saw your email this morning and I will reply to that next.

Frances, your pictures are so beautiful!! What is your secret to getting your brugs to flower? I have 7 or 8 and none of them are showing any signs of blooming! I have been fertilizing like a mad woman!! Too much?? A few of them have spider mites - spider mites in the SUMMER!?!?! Good lord, it's going to be a loooooong winter. I'm already preparing my self that I will lose them all to spider mites this winter. :-( Barb, you're going to have to tell me again how to get them to go dormant. I do that with my plumie every winter otherwise it's always infested w/spider mites or white flies.

your rainbow picture is so cool!! Is that your cute house at the end of it? Looks like a picture out of a magazine!!

It is really interesting to read about everyone's challenges around the country! I hear so many say that they hate summers and can't trade during the summer because it's too hot! We only have about 4 (if we're lucky) months where I can put my plants safely outside. I love summers, I wish I lived someplace where it was always summer! :-) We hope to move some day.

Hope you're all having a great weekend. I am going to get out in the gardens and play all afternoon! Yippie!!

Amy

Hi Everybody !

Thank you Deb :) I just got the box of wonderful plants just now... Thank you for Mr. Arizona... He is a treasure! I could never part with him at all being ten years old...Oh thank you so much I just love him and he will be spoiled I promise... I am so excited to see another plant that reminds me of home..He will have a special spot..:) Now to name him.... Any ideas

Deb spoiled me you all and her plants are perfect! Great packing! :)

Here are the plants she spoiled me with.:)

Streps Yahoo

Neils Sassy
Neils orange
Neils Majic
Neils Jammin this name cracks me and makes me smile!

Neon philo
Jade
Baby jade
Fuzzy jew
Burrow tail :) I have been wanting this for a long time
Outdoor optunia huge!
A couple unknown cool succelents huge!

Here is a pic of my new baby...Anybody want to name him? I just love everything Deb..Thank you for a great box...

Hi amy, I sent you an email
let me know when you want to move to Florida I'll help you out hehe. in about a year you'll probly want to go back, tooooo hot.

Hi everybody, I love to read about all the different things we go thru for the love of plants. It's kinda funny
We have our challenges in the south, heat, bugs,disease,plant loving critters ERRRRR.LOL Sometimes I don't want to ever plant another thing, for about two minutes LOL then I'm out there again.

Frances what a cute house and those pics are great.

I have lots of tropicals if anybody wants to trade. My list needs update.
Carmen

Wow Barb, Deb did spoil you! I need some of those Streps! LOL! Oh, and Neon Philo?!?! That's been on my list forever!! So jealous of the optunia too!! Lucky lady!!

Ok ladies, I need your help here. I just took some pictures of a plant that I grew from a seed that I received in our Tropical seed swap this spring. I had a few rogue seeds floating around in the envelope and one of them grew. It actually grew really fast! Here's a picture of the plant and a closer image of the leaf. It's not showing any signs of flowering. I would love an id on this so I know whether how to care for it. It seems to love the full sun and I have been putting fertilizer in it and, as you can see, it's very happy. (sorry for the large images, but I wanted you to be able to see the details)

Also, here's a picture of my baby banana. do you think it's ready to be separated from the mother? It's about 8+ inches tall... (also, does anyone know the ID of the succulent at the bottom? lol)

Thanks,
Amy

lol Amy
That is my little house at the end of the rainbow.... you wouldn't believe how hard it was to get it to show up on the picture! it was fun!

I am no expert when it comes to Brugs, but I can tell you spider mites have (still are) a big problem this year, I think it is the rain and unrelenting humidity, I can't seem to shake them!

As far as I can tell you cannot rush the bloom, each plant will set 'Y's in its own time. As soon as they do you will have a BUD explosion. The only thing I do is feed weekly and remove all shoots that grow out from the trunk below the crown. I don't know if this is common but it is what I do. (seems a shame to waste perfectly good plant energy on shoots that are unlikely to produce flowers) I avoid folliar feeding (MiracleGro) not good in my climate. But I will feed it with whatever is in the feeder when it is time for food! It doesn't seem too picky, as long as there is lots of food!

