Instead of calling myself hostalavista I may have to change to The Procrasto-nator! I want to thank my sender but I lost her name, I tore the little address tag off the box, stuck it in my pocket and washed it, (maybe). So I still want to thank you for the three hostas you sent. They arrived in excellent condition. Thank you so much and thank you Kelli for doing this swap, I know you put alot of time in it. Here's hoping I don't get BARRED from future swaps! Hostalavista, Linda

Personally, I'd not bother with strawberries in pots or hanging baskets unless space was an overriding issue :-) And the runners should be removed from the everbearing or day neutral types, so that kinda defeats the purpose of a hanging basket to my mind. They do make nice gifts, though, especially for those who may have limited gardening space or are restricted to patios or balconies or the like. Everbearing or day neutral varieties that seem to be the most popular around here are Quinault (everbearing) and Tristar (day neutral). That's typically what you find at most nurseries and garden centers (together with Hood, a very popular June bearing variety). I've never tried Ozark Beauty - the name itself implies an area distant to the PNW and I prefer locally developed selections whenever possible. Sakuma Brothers supplies a lot of local nurseries and garden centers (they have a wholesale arm) with various berry plants. You will typically find them in February as well, also bare root. And there's probably a few smaller operations that grow and sell locally. FWIW, Tristar outsells other varieties at my nursery by a factor of about 3 to 1. Smaller berries but a consistent season long production. And excellent disease resistance.

OK I SAW LAST YEAR A XMAS TREE MADE WITH A CONE HAD ALL KINDS OF BUTTONS ON IT. HUM! ALSO A TREE IN A FRAME MADE WITH ALL KINDS OF OLD JEWERLY, I HAVE LOST OF OLD EARINGS BUT THE ALL MATCH I WORE IN THE 70 THAT WOULD BE GREAT, I WOULD LOVE TO GET MY HANDS ON SOME OLD BANGLE BRACELETS I LOVE MY BRACELETS. WHAT IS THE CROCHETED PIECES? HOW BIG ARE THE BOWS? HOW MUCH YARN IS THERE? THE FABRIC THAT WOULD BE GREAT TO MAKE YO YO STUFF. THE FLOWERS ARE THEY SILK I AM LOOKING FOR SMALL CARNATION AND ALSO THE CUSANUMOMS MISSED SPELLED TO MAKE FLOWER DOGS THERE SOOOOO CUTE. OK GIRLS PLEASE LET ME KNOE WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE FROM ME. SO WE CAN HAVE A PLAY DAY. HUGS JAN

I'm game. I have such things as buttons, beads, laces, ribbons, vintage photos (but not dear Great-Aunt Matilda, LOL)