Lilyfinch- Merry Christmas Eve! My new plan is to postpone the rose garden (at least for a while) and put mostly vegetables in the potager. I already ordered a few roses, which I'm moving into the place I was going to put the bee balm and some herbs. I am thinking about putting in an old-fashioned rose bed in front of the lilac hedge, which would be a great place for the bee balm and some herbs, kind of a potpourri/tea garden, but that's for later this summer or next year...if I have any money left :) After talking to my nephew the other day, he really wants a big vegetable/flower garden this year (he's 10) and he can't do one at his house. They have a big dog, who runs all over the back yard and digs everything up, as dogs like to do (LOL) I told him that I was planning to give him a little garden of his own next summer and he said, "You mean for the watermelons?" He really likes watermelons and plans to grow about four next summer. I also need to put some tomatoes in that same garden, since it's against the house and is the only area that stays warm enough at night for those plants to have a chance of ripening with our short summers. Anyway, my nephew informed me he also wants to try lots of vegetables, but especially peas (he found out how good they taste last summer eating them right off the vine) and lots of flowers, including nasturtiums and marigolds...and a red rose. Not sure where that came from, but cool! So, new plan is to make a vegetable garden with asparagus and strawberries on one side, with a lattice fence and purple raspberries behind it. We also will have two red roses (he can help me pick them out next summer) and some herbs in the back of the garden. Other side and front beds (only 2' deep) will have cherry tomatoes and mini veggies, purple broccoli, bush beans and lots of lettuce and salad stuff. He also wants corn, mini-pumpkins, potatoes and climbing beans. What do you say to that??? A child who wants to grow vegetables and maybe even eat them....I guess roses will have to wait a while :)

POSTING HERE AND WILL E-MAIL ALL THAT I SENT DIRECTIONS TO ABOUT THE DATE CHANGE FOR THE SWAP NEW DATE IS: SUNDAY JUNE, 4, 2006 TIME AND LOCATION ALL IS THE SAME. Now, I've finished potting up all the seedlings, hundreds of them from WS, here is the list. rose campion lychnis angel's blush assorted dward snapdragons assorted cosmos california poppy purple gleam and white annual poppies perennial poppies morning glory 4 0'clocks assorted bachelor buttons mixed toadflax lobelia crystal palace lobelia trailing saphire lupins, blue and cherry red gazania mixed colors baslam impatiens nasturtium jewel mix sweet alyssum tall alyssum nicotiana alata probably some I missed righting down Also have 2 large sedum, unknown variety that look really beautiful to start then they flop over and the center is bare. will dig out if anyone wants them. a very small hosta I have to dig out. plenty of lily of the valley I can dig out. spreading into my flower bed I believe they are bright purple siberian iris, again spreading into my flower bed. Not sure it's the right time to dig them out, but they have been here for 26 years, planted by the prior owners. Can dig them out if anyone wants some. especially the ones in the flower bed. forsythia branches, all you want that I can cut fresh. 3 potted up pussywillow bushes that may or may not root. A friend just left with me the following and she will be here at the swap. fresh dug up chives, oregano black eyed susan bleeding heart vinca minor And a neighbor will be coming with vegetable seedlings. REMEBER THE SWAP IS NOW SUNDAY, JUNE 4TH. Looking forward to seeing everyone there. Fran

Morning all! Fran, I put in a bit more postage than what it was for me to mail my package to you. I don't think that I'll get back what I sent because we have a lot of veggie growers here, BUT if by chanace you dont have enough postage I'd be happy to send more if you need it to get my package back to me. I'm so glad that I bought the veggie seeds, I could almost hear how excited people were when I offered them up for grabs! Thank you to anyone who sent flowers in for me, I assure you that every single seed will find a good home. Lisa

i would love some of these if i could!! that would be so cool!! armenian cucumber tortarelo cucumber golden gopher musk melon? royal golden melon lee okra zolotistala melon casaba melon 1 bosc pear 2 mustard gai choy 1 garden peach tomoto 4 okra mix 1 daikon radish 1 canary bell peppers 2 lemon balm 1 sweet chocolate peppers 1 bok choy 2 green zebra tomato 3 peppers yolo wonder 1 peter peppers this year, i think will be a great year for that square foot gardening!! especially with all that is needing to be put in the ground!!! **big smile** i have lots of 6 blazing star liatres 21 single white angel trumpet-smells awesome 14 lavender datura- don't smell but is pretty!! 4 sesamie seeds so if anyone want's these, let me know. :') these are filled pretty good!@! ~Medo