Hi Pat, I'm interested in your Lilium Henryi. Please email me, my trade list is out-of-date. I have some variegated hostas and other things you might can use. Thanks, Penny

Thanks for the reply Bestlawn. I had been meaning to reply for a recommendation on the best time to order seed for a spring plant. Yes, I am currently fighting a battle with POA Annua. I apologize if I have made it out to be more severe than it really is. I do have several small areas where it was in full bloom this year. My POA Annua/Crabgrass strategy for this year has been & is going to be as follows: Past: Step 1 (Early April 2007 Â Late due to weather) - I aerated & overseeded earlier this spring with Heat Tolerant Blue and achieved what I felt are good results Step 1a (Same time) I applied Starter fertilizer with Siduron to provide initial crabgrass pre-emergent protection. Step 2 (May 2007) - Discovery of POA Annua bloom Step 3 (July 1, 07) - Application of Dimension to provide pre-emergent protection for crabgrass for remainder of this season Future: Step 4 (Sept 1st & again in early November) - Additional applications of Dimension or equivalent for POA Annua germination prevention next year. I have heard from numerous sources that this will provide adequate pre-emergent protection against POA Annua for next year. Obviously, I cannot seed at the same time as the Dimension application(s) this year. Are you recommending another Dimension or equivalent application early next spring for POA & C/G thus putting off seeding until next fall? As for killing the lawn; I do have a healthy weed-free lawn (other than this POA issue). I am not going to have the ability to kill the lawn prior to overseeding with new species. I do realize that it is going to ultimately take longer to transform the lawn to where I want it to be, but my wife has put her foot down. I have a lot of latitude in most areas but there is no room for negotiation on this one. I hope you and everyone else can understand it's simply out of the question. I am eager to hear of any other POA Annua strategic tactics from you as well as the board members here. Thanks again, Chris

Original poster: did you ever find fabric to match the vision in your head? I have another idea - I do a lot of sewing and use the decorative stitches on my Viking sewing machine to decorate the linen and cotton kitchen dish towels that I make and give as gifts. It might be that the blue stripes you want could be stitched on white linen or cotton fabric. You could tell me how far apart you want the stripes to be, we could discuss color of the stripes, and I could stitch you a sample. OMG! And now I find Ulster Linen on the link above? I have one linen drying towel left that is now close to 40 years old. I found the toweling at the Vermont Country Store years and years ago. There are actually holes in the towel from so many years of use. You can email me through GW - I've been a member for many years. Teresa

Hi everyone! I'm Yssah. Super newbie! I have not grown anything for food yet but starting to sprout stuff from the kitchen and a few seeds. Also started caring for an organic parsley seedling and spring onion roots. I will just be doing indoor and outdoor containers because our front and backyard have been sprayed with weedkiller :( I am trying to grow organic nongmo, becoming more conscious as my dad was diagnosed with cancer some years ago. He has passed away but I am trying to work at getting the rest of our family to be healthier. We live in 9b and would love to be mentored in growing healthy food. So many seeds to study, I have no idea where to start! Im also very interested in growing herbs for cooking and for healing and making infusions and stuff! Newbie-ish in vegetarian cooking too! Trying to shoot for vegan but still eating meat and dairy :) I'm so happy to find this seed exchange group and hope to learn lots of new things and make new friends here! I am interested in growing organically grown (not necessarily certified), nongmo seeds for vegetables/herbs and bee-friendly flowers/plants and would love to have just a few seeds of different varieties to plant in pots. Thank you!