Fotess Swap: April Showers Bring May Flowers
For any newcomers, FOTESS is a members only group. If you would like to join, please contact Jeanne (sandlapper_rose) or Shirley (sjc48) for information.
May Swap is going to be fun and simple. Sign up here if you would like to participate. For this swap you will send your partner 2-3 plants in a box. Send something that you love to grow and that your partner will enjoy also. Also, If you have a really great way to send plants so they are looking beautiful when they arrive please post your pointers here
so the newbies that have joined will have some good ideas to follow for safe shipping.
Sign up until May 5th and please send out by May 21st. Thank you and Hope you will join us this month!
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8 years agoMy first peony is blooming! I'm so happy! Plant dance in the street! Heidi
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Comments (2)Hi morningglory9771, Welcome to Garden Web, and The Seed Exchange. How do I start? Do I need a "my page"? Once you joined, you automatically got a Member Page. Clicking on your name above, or MY page in your post will bring it up. You might want to check out addressing newbie and newer member issues In that thread it explains how to set up your Member Page email link so members can easily reach you. It also covers how to fill out your Member Exchange List page. You can list what you have to trade, and what you are looking for and then edit it as your wants and available seeds change. You can also include in your post what all you have and are looking for, but there is no way to edit posts once they are submitted. There is a link to the Conversation Side of the Seed Exchange. It is found just above and to the right of the list of threads here. Lots of questions are asked and answered there, as well as just friendly banter. There is a link to The Seed Exchange FAQ found at the top of the Seed Exchange Page 1. There is a lot of good info there, but some that is rather obsolete, like the cost to mail bubble envelopes. Most seeds should be protected when mailed by the use of a bubble envelope (BE for short) Here are the costs to mail bubble envelopes along with the weights. I'm sure others will be posting other things too. Again...Welcome and Happy Trading! Sue...an unofficial member of the Unofficial Garden Web Welcome Wagon...See MoreNew: April seed shower will bring May Flowers
Comments (150)This is more for new people joining. Important dates to remember: Sign-ups: March 1st Date for all pages to be updated -> March 1st ---Copies of everyones pages will be emailed to everyone shortly after that. All seeds must reach me in Ohio by March 31st. This is important so I can use some time off I have to get these turned around asap. conniesc rosepedal yotetrapper rane_grow lindaruzicka sassybutterfly_2008 chitownladyd kamiljablo nikkeneel sguanzon poisondartfrog jas_il dan_the_mailman thehills2 jaynine zinaray iabrtoo threeshyacres southerncharm1 gardenmom2 vic_zn5 grolikecrazy...See MoreNEW: April Shower's Bring May Flower's Swap
Comments (99)After a brief delay I received my seeds. I had to go to the post office for postage due.....but had stamps returned in the package? I'm sure it was just due to package overload. :) My minor gripe is many of the packages were hard to read..... me being a newbie I have to work on deciphering the contents. But I do appreciate the time and effort it took. Thank you Kelly. Monica...See MoreMFN April Showers Bring May Flowers Swap
Comments (150)Posted by missmshell z4 Carthage,NY (My Page) on Tue, Apr 6, 10 at 9:23 Darrin, give you all the credit in the world. I have twin uncles with autism. When I was a kid my grandmother babysat me every day after school so I was with them a lot. Like mentioned before, there were good days and then there were bad ones. I remember that sometimes the smallest little things could set one of them off. Couple smart cookies they are tho! My grandmother can no longer take care of them so they live in group homes now and I dont get to see them much anymore. Sure miss em. Michelle,...Totally appreciate your emotional and moral support bunches!! Whoa, twin autistic uncles?! Now there's a sobering eye opener, as it were. Never heard of or even remotely considered twin autistics before! Moreover, to me, the concept verges on inconceivable. That said, not every autistic individual is like Roy. That's why the condition(?), anymore, is referred to as "Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)", aka "Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD)," thereby addressing a wide range of perceptual, cognitive and otherwise sociobehaviorally debilitative possible combinations. Some individuals are "high functioning", some non-verbal,...some this, some that. Trouble is, all too often, when you try to explain what the deal is, all too many still seem to be locked into "Oh yeah,...like Rain Man," **shrug** Then, y'gotta go "Yesss,...but," which is actually good, in a way, because it is a way to enlighten those who are actually willing to listen. But, it can also be a bit tedious, and sometimes y'wonder if you actually got through, or if they were just playing be nice to it and it'll go away. **again - shrug** - Anyway, elsewise, with Roy, we've become fairly adept at anticipating what is-or-is-not likely to set him off (commands, demands and probing questions, mostly). Actually, I am generally better than Elly at finessing Roy into behaving properly and doing what needs to be done. Like your uncles, in many (sometimes sneaky) ways, Roy is indeed quite the "smart cookie"! Although we learned, long ago, never to underestimate his potential creative/cognitive capacity, Roy still surprises us at times! For one thing, he's totally wizard at playing video games! ========== Posted by lilangel181 zone 5 (lilangel181@aol.com) on Tue, Apr 6, 10 at 11:30 Oh Darrin, That is quite a plate-full! Hugs and all the support I can offer to you and your wife for everything yall do! Have you ever tried doing a weekend respite program? Where someone else looks after the child for an afternoon, or a day or even a weekend to give parents time to just relax. I need to turn off the computer now... apparently we're having a tornado watch/warning. I'm not worried... I grew up in tornado alley! ~Laura Laura,...Thanks uber muchly for your emotional support!! While respite service has been made available to us, and we seriously considered it, ultimately we chose to decline, for several......See MoreRelated Professionals
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Margo, I came home this evening and your package was waiting by my door. Everything looks great. Thank you for:
Yellow iris (I don't have yellow so very happy to get this)
Grape hyacinth
Lady's mantle
Stonecrop coral carpet (I had no idea about these plants and happy they are hardy in my zone!)
Lime Thyme (Smells great! Looking forward to using this once it grows some.).
Bee balm pink lace (I have read good things about this plant and was thinking about getting it. Now I don't have to!)
Seeds:
Gingseng parsley: I bought seeds of Hamburg parsley so would be interesting to see how they compare.
Balloonflower Astra white (I had been thinking about trying Balloonflower so now I will).
Red bird amaranth
Thank you also for the monkey that looks like a toy but is not a toy (That's what it said on the bottom!)
It was late when I got home but I managed to get all the plants planted in my front yard and watered although it was pretty dark by the time I got done.
Margo, you were so generous. Thank you so much!
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Hi everyone,
Just got my box. Thanks for sending.
Everything is dead, there's a flower on some sort of grass but the actual plants are all dead.
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Shirley, Jeanne and Beth, Thank you for helping Connie out with this.
Today's Bingo words are: BORN AND MELT
So Far we have had:
SWEET
SUNNY
ENJOY
DROPS
CAMP
MARCH
AWAKEN
CELEBRATE
BLOSSOM
FLOWER
CLEAN
FUN
HEAT
MONTH
GARDEN
DRIZZLE
APRIL
FLOW
BORN
MELT
Have a nice Thursday! The weekend is almost here!
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Today's Bingo word is RAIN
So Far we have had:SWEET
SUNNY
ENJOY
DROPS
CAMP
MARCH
AWAKEN
CELEBRATE
BLOSSOM
FLOWER
CLEAN
FUN
HEAT
MONTH
GARDEN
DRIZZLE
APRIL
FLOW
BORN
MELT
RAIN
HAPPY FRIDAY EVERYONE! ENJOY YOUR WEEKEND!
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Thank you all so much for joining this month. It was a great swap! Sorry I am late with the bingo words, we left to go camping Friday pm and I forgot to post on Saturday!
Saturday's word is HIKE
Sunday's word is: PLAY
AND A BONUS WORD: FRIENDS
SWEETSUNNY
ENJOY
DROPS
CAMP
MARCH
AWAKEN
CELEBRATE
BLOSSOM
FLOWER
CLEAN
FUN
HEAT
MONTH
GARDEN
DRIZZLE
APRIL
FLOW
BORN
MELT
RAIN
HIKE
PLAY
FRIENDS
HAVE A NICE MEMORIAL DAY!
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