Good luck with them, I saw an article in B&B where someone up north had Brugs blooming indoors in the winter! LOOK MA NO GH!

Have a great evening and good luck with your bruggies!

Frances

Lol Frances I should have said cuttings... Not plants above... No gh needed for them bruggies Amy just keep them off the floor in wintertime in the basement... Cut em down and only a little bit of water on occasion... Sorry for not answering you... I had to look it up..hhahahah I was Busy dealing with new cuttings to pot up...

I seen Sept 15 for us too..Boo hoo that is too early..Thank goodness for a gh!! I would go crazy without it.... I dont know3 how you do it all winter! Harsh winters and all :)

LOL Amy, That looks like Jack and the bean stalk to me LOL
That plant sure does look heathy, I be tempted to make a salad with those juicy leaves.hehe

Amy if you have to to cut that baby make sure you cut as close as you can from the mama. I've cut even smaller then that and its done great.

Lol that is some mystery plant, Amy. I'm wondering if it's some kind of allamanda or rubber malay vine though the leaves look more roundy. I was hoping it was mucuna but that would look like bean leaves and those are sure some thick looking leaves. You got a new house plant hehe. We sure did get a lot of cool seeds in that swap.

You guys crack me up!! The last 4 messages started with "Lol", Love it!

Heather, what did Jack do again? Did he climb the beanstalk and get the golden goose? Oh boy, I can't wait for that part!!! LOL! Thanks for the guesses, I don't think it's any of those. I looked them up and your right, the leaves don't look quite right.

I keep waiting for it to flower but it just keeps growing taller and taller. (hey, that rhymes) :-)

Amy

P.S. Thanks for the info on the brugs ladies! Frances, good idea to pinch off the extra growth! I am going to do that. (I do that with my tomatoes too). I'm also going to try forcing them to go dormant this winter and see how that works. I'll put them in the same place as my plumie. BTW, does anyone have any advice on how to get a plumie to bloom!?! I've had mine about 8 years now and it flowered right after I got it, and then it got buds a few years ago but those just rotted off before they opened (so sad!!).Help, I'm so bad at this!!

Amy

Hi ladies,

I haven't been on for awhile and boy has everybody been busy!! Got the new swap already going (I'm still getting over the last one). How do you all manage 2 or 3 RR swaps at the same time? I'm afraid I'd send the wrong plant to the wrong person.

Frances - love your house at the end of the rainbow! As someone else mentioned - it looks like a postcard picture.

Heather - I was wondering what wrap you used on the plants. It was really perfect and I'm going to try and use that next time. Thank goodness - no tape!

Barb - hope you and your job are getting along good.

Carmen - I agree! Florida is beautiful, but it is full of heat, humidity, bugs, storms, droughts - you name it, but I wouldn't want to live anywhere else.

Amy - does the following link look anything like your plant? I was supposed to have gotten that from a vendor, but ended up with 2 easte lily vines.

Nancy - glad you took the reins for the next swap. Not sure if I'm in or not, but if I keep coming back here I know I will.

Amy, the link to the plant is below

Hope all enjoyed their weekend.

Ginny

Here is a link that might be useful: Frangipani vine

Ginny, thanks for the guess, But I don't think that's it. I got very excited at first, but then I looked at other pictures and the leaf doesn't look quite right. Oh well, hopefully it will flower, that would be awesome!!!

Hope Nancy posts the new thread soon, this one is getting full (and slow to load)

Amy

I can't wait to find out what the mystery plant is lol.

Ginny I think i used saran wrap because it clings when you stretch it. But boy I keep forgetting to pick up press and seal! ?!@#!?!! lol jk

I'm going into withdrawal I can't wait to sign up again hehe.

It rained for 3 days now I got squash coming out of my you know what and I'm the only one who eats it. I went to check on the cucumbers and it's flowering and not so many cucumbers well there is a big ole female spider who set up a house on the cukes. She is scaring away the pollinators. but there are some finally coming again.

