Many people on GW prefer to send plants and cuttings by Priority Mail. But mail-order catalogs don't ship by Priority. They use First Class, Parcel Post or UPS. Bare root dormant raspberries will be OK in a transit for 5-6 days with proper wrapping to prevent roots drying out (as most plants and cuttings). If soil is workable, your trader can plant raspberries right away, if not - heel them or pot them up (more info on Internet how to handle bare root raspberries). Very important - soil should not be saturated with water when planting or digging plants, otherwise soil will be destroyed. Temperature doesn't matter for hardy plants. Here is a link that might be useful: Planting Rasperries in the Home Garden

If you missed the plant swap,I'm sorry for you!! It was great. Beautiful plants, good food, and the opportunity to renew old acquaintances and make new ones. Time to start thinking about the Spring Swap. Can I ask for some help? I got a varigated Ginger, and one person told me I could leave it outside,well mulched;another said it would die.HELP!!

Whoooooo they sound cute Susan! I'm amazed you remembered the gerbera daisies! We found some long stemmed ones for the bridesmaids to carry and some for the brides bouquet. BM's are each going to carry a different color bouquet, like one will carry a orangish bouquet, one is reddish/maroon, ummmm shoot I can't remember all the colors! LOL But should look good with the black dresses. Brides bouquet will have mostly white and one of each of the BM's colors, Miss Maddie will carry a single yellow daisy. Now we are having trouble finding small (like 2 or 3 inch) gerberas for boutineeres for the guys. I think I found some online and I know she'd rather match each guys bout to the color of the bridesmaid's flowers but I can't find all the colors! Going to look a little more and see what we can come up with, I may go see if Michaels has the ones you saw online! I'm glad you mentioned this!

I would love to join your sticker swap. Could you send your address as soon as possible because I live in Canada as well and it takes 4-5 days longer to get to you sometimes. Thanks