Ok there Lime,,, I will be planting a Spaghetti Squash (for seeds)and will be looking for some Dread Locks amaranth for Meat balls, to be sending you.... And with a name like Fill-More... Well, it's all in the name... Your sure to be getting MUCH more to fill your beds! That just happens to be a new bed started last year- believe me, they are not all so pretty..... and I tried something new- I have never used a purchased mulch before- I have used compost, leaves and grass, and always seem to add more weeds to the beds than moisture retentiveness- but wow! That is the ticket! From now on- every bed will be getting a thick coat of shredded cypress wood mulch! Very few weeds made it through- the water stayed right in the root zone instead of draining away in my sandy loam- so my notorious non watering self could stay "on top" of a need for water schedule. That is a very nice feature Drippy is adding to this swap- she will be sending the excess on the the newbie projects after we are full of seeds! No worries about tossing them- you will be tossing them in the right direction! To those yet to know about this wonderful GW world of seeds and the great folks who share them! I know I sent a ton of seeds in- and I sent in as much postage as they cost to send, but I am going to be sending on a bit more to cover the excess flow being sent on again. I think I will send chocolate and coffee too- Drippy may need it with all these wonderful seeds heading her way! Thanks Terri for the new mantra.... I think.... Julie

Iris, you're coming in under the wire, but you made it! And what a cool theme! E-mail your address to Wendy, okay? Here's an update on who is playing, and what their theme is... Dan/dan_the_mailman.......... ALL THINGS YELLOW Becky/proudgm_03............. CELEBRATE FALL Carmen/gardencraze........... CURIOUS CONTENT BY ME Linda/lindaruzicka........... ON A MISTY MORN Leah/dancingrabbit........... ALL THINGS WILD Melissa/hazelnutbunny........ I DON'T WANNA GROW UP! Joan/ejmoore510.............. JACK-O-LANTERN JAMBOREE Wendy/sassybutterfly_2008.... MOONLIGHT SERENADE Kamil/kamiljablo............. A LITTLE BIT OF THIS N' A LITTLE BIT OF THAT... Amelia/amelia_pepper_lady..... BAYOU BLUES Heidi/bhnash ................. CHOCOLATE & VANILLA (yum!) Annie/canyonwind.............. GIRLS (AND BOYS) JUST WANNA HAVE FUN Laura/lilangel1181............ ALL THINGS BOLD AND BEAUTIFUL Daisy/Margarita10............. MARGARITAVILLE Margo/smitties................ AROMATHERAPY Alana/poisondartfrog.......... VAMPIRE SLUMBER PARTY Deb/debbya.................... FOR THE BIRDS Tery?/tergrov................. WOODSTOCK Jess/jessied.................. WARM COLORS, COOL TREATS Iris/rane_grow................ SOMEWHERE OVER THE RAINBOW And I believe that makes 20 players, if everyone has stayed current. Cool!

Sounds really great, Kim, thanks! For those of you looking at the wildflower seed mixes on the list, but wondering what in the heck you'd do with them, Trudi (the wintersowing Queen) had an idea I thought I'd pass along. She sows the mixes in a big flat lasagne-style roasting pan and wintersows them. In the spring when it's time to plant out, she cuts the seedlings into little "brownies" about 1" square and plants the plugs about 12-14" apart in the spring. Some of the seeds, and consequently the plants, will be very close together, but apparently this makke no difference....she says the end result is delightful. If you have no idea what I'm talking about, you can go to the wintersowing forum or just get a big aluminum roasting pan at the Dollar Store. They are about 3" deep and have a domed plastic cover, also 3" deep (or tall). One pan for $1.00. Prep it for wintersowing by poking holes in the bottom and sides of the pan for drainage, and also the top for ventilation and also watering. A 1/4" diameter hole every 5". Put in 2 1/2" of seed starting mix -- whatever you normally use, and water really well. Let drain. Add more soil if it compressed -- you want it 1/2 fromthe rim of the pan. If it takes too long to drain, put more holes in the bottom, and also the sides, down close to the bottom. Sprinkle the seed mix into the pan and leave it outside with the vented cover on it. In March, start watching for seedlings and make sure the pan doesn't dry out. It will have to be watered every 2-3 days unless you get rain. Depending on the varieties of seed in the package, and where you live, they can be planted out late April-early May. Just around the time of your last frost. Thompson-Morgan sells Cottage Mixtures by color. All blue, all pink, all yellow, all white and maybe more colors. Seems to me anybody could do this using the list drippy sent out along with the wintersowing "brownie" method of Trudi's. A Yellow /White mix of yellow strawflowers, shasta daisies, white scabiosa, Salvia "white Knight', plus yellows: Hellenium, Coreopsis, Daylily &/or Gallardia and whites: Columbine, and Agastache, would make a very large color- coordinated garden that would be pretty, bloom all summer, and provide gorgeous cutflowers. Plus about half of them would come back next year! Sheesh! I wish I had more room here for it! (If you actually try it, you can't use all the seeds from all the packs I mentioned or you will have way too many plants. But I bet you could use 200-300 seeds in the flat -- just mix them all up!) Lime

Lisa, I am glad you got it, I was going to check the tracking if you didn't get it today. Those peony seeds I got from my sister she grows them and I have tried before with no success :(( Hopefully yours will grow and be beautiful I always envy my sisters yard so much prettier than mine..LOL! I think everyone has received their package if I counted right. Thank you all for a great swap! CGHPND- I thought I saw an email that you received yours but its not posted here on forum so I wanted to double check and make sure I was correct. I will also email you too. I am thinking of still doing a round robin box swap just haven't got all the details wrote down yet. So we shall see in the next few days if I have the time to do it. Thanks again, Tammy