OK, how does NEIGHBORHOOD Clean Up Your Garden Swap sound? This can be for any kind of plants, cuttings, or bulbs. On your wish list just put what you are looking for, ex. tropicals, perrenials, whatever. We will have signups until August 15 and packages should be mailed by Sept. 1. I hope I can pair everybody up to someone they haven't traded with before and that has something they want. Let me know if this sounds OK. Then I will start the new thread.
Nancy
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Hi everyone!

Amy, the succulent below your banana looks like a pepperomia. Not sure about the vine, but it is cool!

Frances, love the rainbow!..looks like you had your pot O' gold all along!

Not sure if I'll be joining this round of the Neighborhood swap...(I may be gone all of september...boss @ my new job wants to send me to dog grooming school and afterwards I'd have to adjust to working full time, so around mid-late Aug. I may be busy getting ready to go). I am hoping to do a couple side trades over the next week or so though.

Its late...I need to get my butt in bed! G'night y'all!

Chell That is wonderful.. I am so happy for you... :)

Nancy ready when you are .... Thanks for hosting for us.. I think your idea is fab! Gotta run and get ready for my interview... I have been rehearsing all weekend...lol Have a great day everybody...

Hi all,
Nancy, sounds great but I would like to see us keep the word "tropical" in the title if that's ok? I just want to make sure that we keep it because I think that's a big draw for some people. I'm just worried that we'll turn into another group that does mostly perennials! :-) I love the tropicals niche we have here!!

Amy

Frances I missed your post lol I scrolled right by..... I love your rainbow above your house... That is s wonderful picture! I am sorry I missed it....

Amy I just remebered someone sent in climbing spinach in the Tropical seed Round robin? Could that be it? Barb

Amy here is a link for you..:)

Here is a link that might be useful: climbing spinach

yes keep the tropical in somewere. aug 15 sounds so far away, and sept ever futher.. are we going to do the coleous, as a side swap??? maybee like we did the crazy swap send them all to one person, and she distributes them...im just leting them grow no cutting them to have enough..my dog groomer has her shop in her house, she takes a dog every hour 5 days a week for 8 hours a day, she charges me 25 for my small dog.. she makes bank..good luck on the job chell..love the rainbow pic..sooo cute..

Oh man Barb, you might be right about the climbing spinach! LOL! I was hoping it was something more exotic, but oh well. There's no way I'm going to eat it though, not without a positive id!

Would you believe Santa visited me yesterday dressed like a mailman? I couldn't believe the big box Heather sent crammed full of plants. I knew she was sending something, but I thought just one plant and it was so many I had to buy more potting soil. Thank you very much Heather. It was like Christmas in August!!

Is the post up for the new swap yet? Still thinking, but I know I have lots to clean out.

Amy, sorry that vine wasn't more exotic, but like you say, it has health benefits. Enjoy. Lol.

Ginny

Just thinking out loud to get the party started... :)

Tropical and clean out your extras neighborhood swap... There that should make us all smile..:) what do you think Nancy and everybody.... Just a friendly suggestion....

Glad we have a name amy.. They say it is pretty tasty and rare in American gardens.. Collect them seeds..Did you also see the purple one? ohh la la...It is pretty too

Norma were you asking me about the coleus?

Oops congrat Ginny...Heather is so wonderful sharing with all of us..... Santa is great too..:)

OK, it's going to be NEIGHBORHOOD CLEAN OUT YOUR GARDEN SWAP (tropicals, annuals, perennials, whatever you have extras of). You must signup and post your list by August 15. I will post partners by August 17. You need to send your box by Sept. 1. I will start a new thread now.

Hi everyone!!! I signed up for the new swap! sheesh, sure hope I can come up with something interesting that doesn't melt on its way!

