Thank you Mary, just found the way to Translate!! quickly too, via Hyperlink. Type in the words in the upper right hand corner bar ( there'll be W at the end), scroll down to Translate, then to From English or other language, then scroll to what language to translate it into. LOVE it. Of course not too many ads around the web is a great thing too, thank you thank you Mary. Bea

northerner,so glad to hear you didn't get discouraged! I didn't realize how lucky I am they are doing so well,until I started this thread!Thank you! Susan,I could snap pics all day in that bed! :) I just got my new camera for Christmas,isnt it exciting? Every Morning I get up and walk the yard with my camera,I take pics of just about everything! I recently discovered some Monarch cats on my pots of ws Milkweed,I have captured some awesome pics of them shedding. I also have some Swallowtail cats in various pots and gardens with Fennel and Dill. I have been snapping pics of those guys like crazy! I cant wait to show you guys the pics of my cats,they are special to me,because around here,you dont see many,due to the large amount of birds/wasps.I am hoping to change that, (not by eliminating birds,but with plantings...lol..I just realized how that sounded....lol...good thing for the preview option! ),and so far it looks like my first attempts are working out pretty good! I am doing lots and lots of Milkweed and Dill/Fennel next year,along with some other host plants,I just recently read about. My goal is to attract the Harvester,I would love those cats to hang around eating these awful little *#!*# aphids! I would love to attract them all here,but I guess I have to attack one goal at a time! ;) shemeows,I will have lots of seed I am sure,if you would like some just let me know. I will be cleaning them and offering them for trade this fall. I am keeping some individuals for a couple people,but the rest will be a mix,I am not sure if they will be true or not,being they are all together. I am going to collect seed from the shorter ones and make them their own mix and the same with the taller ones. I am definitely keeping a nice amount of seed for my self also. I still have seed left from the named ones,those I will plant separate next year,to help try to keep the seed true! Thanks so much for all your compliments,they mean alot to me,I really love taking pictures and I am so happy I have such a wonderful group of people that appreciate them,and of course who have their own collections of great pics,that I can appreciate! Thanks!:D

It's been a long night or rather 'morning' and I've been thinking--a lot! And, I realize that many of us (me included) have been linking to the 'Library' by specific page, as in we look up the hosta we want to talk about or display and link it, with the link taking us to a specific alphabetical listing, the 'usual way' which is below our message! I'm thinking that even that may be prohibited and that Bob really wants us to ONLY link to the home-page as in this way: The Hosta Library rather than the way we've been doing it below! Whaaaa! It was SO MUCH FUN to be able to read along in our messages and then be able to 'click' and see the specific hosta being discussed so quickly BUT, if that is not what is desired by Bob, so be it and well it should be respected to be his wishes!! Sniff! If you read this, Bob, is there ANY way, we can have a special 'dispensation',, to be able to quickly get to one of your hostas more directly? Thought I'd ask--JUST IN CASE--it could happen!!! :o/ Here's how I've done it in the past, (maybe wrongly) besides the more recent 'in-message-click': Here is a link that might be useful: It's breakfast time--'H. Bacon and Eggs'

A couple of notes because the rest is going to be rather long and involved: Lynda, I have the Vitex marked for you and in your baggie! And thank you for the marigolds! They will be very interesting with my others! Dessie I would be more than happy to receive your little helper's seed packets! I think it's great! Wendy Try some Chai Spice tea, it works wonders in helping clear up colds and flu. I always add a dollop of honey to help sooth the throat. It's a staple in our house and really does help. Alright, here is my take on this.. I can understand how many were hoping that the two swaps would not coincide, but, we all knew there was a fair chance of that happening. For myself, I know that I continued to update my list, even well after Patty's swap's mailing deadline. I did my updates using the same method we did for Patty's swap- using an updated date. Even had I not, I knew there was a good chance the two swaps would overlap. I joined this one knowing full well- according to the guidelines posted for it- that I may NOT receive as many as I sent in. That I would receive as many as were sent in FOR me, up to five packets of the SAME item. I recall there being some issue with this and a member who became very rude in their comments about this fact. Yes, my package from the What's Left swap is in the second batch to go out. No, I did not keep strict record of what I sent to those who were in the What's Left swap. I did keep better records of what I'm sending for this swap. I also know that a lot of people will be sending in baggies of seeds marked as extras- not dedicated for anyone, but to add in when it's seen those items are on someone's list. No, these may not be some of the rarer or more exclusively wanted items on someone's list. But if someone has some of those rarer or more specific items to share, I'm sure they would have put them into your baggie before they mailed. So, I don't see that anyone would be missing out on anything. The only way I could see having updated one's list further as complicating Patty's swap would be if someone had removed things from their list. Updating and adding items would not have conflicted. Because if there were any extras of what you were wanting, Patty would have included them. So, I guess I'm not really understanding how there is such a need to update the lists just because one is in both swaps. If I receive duplicates, wonderful! Because the things on my list are things I want! If I don't receive something on my list, then no one had it to share. If I receive so many of something that I can't plant it all, then I can bless someone else by offering it up for a trade. So, perhaps I'm being dense here, but how would one not receive something sent in specifically for them (up to FIVE packets of the same item!) that was on their wants list in this swap? Everyone has the chance to see your wants as posted and you have had the option to add to that list, as many including myself have this whole time. The only thing I could really see the two swaps happening almost simultaneously possibly affecting would be one's have's list. I'm sorry, I don't mean to upset or offend anyone. I'm just honestly trying to understand why this is such an issue. So please don't take this as meaning to offend or as pointed to anyone in particular. This is just me trying to understand why so many are upset about this. If you prefer to email me privately and help me understand it, I would be pleased with that and please do! Perhaps there are aspects and issues with this that I'm not readily seeing and should consider. I don't want to keep the thread off track by my question becoming a debate here. Perhaps there can be some adjustments of dates if this swap happens in the late summer or again next winter, but for this year it is as it is and personally, I'm really enjoying it! Nancy, I hope you don't decide to drop out, because I know that I should have at least a couple of things from your list, perhaps more. But I'll respect your choice and be your Garden Buddy either way :) Fran, you have a real job ahead of you and I don't know how those like you and Patty do it! Leave me hosting my "pair em up and let em go" or true RR type swaps! I think those of you that host this kind of swap are awesome! Angela, you have been a wonderful help to Fran and all of us in this swap! I know the time it can take to code pages like that, though updates are easier once the initial work is done, and I want to say THANK YOU for the time and work you are putting in on this swap for everyone's benefit! Kathy~ heading off to stuff more little baggies and envelopes.