A generous GW'er has already mailed Giganteum but still looking for the tomatoes.... Thanks Poppy Power for the offer though.

Thanks very much... cleome lutea has been another hard to find one. What can I send to you in exchange? I do have Opalka but would still love to do a trade. Are you interested in tomatoes?? Will be glad to send several varieties as i see cleome lutea was for special trades...thanks, Patty

Hi All, PLEASE DO NOT RESPOND TO THIS MESSAGE. Thanks :-) The Cottage Garden is kind of a laid-back place, and I wouldn't disturb that for the world. But we really should attempt to keep this side for "On Topic Discussions", meaning it should relate to Cottage Gardens or at least gardening. We have a very nice place for non-gardening stuff on our "Conversations" side where you can share recipies and home projects, send greetings, play Weekend Trivia and generally get to know each other better. "Try it, you'll like it!" I hope I haven't stepped on any toes, if I have, please tell me about it in Conversations. :-) Please do not respond to this message so that it will stay on top for a little while. Thanks! Patti

My husband was in michigan this week and that was one of the flights he thought about taking on thursday night. He flies a lot and it just hit close to home. Clarence is not far from where we live. We are a little more out in the country. Big sigh of relief. When the news came on at 10pm they announced at the end of the broadcast that a plane had crashed by the airport, but they didn't know anything yet. By the time the 11pm news came on, it was not until after the weather that their news crews made it to the neighborhood and they announced it was a commercial plane. WIVB broadcast without commercial break until I went to bed at 2am. When my husband called to say he was alright i was so grateful. (wipes tears and sniffles) Fran, Could i have the blanket flower, please? BTW, DS#3 watered my keyboard once, its still a little iffy. We set it in from of the blower on the woodstove for a week. Just FYI those of you sowing in the keys LOL! Thank all of you for the prayers. Families here are esp. close knit and things like this are difficult for anyone. Praying for your FIL, too Nichol. Fleethart