Heather!!!!
Thank you so much for the 'prize!' Heather sent me an Althea (any Idea what colour?) Love ROS, they flower all summer and well into fall here! A blueberry (sorry I forgot to writedown the names), lucky I didn't throw them all out with the Newspaper, I was so excited to get a package in the mail!!! a cute pick semp, 'chicks and widdies' my SO calls them and Mexical Fan Palm seedlings (are these hardy where you live?) I think Heather lives the closest to me geographically in our 'neighborhood'(if it lives where she is, it should make it here) Thanks so much, I will enjoy them!

Gotta run, its hot outside and I need to water!

Frances

Me too Frances! If you are worried...I will ask Nancy if you can send to me if you want too... Up to you and Nancy.. I dont mind hot pants! I mean hot plants..hahahah

Heather you have been a wonderful host! I just wanted you to know how grateful I am to have you as a friend... Hugs my new friend... Rock on girlfriend...heheh

Hi,
Posting a little late, but finally have a few minutes extra. ;) I'm so glad you love the box Barb! I had fun putting it together for you. I love Mr. Arizonia for the name of the cactus- he's a beefy guy, heavy too!

One of the strep's is getting mislabeled. It's not Neil's Orange it's Neil's Osage. I know, such a strange name, but I didn't name it. ;) Streps are so easy to propagate, the segments should do really well for you, remember to bag them. Don't overwater, streps hate soggy soil.

Better make this short- I have a ton of laundry to do, and will be doing it for HOURS, ugh.. Housework, yuk!

Hugs,
Deb

Yippie, Frances is trading this time!!!! Woohoo!! Funny how you have to worry about things getting to hot in Sept and I have to worry about them getting too cold (or too hot too actually). Ahhh MN, never a dull moment with the weather up here! ;-)

Heather, thank you so much for an awesome swap!!! Woohoo!!!

Amy

Thank you everyone for letting me host this swap!!! You all have been great and thank you for the kind words!! I can't believe it's over already hehe.
Frances it's white maroon center rose of sharon. I was trying to go by your trade list. Yes i grow mexican fan palms here but I would wait until they have trunks before putting them outside in the ground just keep them inside this winter. They grow fast. They are one of those plants that isn't supposed to grow here. I keep it sheltered on 2 sides in full sun and it likes drought once established. Hehe ya you don't live too far away from me. I love NC. I'm not there ENOUGH.
Anyway thank you again NEIGHBORHOOD!!! Hugs too all and love you long time!!!!
Don't forget to sign up for the new swap that Nancy is hosting!!!

Hi Heather!
I love VA! Met my SO in Shenandoah! "Virginnia is for Lovers" afterall ;) Love the coastal areas too, but I will always love the mountains more!

Thanks so much for the althea, White we do not have! And also for the tips on the palm! W

Amy,
August is our hottest month, September is usually just more of the same with cooler evenings! We don't get frost until November, which makes fall swaps with you Northern girls a bit tricky. Many of my seeds are not ready for harvest, my bulb orders never arrive till late in November. Annuals are stil going strong sometimes into December! Visiting Canada in the summer makes me homesick, thinking of Canadian winters makes me glad I don't have to deal with them anymore!

Woot! Barb!!! is all right with me!!! (she's just after my coleus ha ha ha) and watch your mailbox, for MG seeds!

Actually I am hoping to send away lots of pretty coleus so I can beg back bits in the spring..... its an evil plot!!!

Gotta get back to work, bought a couple of BIG bags of Potting soil today..........

More later
Frances

Woot woot (Grin on face and dont forget the geraniums my peeps evil laughter in the background)....

Bodaious pics Frances! Ooohhh my heart melts for the morning glories...We want pics Frances us northerner gardeners are having a tough year.....It has been really bad..I dug one up and put in the gh for Ron... Isnt he wonderful on the vine forum...:) I would give him all my plants for his knowledge....

Peeking in for a few minutes, I'm still doing laundry! And watering the yard/landscape. Everything is so dry- it rained the other day, but only for a minute!

Frances,
I love your pot of coleus! Coleus was the first plant I ever grew. My Grandma gave me a cutting and I've loved it ever since! Also, love the (whitish baby) growing with the mother in laws tongue. I love anything that has split colors, variegated.

Have to go check dinner, it's almost ready.

