wow, wow, wow what a impressive exchange list. i would love to trade with you if you could look and see if i have anything that may interest you. i would be interested in your succulents and sunflowers all colors but yellows...whites, peaches, maroons etc..., sungold and sun suga tomatoes, some good catnip seeds for my kittens :), and i was curious if you wintersow your rose seeds...if so a selection of those would be great ( not a big red rose fan for my garden), probably more i would love but not sure that my mediocre list would have enough to interest such a avid gardener....and i call myself a gardener lol!!! thanks in advance for your consideration.

Hey Terry - I would love a confed rose - I only have one currently - link to pic is below - it has white blooms, edged in pink. Is there anything of mine you would like? I know you like unusual stuff - and i don't have anything really cool and unusual - i do have lots of something that Lynn told me is "Dutchman's pipe", bloomed first time ever this past year (late winter/early spring in the GH) Here is a link that might be useful: the confederate rose i have

1: What types of citrus trees are you growing and their size now? Lemon eureka lisbon meyer babies not grafted. Everything else grafted Lemon meyer Tahitian lime Australian finger lime Australian gem Makrut lime all 5 years old Lemonade Calamondin Mandarin emporer, clementine West indian lime all about 2 years old Arnold blood orange a year old Australian round lime Yuzu not sure brand new tree have it about 6 months. But already over a metre and a half and has fruited already 2: How do you grow them? In the ground or in containers? In a greenhouse, indoors, out with or without supplemental lighting? If container grown what type of soil mix are you using? All in containers. Outside. Bring the younger in in the winter keep them in my back room which has big windows 3: What type of fertilizer do you use and why? Have you tired other types and found one that has proven to be more effective? Composted chook manure. Seasol. Potash. Trace minerals. A bit of epsom salts if needed 4: What about pest control? What type do you use and why? Try and let nature control it. Remove stuff with my hands and try plant things around the garden to attract beneficials. If things get really bad i will enlist the help of a homemade white oil spray. But thats just when I'm desperate as I worry about the beneficials. 5: Where did you buy your citrus trees? Please also supply the link if it was mail order and which state, please. Have you had any negative experiences in buying trees? Most of them are presents. But have bought some of the older ones from bunnings and from the sundays farmers markets. I've got a wishlist for some of the more unusual ones which I can only find online, but want to make sure my current ones make it through the summer first. 6: What were some of challenges you faced growing your citrus trees? How did you, if you did, correct the problem? Leaf miner. Scale. Ants. Getting enough water and protecting from sunburn in the hot summer. Getting feeding right and shaping properly. Besides the pest control. I put a shade cloth up when its going to be too hot. 7: Why was citrus a choice for you to grow? Was it the look of the tree or did you just like that type of fruit? I love citrus. Beautiful fragrant flowers. Zest. Fruit. Leaves (makrut) and pretty looking plant. 8: What other types of fruit trees do you grow and why? Fig. Tamarillo. A few native australian berry trees. Acerola. Fejoia. Peach. Apple. And a baby banana tree...we will see how we go with that. 9: Other then this forum what other venues or clubs have you enlisted for support? This forum. No clubs. I was a member of a community garden but then I moved. 10: Were there any books you found especially helpful in growing citrus? No not yet. 11: Out of all your citrus trees which one do you love the most and why? That's a hard question. My tahitian lime is one of my oldest most prolific and i love limes. A lot of the others are a bit young yet. 12: What do you do with your harvest? Eat it, cook with it, and share it? Eat it. Cook with it and share it. I have a few friends that come for some of the makrut leaves. I cannot wait until some of my trees are abundantly producing so I can share with my friends and neighbours 13: Does your family share your hobby of growing citrus trees? Ummmm not so much

going with all pole beans again this year. new for me this year are maria amazilitei mennonite purple stripe tobacco worm mr tungs annettes italian or auntie vi north carolina speckled long greasy cutshort tennessee greasy back again are grandmas black grandmas brown grandma ginas meraviglia di venezia neckargold blue marbutt a red eye greasy bean from a tennessee lady uncle steve italian uncle steve red i may have to get creative to grow everything on this years list. peas sugar snap oregon sugar pod aldermans the uncle steve red is a variety i thought i lost for good after several years of failure in the U.P. it got resurrected from some old old seeds that i planted to see what would happen. i got about 5 or 6 seeds from a plant that grew. i finally had a successful grow out last year here in the bean belt of michigan in the thumb area. it is ok as a snap bean if picked early. it may be a good shelly or dry bean. i have never had enough seed to try them that way. i have tried a few raw out of the pod, and they tasted pretty good. keith