I too live in Baton Rouge,would be interested in a trade,pls email me back...

Hey Jason I'm in Baton Rouge too! I'm am very interested in starting a plant exchange, but right now I do not have a lot of space. I should be moving to a house (with yard) w/n the next few months. My father gave me a lot of plants for Christmas, so I have plenty to trade. I have ~65 red spider lilies, 5 easter lilies, ~100 (literally) orange daylilies, 3-4 iris types (6-30 of each), and 5 daffodil types (6-25 of each). I don't know what the Irises are right now, but (assuming they bloom) I'll have that info in a few months. The daffodils are comming up now, so I'll know what those are very soon. I also have Cuban oregano which I've had a lot of fun with and is very easy to propogate. I'd like to get more edibles (fruit, herbs, edible flowers). Daylilies in something besides orange would be great. I'd also like hibiscus, more daffodils, and lilies.

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grn eyed, you sound like me when researching something on the internet. I am all over the place. I just assumed you were the same person from Baton Rouge that had emailed me privatley from this forum. Yes, I do like Danny. He comes from a family owned business from Lafayette that was started my his father 30 years ago. His brother now does the Lafayette area under the original name, "Jerrys Pools". Danny is now in Baton Rouge. I've never seen his website. I knew that the last time I called him, he answered as Baton Rouge Pools. Please give the link to his new website so I can take a look. I'd love to see it. he is a character and sometimes you have to speak 'Breaux Bridge' to understand him with his cajun accent. He does know what he's doing, he grew up doing this with his father. My pool was started on Oct. 1, 2007 and was finished by Nov. 6, 2007. Thats a little over a month. Can't complain about that. And, he definitly answers left messages on his voice mail even if its with a complaint. My pentair challenger pump went out after 6 months. I left him a message and got a call back within an hour. I had a brand new pump asap. I have heard alot of good about Ewing Pools too. They have an excellent reputation. I just had a hard time finding someone who would come out to the 'boonies' where I live in Northern Pointe Coupee Parish out by New Roads. There were alot of companies out here that will do fiberglass or vinly liner type pools, and they are good pools, but I really had my heart set on gunite. I wanted the diamondbrite inside finish, pretty tiles, brick coping, etc...And yes you hear about bad experiences I guess because when something is wrong you just hear about it. Well, let me be the first to say I like my PB. :). I know I'm not the first. There are some good ones here like huskyrider I believe. I knoe he just build one that was documented here from Texas. I believe repair guy is one? I'm not sure, he is a knowledgeable guy though if he's a builder. Don't forget to give me the link to Danny's site. I tried Batonrougepools.com and it didn't work.