Deb

Barb & Norma, thanks y'all.... I've heard of groomers here working from home. Boss says there's potential to make as much as DH does truck driving (no complaints here! LOL)I'll be on a two year contract with PS after schooling. My boss spoke with his boss today and Its a 'GO'!!!..I'll be leaving for school Aug. 30th! Its in Plano (near Dallas), I'll be off most weekends, but I've never been away from my boys more than 1 night at a time, guess I'll just have to buck up and deal with it (hey its only for a month and for a good cause...$$$$$ LOL) Hoping I can come home mid week some too, but it would be hard to get my butt back up there to school by 8am (I hate long drives on a time schedule)!

Hey Barb, how did the interview go????? Have you heard from them yet?? Still crossing fingers girlfriend!!!!! (I'd cross my toes too, but I have short fat 'hobbit' feet!...just not hairy thank G'ness!! LOL)

Helen, I tried sending you an email, but GWeb wouldn't let me...wanna side trade??? If interested give me a hollar!

Goodnight NEIGHBORS!

Hey all.....wanted to drop in and say hey.....HEY, waving to everyone. Been really busy here getting the boy ready for college. Appts. everyday and records to pick-up and such. Been unreal. I will most likely sit out the next swap as we will be going back and forth to the college several times in the next several weeks. Just way to much going on this month.

Heather you did a wonderful job being our hostess for this month. I received in the mail from Heather today a prize box for my guess of the breed of the kitty. She sent me a couple of keylime seedlings, some red hens and chicks,another plant I need to ask the ID on(the largest one)and a watering chickie pick thingy.....lol. You stick it in a pot and fill with water,the pick portion is terra cotta and allows water to seep into the soil of your plant.It's very cute. Thank-you Heather but you did'nt need to do that. I just have fun guessing.

Got to run, and set a fire under that boys butt. Will try to lurk thru the new swap from time to time.

Regina

Barb

Love to send MG pics, but the wet this year has made the plants JUST HIDEOUS!!! the flowers are pretty, but the vines and leaves are lanky, spotted and just awful.... will try to get some good shots of the bloom for ya~

Deb
Those coleus mostly came from the last T-ST Surplus Swap. Micerey and Barb, I also grew a ton from seed. They really pop! I have 4 big pots full and almost every plant is different! Coleus was one of my first plants too!

The Motherinlaw Tongue was given to me 10 years ago by my MIL. It is a beast! weighs about 50lb in the pot. If you would like a pup or two let me know!

Chell good luck with the new job! How fabulous for you to be getting training like that~ I know it will be tough being away from the kids, but worth it in the long run!!!

Regina busy busy busy, you are going to miss that boy, are you looking forward to a new life adventure!

Barb...both happy and sad....Happy he is moving forward with his life. Knowing he will go far as long as he stays focused on his studies, and learns to quit being so wasteful. Sad because he is moving on and we will be seeing very little of him in the next 4 years or so. We havent made any new life adventures yet. House needs some TLC. I suppose first we will get used to having a home with just us and the critters and go from there.

Chell I used to be a dog and cat groomer. I loved it too. But my employer was a deedeedee. Never had the money to pay me each week and always "owed" me. And she never gave me my tips either.Then at the end of the year she reported more earnings for me than what I had really made.Fortunitly I kept records and proved my case and won, so make sure you don't let the same happen to you.
I have kept my clippers, blades and accessories and still will do a neighbors dog or two once in awhile to keep my skills up.....but don't miss the hair stuck in places I did'nt know existed....lol.

Love all the pictures the everyone post. Always enjoy seeing ya'lls babies.

Regina

Hi Regina so sad that you won't be joining us this month, but I know you will be back next month and you will be saying HI hehe. The big plant was bluecrop blueberries. talk soon
heather

Hi Regina :)

My heart aches for you... It took me a good two years to get over being away from the kids and I still get sad being so far away.. He must be so excited to start his college courses and meet new friends... He knows where he can come home to wash his clothes... hahahah

I hope you will be able to join us next month... We miss you!