We haven't come that far since 1971, I was at Safeway last summer and the system crashed so no one was able to check out their food, the lines got really long. The store didn't want everyone to leave their shopping carts so they passed cookies out to everyone in line. The wait continued they passed out water to everyone in line, it became a real got milk? moment. Carts were left in mass. I've worked in stores too long and just couldn't do it by the time they got back on line I was first in line. Two years ago I bought a TV at W Mart, they had you pay for it at the electronic dept. I also bought a vcr and tapes, paied the whole thing on a credit card. As we were leaving the store two young male security guards tackled my dh and hit the cart so hard the TV fell off. I made an amazing recovery and caught it. The clerk at the electronic dept. didn't put a paied sticker on the TV. They were holding us inspite of the recept and the credit card slip. The woman we bought the stuff from just happened to walk by on her way to lunch, my dh told the guards and other people who were holding us, she was the person we bought the TV from. She said that we had paied for it and she must have forgotten to put the sticker on it. Afterward I wished I let the TV fall to the floor and my dh has a heart condition, I wish he complained about pain because the guards used force.

I have plenty of Jeminez in the freezer. From a personal perspective, I was not that impressed with Jeminez. Here in the southeast, it was a rather heavy podded bean with too strong flavor. Only Super Marzano had stronger flavor. For all around general use, a very pretty bean, that can be canned, or eaten fresh, I grow Blue Marbutt. I have a tentative bean growout planned for next year of Tobacco Worm, Grandma's Black Tricolor, Fortex, Emerite, Alabama #1, and maybe Neckargold. At a separate location, I may put in another 10 or so varieties. I am using basic separation of 50 ft between rows with intervening rows of competing flowering veggies to reduce crossing. As noted by others above, I get less than 1% crossing. As an aside, the worst crossed variety I've dealt with was Alabama #1. The original seed given to me by a local seed saver had crossed with something similar to Rattlesnake sometime about 10 years ago. Even with the extreme levels of crossing, I was still able to isolate out about half of the plants that have all the traits of the original. It is a black seeded bean with dark green pods that have some purple on them. They are 5 to 7 inches long with medium pod strings on heavy producing pole bean plants. Flavor is exceptionally good. Nematode tolerance is the best I've yet seen, but heat tolerance is distinctly less than I would like. Given that I have re-selected back to the original beans, I am about to start a crossing program with hopes of crossing Alabama #1 with Emerite, Fortex, and Neckargold. These are three varieties that would benefit from incorporating the nematode tolerance genes. Did anyone else notice Miracle of Venice with black beans posted above? I have a strong impression that it should be white. DarJones

Great to trade with. We traded large flate rate boxs of plants. My Peonies for her Daylilies. Lots and lots of Daylilies. Would trade with again.

Charlene and I just finished a trade and I just couldn't be more pleased! She is a generous trader and packed all the plants so well. I have to say that our trade was one of the best I've ever had. Thank you so much Charlene, and I hope we can trade again! Linda