I've been a member of Gardenweb for many, many years. I also have posted on many of the forums: hoya, house plants, orchids, gesneriads, african violets, cactus and sucs. I collect all different types of plants. I've traded too many times to count over the years. I've been stiffed only a few times. I just chalk it up as a failure. There are so many great people on this forum who are willing to trade. I've never posted to the Rate & Review. If I see someone who has stiffed me asking for a trade, I email the one offering and let them know privatly of my experience with that person. Often new people to the forum will lurk for a while. Then start posting. I'm mainly a lurker. I belong to other forums, and there is a lot of posts to read. In the past, a newbie posted on here for a trade of leaves. I thought she was treated very badly by some of the people on this forum. I emailed her privately and did a trade with her. I was very satisfied and will certainly trade with her again. She was hurt by the members here and haven't seen her post again..Everyone needs a chance. Just my two cents worth!

WOW! This was a never ending box of goodies! Michael sent the following in his box:..ahem... a 7 piece vanilla home fragrance set "sniffing" an adorable red rooster windchime (getting ready to hang that bugger up) eco friendly shopping bag (I've been meaning to get one of these) fragrant flower garden seed mix..it has 11 different flowers and covers 100 ft..(I know just where this will go!) scatter and grow wildflower garden seeds (this will go great right over there "pointing") silver metal flower planter (good for herbs) flowered plant pot PINK: garden shears, claw, hand shovel, kneeler, hose sprayer and flower pot (now I can feel girly even when I'm filthy!) pretty smelling hand lotion "paint your own knome"..this is the cutest thing and I've never seen one before! little knome with shovel (he'll go in my fairy garden) magnatic weekly wipe off garden calendar (this is going to be really handy) my garden journel (this will make it easier to keep track of what I'm doing) small metal watering pitcher (good for those hard to reach places) sun stake with matching metal fencing ( I have the perfect place for it) plant markers (do we ever have enough of these???) flexible garden ties (I can use these for the tomatoes) magnetic refrig list (I'm always writing on these!) well, Michael, I think you outdid yourself! I'm extremely happy with my box....and now it's your turn..."rubbing hands together"...

LOL... one word... CATNIP! Lots of it! I think I've contacted everyone that I needed to today. If not, someone drop me a note. We're forecast for severe thunderstorms today through tomorrow night, so my computer time may be limited. I don't like being on when there's lightening even though we have cable internet. Fran, please let me know ASAP whether you hear from Carrie. That will be the deciding factor in what I set up for Joan. By the way, Jamie emailed me and is still trying to get in touch with Kim. I let her know that officially, I'd dropped them from the swap, but if they complete it, both of them, and send me DCNs and post contents, it will have them clear for the group with the condition that they will have to send first in the next MNF swap they join. I felt this was the most fair way to deal with it, if they both complete the swap. I invite her to hang about and get to know folks and she's assured me that she will :) I'm very happy about that! Oh, and I called the company I ordered from and they're putting a rush on the order, and I found out that it's always best to call the order in and request a rush. Have a really nice conversation with the young lady I spoke with. We discussed my theme gardens and she's going to be checking into GW. She's interested in seeing my Gargoyle bed and Naughty Garden and I'd bet she'd be interested in seeing some of the other Goth type beds and any of the themed beds. She was really interested in the possibilities of those. I told her she'd need to check back in a couple months to see pics of mine since they're still pretty dormant at the moment and it will take some time for the kids and DH to get everything tended to, especially in the new beds that we just started working on. Anyway, she was a really sweet young lady and we had a nice conversation and she tried to see if there was more she could do to get my order here quickly. The rush was all she could do, but I should have my order here sometime late next week or early the following week. So I'll be able to have Nikki's box to mail out then. Everything else is ready and packed. Or ready to be packed :) Though the longer I have to wait to mail it off, the more seeds I find to tuck in ... for cushioning, ya know? Kathy

WhooHoo! I received the big bonanza from Melissa! For Seeds I received: Dill's Atlantic Giant Pumpkins Jack Be Little Pumpkins (great minds think alike!) Big Orange Tomato Coyote Tomatoes Crnkovic Yugoslavian Tomatoes Great White Tomatoes Jerry's German Giant Tomatoes Nature's Riddle Tomatoes (I need to look up these!) Riesentraube Tomatoes Rio Grande Tomatoes Winsall Tomatoes (on my wish list!) World's Smallest Tomato Violet Jasper (another on my wishlist!) Ghostbuster Eggplant (I love white eggplants!) Bride Eggplants (I love white eggplants!) Mini Yellow Bell Emerald Giant Peppers (I've been eying these!) Chinese Giant Peppers (great minds!) Lipstick Peppers (on my wishlist!) Mammoth Dill Little Gem Lettuce (great minds! I thought about buying these for myself too but refrained!) Golden Midget Melons (on my wishlist Little Marvel Peas Caroline Cross Melon Whew! If that wasn't enough! Melissa also sent me Celestial Seasonings Tea Sampler, a pretty tea light candle holder and teas lights (brave of you to send glass through the mail! It made it here in one piece!), and some pretty Mary Engelbret garden notepad. Ok that's enough to spoil any person. However, Melissa had emailed me about having an extra copy of Seed to Seed and asked me if I would like it!!! I've been eying that book as long as I've been seed saving & swapping! Thank you so much Melissa! I'm thrilled!