Too True! It's not so much a swap as it is a Garden Event. You can learn about new plants and methods, and there are always many of plants exchanged something like this ~ Me: Do you have one of these yet? It;s a ______ and it like partial shade. You: Yes, I got one from your husband. Me: Great! Here are two more to go with it. You: OK, but then you have to take two more of these. We also eat some tasty snacks, and some bring pictures to share, as well as gardening books and handmade tiles and birdhouses and fairy catchers.

Are we sure there weren't any before then? The gardenweb domain was registered in Oct. 1995. I remember exchanging seeds with people in 1996 and 1997. I think there was talk of some kind of get-togethers back then, perhaps in Fredericksburg, VA. I had a different ID back then. I used the site from 96 to 99 or so, then stopped using it until 2003. There was a woman in Fredericksburg, I think her name was Lisa or Julia, who must have been quite a plantswoman because she talked about growing things that almost nobody else was growing back then, like Genista aetnensis. I have the strangest impression the site was part of garden.com back then. Garden.com of course, folded, but they might have sold the discussion board to someone else. Or it could just be that garden.com had a messageboard that reminded me of this one. Funny enough ivillage is owned by NBC so General Electric is now the registrar of the site. This has to be running some of the oldest CGI code on the internet because almost nothing has changed about it since those days.

Bonnie, Hi. Just letting you know that I received my seeds sometime this week (I've been on a short little vacation the last week). I love the seeds you picked out for me. I got a bunch of seeds I wanted (like some yellow tomatoes, carrots, chard and watermelon) and seeds that I didn't know I wanted but am excited about (like Chinese Yellow Cucumbers and Thai Yellow Egg eggplant). I love these color of the month swaps. There is always something totally new and interesting (to me at least) when I open up the return package. So, thanks everyone, especially Bonnie for doing hostess duty, for another great swap! P.S. I, too, am anxiously awaiting the red seed swap. Hopefully it hasn't been canceled. If Tammy is too busy to do this swap, then maybe someone else can jump in and host. It would be a shame for all those red seeds to not find their new homes!

Yep, I am ready for the next swap also. I love getting new and different items that are not available locally or that I have never seen before. I think a good topic for this time of year would be vacation/baby boy or girl swap. That way it might get those vacation photos going. Any other ideas or suggestions are greatly appreciated and needed. I think our whole group should be commended for the fairness of the swaps we have had so far. I think we have had only one to flake-(not return her part of a swap) on a swap, correct me if I am wrong about this. That is a good record and speaks well of the people here on our forum. Penny who has a great time swapping. BTW Thanks Hilary for the paper dolls. I would have sent you an personal email but I keep getting the two of you confused. Both of you have last names starting with R. LOL I am going to have to add a state behind each of your names of something to keep my old mind clear.