Hi Dawn, please thank your hubby as well will you, i am excited about getting my herb garden started,and about the poppy seed,your hubby actually gathered the seed for you?How nice. Wayne is really nice also, he does not glean seed for me, but he would if i asked him,he does pretty much any thing i ask of him. I understand about the excitement of putting the box together, i think we all try to do the best we can,any way i do,and its proof, you do.ha ha Where did you ever find them garden gloves?They look like they will work out great.Can't wait to try them. I hope your box will be as nice as mine,and i hope every one will go read the last posting,so they can see what all you sent. cAROL

Second round rec'd today - thanks so much Kim! This should just about take care of the final few jugs of wintersowing I had left; very ready to be done with it :-). Will get the stamps out to you ASAP. For all the gripes I have with the PO, they did manage to get them here durn quickly I think, and for that I thank them; and I thoroughly understand, Kim... I'm not good with numbers myself... words yes, numbers no way. ;-) Re the move, Kim and stage_rat, that's just been a dream of mine for 20+ years... not going to happen any time soon (if ever). Yes, need to let things settle here I guess; I do tend to cut and run when things get bad (or just turn my music up really loud). My mom and dad moved 80 miles away several years ago (to get out of the city), and now my mom tells me I can't move to Oregon until *they* die... (???!!!) lol. This from the woman who moved away from her whole family in PA to *TX* and then eventually to *MO*. lolol. And she's only half kidding when she says I have to wait. Sooooo, here's hoping I survive long enough to move to Oregon. :-) Anywho, thanks for the kind words, and again thanks for the great swap and the great seeds. Best wishes to all. Terri

Howdee all Of course I'm going to continue the Acres Edible swap unless the economy gets soo bad I cant afford the extra seeds, tape postage or whatever else it takes to put on this swap each year. I believe I was just hurt a little yesterday and went over and posted my feelings. Bad bad Acres.. Every one in this swap has been great. I can not get upset and one person for speaking his or her feelings. I would probably feel bad if they did not speak there mind. No one will ever be banned from my swaps. I , myself will just add more guidelines to my swaps so every one is clear that swaps are chance and you may or may not get what you wish for. I also have addressed some other issues above in the main post. I hate rules but they seem to help. Carolynp - not a 50 cent an hour pay cut a hour 5 dollar an hour pay cut lol going to be ruff but we always make it because hubby and I have each other and great friends and gardening. Knot-worked-acres - tomato in red bag was sent in unmarked and listed as such. Might be fun to see what ya get. Sandysgardens- Are you going to be a mom soon? That is awesome. I just have my 4 legged kids. (dogs, cats, rabbits and chickens) Drippy - Nope not a middle child more like a single child I have not talked to my only sibling my brother in what 2 years. Not my choice. I will look forward to the garden pics when ever you choose to share them. My garden pics are on MySpace check them out the link on my profile on this site. Happy sorting and happy gardening I'm off to enjoy the sunshine Acres

Tell me about it! LOL! I didn't know there were different kinds of lilies, daylilies, etc, etc, etc! When I was getting my shade garden ready I asked all the girls what would some good ideas be and man didn't they come up with some good plants! All I knew before were hosta and ferns! Now I have a huge area full of good stuff! Love it! Diene has been a big help with learning about much of the lily stuff. She did a great job of pointing me in the right direction! Love the puppy's picture! Reminds me of Jack and Emma playing on the couch last night. They were just being silly and then all of a sudden Jack reached over and snuggled emma up on his chest. I melted! I love it when they're nice! I will send that along with the balloonies, then! Whee, more flowers for the pixie chick!