I love big flowers, so I really like that first pink seedling, & I like the veining of the other seedling too. Each year I say I'm gonna be better about selecting just which plants to cross & go more for bud count. But then I go crazy & can't stop myself, I think this combo would be wild, but hey, could be nice. And I cross old ones that I like (& a Iike a lot of them!) & new ones. I end up with tons of seeds, plant them all, & keep a huge bunch of them. At least for now. Good thing I've got lots of space!

I stated no one has to send in 100, that is the limit of how many can be sent in. I think people are waiting to see what comes back this year before they join. I am gonna start color coded my post so people can pick them out and make SURE they read them. OK here is the plan. You can now post your list of plants you are mailing in, PLANT LIST CAN BE POSTED UNTIL: THIS WILL BE ANNOUNCED ONCE I HEAR FROM NICHOL, you can choose what you would like to recieve from these list. Nichol will keep track of the posted list and on the last day before mailing plants out will email the final list to all the members. From this list you pick your top list of what you would like to receive back. NO GAURANTEES WILL BE MADE THAT YOU WILL GET ALL YOUR WISHES FILLED IT DEPENDS ON HOW MANY REQUEST ARE MADE FOR THAT PLANT. YOU MUST SEND IN A LIST TO ME OF WHAT YOU WANT AND WHAT YOU ARE SENDING IN. IF YOU DO NOT WISH TO PRINT OUT A LIST OR HAND PRINT ONE YOU CAN SEND ME .30 EXTRA FOR ME TO PRINT A LIST FOR YOU. THIS WILL BE TO COVER MY PAPER AND INK which is not cheap, either way I HAVE to have a hard copy to look at while I am filling boxes. Nichol can you get the compiled list emailed to everyone in time? THE MAIL DATES MAY BE CHANGED, IF SO I WILL POST A WHOLE NEW POST WITH ALL THE NEW INFO INCLUDED AT THIS TIME. NICHOL, IF I CHANGE THE MAIL IN DATE the day you have to EMAIL THE COMPILED LIST WILL BE MAY 24th it is a SUNDAY are you ok with this? OK, I am tired and I will change whatever tomorrow after I hear from Nichol. :) Fran

New Gardeners/Traders/Swappers, not to be a resident busy body here (that's Sue :) as you'll know if you've been on the Seed Exchange side and I'd not usurp her self-anointed title!)But I have a concern and wish to share it. No offense to donaldjames intended, but I wished to point out that this member is a NEW member who joined on yesterday- April 27,2008. I would be cautious in joining in this Round Robin which is being hosted by someone so new to the forums, has NO trade history with anyone else, who has not participated in any other Round Robins, to my knowledge. Daonaldjames,no offense intended and with due respect,while I applaud your enthusiasm and your wish to make new friends and join in the fun, might I suggest that you join into one of the other groups that host Round Robins and establish yourself as a Round Robin swapper? The MNF (Make New Friends) group has no membership requirements and will be starting a new swap soon (the After Dark swap is the current theme, I believe the next one will be a Fairy theme.) In the meantime, I would endeavor to develop a trade history and good reviews in the Rate and Review Forum as a good trader with recommendations from other traders before hosting a Round Robin. It is not an easy or simple prospect. I know from experience, the After Dark Swap is the first I've hosted and it is more of a partnered swap as opposed to a full Round Robin swap, such as you are proposing. I have been a member for several months and have close to 100 individual trades, 30 filled SASBE offers and two Round Robins to my credit. I mention my trade history not to brag, but to point out that hosting such an ambitious Round Robin is not something I would tackle at this time, nor, as far as I know, would many of the more experienced traders. All of this said, with due respect to donaldjames, those who sign up for this Round Robin do so at their own risk. New Gardeners should keep in mind that there is not a group or experienced traders/Round Robin Swappers backing this Round Robin and they chance losing the seeds they have worked so hard to gather. Kathy~ Deputy Resident Busy Body- Round Robin Division

Well thanks for the good ideas y'all! Right now I'm leaning towards trying to do some cat related craft things and selling them with all proceeds going towards the group. I have seen great plaques and stenciled pet food buckets. The group has a table where things are sold every weekend during adoptions. I am thinking of trying to work out a system where materials from say a JoAnne Fabrics are donated to the charity and I get them to a group of teen sewers I know to produce tote bags and pretty aprons in some of those adorable cat fabrics. The kids in our area need community service credits to graduate from HS and thru the group I can arrange for them to get those credits for their sewing. They can do this on their own time at home where most other volunteering jobs are scheduled hours. I also think I could get art students to make cute plaques with cat related quotes. I've seen these in upscale boutiques and they don't look hard to make at all. I'd like to get Joanne's or Michaels or ACMoore to donate materials, kids donate time and receive community service credits, and our group sells these things at the mall where the pet store is. We could also rent flea market tables. Oh, and I thought for next year maybe we could make christmas tree ornaments with a cat theme, again utilizing the talented high school students who need those community service credits. What do you guys think? I would like to take on silent auction/wine event type things in the future. I'm just wanting to "work up" to something like that. The pro bono vet services would be great but that's really hard. Right now we are having a very hard time getting any medicines for the cats. These are tough times for all businesses and Vets are feeling the same pinch as everyone else plus there are more needy animals than vets could possibly help plus people with money troubles aren't able to take sick animals to the vet. We collect a small fee for the adoptions, under a hundred dollars to defray vaccinations, neutering, and other costs. Because there's been a huge drop in adoptions this year (due to the economy, we believe) those funds aren't coming it like they have in the past. Tough times!