Angel, There are two types of blueberries that grow in the south, Southern Highbush and Rabbiteye. There are different varieties of each and if you are growing one type you would need 2 or 3 varieties in each type for cross pollination. (2 or 3 varieties of Southern Highbush or Rabbiteye Blueberry). They need well drained acidic soil (5.5 to 4.5). Rabbiteye tends to be easier to grow than Southern Highbush. If you have sandy or sandy loam soil that is acidic, you can grow them in the ground. If not you have to grow them in containers and use a complete fertilizer for acidic plants. If you water has a high pH you may also have to adjust the water to be acidic by adding some type of acid. We have blueberry farms here in our sandier soil. Many of the varieties were developed in Florida and it will depend on your soil if you can grow them in ground. If the soil has limestone in it you probably will not be able to grow in ground. I grow them in container due to lack of drainage. They do not like wet saturated soils. I think cranberries are a northern plant. Probably cannot take the hot sun.

Hope you had fun with Miss JT, Kelly. Those of you still waiting on the Junk Train, please, please, please try and get it on it's way A.S.A.P.! I'd love to get JT '09 closed out before the Secret Santa Exchange starts. Sylvia

I'm so glad to see so many people want Snapdragons! Been looking them over for weeks and wishing for them since I haven't seen them in a garden since I was a kid. Now all of you have got me convinced I can WS them successfully and I'm going to indulge a nostalgic wish. Alyssum is another one since they're on the "rabbit resistant" list (as if) for NJ and look like you get a long bloom time as a reward. Poppies are another thing that's captivated me in all the photos on seed sites. Got to have them. Some sites say they're only in bloom for 1 month. Is that anyone's experience? Don't have anyplace to put them "inground" so have to figure out large container set up to get that "waving field" effect on deck. Is that 3 already? Geez, this is my first year and I only have 5 seeds ordered so far and my "wish list" is sooo long already. Thanks, Bakemom, for starting this thread. It's a real encouragement.

Wow! I got my seeds! It took a little detective work to figure out what swap this package belonged to, but once the fear of having lost my mind were over and i started pulling out my seed packets and recording them, the pleasure stretched out to 181 packets of a great variety of seeds, thanks to all of you, my new GGF(great and generous friends). you guys are de bom! The assortment is awsome considering that there was no want list matchups at all. Cathy, awsome job sorting our packages, I only got 2 of my own seeds, and the rest was just pure pleasure to receive and record! Thank you. Chris