camp, I don't know if you ever saw it but I did wander over to the ARF in a weak moment last year & posted a tasteless ditty illustrated with some birds but it didn't last long, it was on a thread you started about posts disappearing. I am out of my area of interest with roses but I can just imagine the financial carnage. I've been ordering more grassy material to build this pocket prairie and wouldn't want to make those folks over there feel jealous & inferior over the big bucks I'm throwing around for 'Blonde Ambition' skeeter grasses, more bluestems and especially the very red Big Bluestem turkeyfoot named 'Red October' I can't wait to try out once I figure out a place to plant him. Maybe close to those new stiff blue Indian Grasses where they'll catch the late afternoon sun rays picking up that bright red? I'm already pining for next fall to see the results and bemoaning my lack of space. Greenhearted, my new fav name I ran across recently is Wanda Dudwash. Maybe she can be Fendler's girlfriend. The bladderpods are nice because they bloom so prolifically and early then dry up to almost nothing with the hard pods. You can easily snatch them up if you want to control next years crop. In their habitat, they will make the landscape a sea of yellow as early as February. Mine were in a seed pack I bought from Native Seeds of Sonoran Desert mix along with some other interesting off the beaten track wildflower mixes. I couldn't resist trying this very red Big Bluestem and I can't wait to see it color up next fall. This time of year I am always planning for next fall/winter interest. Come winter, I will be thinking of spring. Here is a link that might be useful: http://shop.nativeseeds.org/collections/amaranth

So funny...I am the one who started this thread back in 2004 (and we shortly thereafter moved to Colorado). We moved back to So Cal last September, and just now moved into a home on a huge horse ranch in San Timoteo Canyon. Our yard is a blank slate (except for having mature pepper and birch trees)...no grass, so I am on the lookout for anything drought tolerant and rabbit proof. I don't have a lot to trade at this point, as I am starting all over, but I do have some seeds and can get my hands on some great succulents (as my mom and dad's succulent garden is always in need of trimming). And if anyone is in Redlands or thereabouts, let's see about having some get togethers to do some trading!

People here are receiving seeds and starting them already, and i've just made an order! Mostly, i've waited because i'd be too tempted to start things earlier if i got them earlier, and i wanted to start things like petunias and impatiens a little later than last year. Anyway, here is what i've ordered from Vesey's: Pepper Orange Sun Swiss Chard Orange Fantasia Cosmos Sonata Mix Osteospermum Passion Mix Petunias O Canada Mix Petunias Ramblin' Red Petunias Tidal Silver Wave Petunias Tidal Wave Hot Pink Campanula Dwarf Pink Snow Pansies Mix Pansy Rhapsody Mix Impatiens Tempo Mix Impatiens Seaside Mix Hemerocallis 'Startle' Lilium 'Centrefold' (3 more bulbs - i can't wait for the one i already have to multiply!) Astrantia collection (thank you, enablers!) Lilium 'Starfighter' Dahlia 'Freak of Nature' Dahlia Pinwheel Mix That's only Veseys! Eep! The old Visa was vibrating! :>

This thread has been a challenge to keep up with but I have tried my best. Here is a list of seeds I would like. The **represents what you have asked from me**. I know I am asking a lot but I figure the worse someone can say is no. I'm just a lowly, newbie over here anyways! heavenlyfarm Sage - Mealy-Cup Chives - Garlic Yarrow - Pink Grapefruit billingsdj - **yellow watermelon, purple candytuft, tomato stump of the world** Clematis Barbara Jackman Statice Soiree Rose Brussels Sprouts Long Island Improved Moon and Stars Red Tomato Banana Legs Summer Savory BroccoliDi Cicco Marconi Red crazyfarmgirl14 Jacobs Cattle Bean Orangeglo Watermelon Garretds7 **Purple Coneflower, White Pow Pow Coneflower, Cosmos "Single Sensation Mix", and the Black From Tula Tomato** Georgia Muscadine Vine Pepper - Jalapeno Early Tobacco - Little Dutch (Nicotiana tabacum L. Solanaceae) Carrots - Short 'n Sweet becki25msmolly dutchman's pipe morning glory scarlett o'hara morning glory grandpa otts cat mint cnading Tomato, Black Cherry Tomato, Black Krim Squash, Hubbard Squash, Boston Marrow sinbadsmom - **Lions Tail** Echinacea milkshake, hot papaya, raspberry truffle meadow rue suzydaze Moulin Rouge Cosmos yellow/orange EricaBraun Garden Huckleberry Bean, Cranberry midwestfarmwife - **Homestead Purple Verbena** Cinnamon Basil Goji Berry Jumbo Pink Banana Baby Boo New England Sugar Pie Painted Daisy Giant Mix Tradescantia (Spiderwort), violet color Cucumber Tendergreen bumblebee23 - **Black from Tula* Cucamelon (Mouse Melon) Calendula 'Princess Series' Vervain, Upright/Purpletop Statice (Limonium suworowii) Zinnia 'Benary's Giant Mix' Delphinium 'Royal Aspirations' Beans, Pole 'Asian Yard Long' Pumpkin 'Musquee de Provence' Mallow (Malva sylvestris) 'Zebrina' bluee19 - **False Sunflower, Autumn Sunflowers (These are actually mixed with Evening Sun Sunflower), Lemon Queen Sunflower** Ok, so I am going to go through my seed packs to see what I can put on here in addition to my list and start packing this box up. Thank you to everyone participating and a big THANK YOU to the hostess Bumblebee23!!! I'm overwhelmed reading this thread, I can only imagine what it would be like to sort all those seeds. I will clearly label who certain seed packs are for and keep them from general population. God bless you my gardening friends! Promise