Evening! I've updated the list :) ~~UPDATED~~~~~ Vitex: Purple Tall Blue Iris Euphorbia: Amiljassa Yarrow: Summer Wine~~OUT~~ Yarrow: Terra Cotta: 15 Hibiscus: Rose Mallow: 15 Rudbeckia: Indian Summer: ~~OUT~~ Nigella: Blue ~~OUT~~ Gaillardia: Mesa Yellow ~OUT~~ Reseda Ordorata: Mignonette Machet Tick- Trefoil Seeds: Pink Narrow Leaf Coneflower ~~OUT~~ Clematic: Jackmannii: ~~OUT~~ Rudbeckia: Cherokee Sunset ~~OUT~~ Asclepsia Incaranata: Cinderella: 3 Gaillardia: Fiesta Daisy: 5 Catchfly: Bright Fuschia ~~OUT~~ Bells of Ireland ~~OUT~~ Marigold: Janie Bright Yellow: 3 Poppy: Patty's Plum ~~OUT~~ Rudbeckia: Marmalade Pansy: Historic Florist ~~OUT~~ Viola: Tri-Color ~~OUT~~ Daisy: Crazy: 2 Daisy: Snowdrift Yarrow: King Edward Ornamental Cabbage ~~OUT~~ Silver Ghost: Giant Blue Sea Holly ~~OUT~~ Kettle Gourd Bushel Gourd ~~OUT~~ Yellow Grass Rudbeckia: Maya ~~OUT~~ Chrysanthemum: Bridal Robe Oriental Poppy: Prince of Orange ~~OUT~~ Siberian Wallflower ~~OUT~~ Gaillardia: Gold Goblin Blackberry Lily: Orange Yarrow: Pomegranate ~~OUT~~ Anthemis Tinctora: 1 Ligularia Dentata: Golden Ray ~~OUT~~ Oriental Poppy: Brilliant Red ~~OUT~~ Rose Of Sharon: Purple ~~OUT~~ Gaillardia: Yellow Sunshine ~~OUT~~ Salvia Splendens: Sizzler Red Stripe ~~OUT~~ Gaillardia: Arizona Sun Mizuna: Red Streaks ~~OUT~~ Yellow Trumpet Morning Glory Castilleja Coccinea Rudbeckia: Sputnik ~~OUT~~ Peas: Melting Snow: Sugar Hosta: Lemon Lime ~~OUT~~ Purple Pole Beans ~~OUT~~ Sm. Ornamental Gourd Globe Thistle ~~OUT~~ Purple Love Grass Tomato: Eva Purple Bay ~~OUT~~ Black Diamond Watermelon Lettuce: Simpson Elite Swiss Chard: Rainbow Mix Lettuce: Black Seeded Simpson Pumpkin: Triple Treat X-Large Orange Pumpkin Japanese Parsley: Mashimori Cabbage: Golden Acres Short Snap Pole Beans Watermelon: Orange-GLO ~~OUT~~ Pumpkin: Freaky Tom Tendergreen Mustard ~~OUT~~ German Statice Potentilla: Molten Fire ~~OUT~~ Penstemon: Firecracker Red ~~OUT~~ Dianthus: Black Magic ~~OUT~~ Mexican Hats Trumpet Lily: Black Dragon ~~OUT~~ Petunia: Titan Salmon Dianthus: Rainbow Lovliness Lettuce: Red Romaine Popcorn: Strawberry ~~OUT~~ Italian Borlotti Beans ~~OUT~~ Cucumber: Lemon Carrot: Nantes Coreless Gourmet Mix Lettuce Pea: Oregon: Sugar Pod II Columbine: Mixed Bonnets ~~OUT~~ Blackberry Lily: Mellow Yellow ~~OUT~~ Allium: Purple Sensation Snap Peas: Sugar Ann ~~OUT~~ Tansy: Purple Rudbeckia: Goldilocks ~~OUT~~ Poppy: Lauren's Grape Poppy: Flemish Antique ~~OUT~~ Poppy: Lilac Pom Pom ~~OUT~~ Pink Speria Poppy: Danish Flag ~~OUT~~ Milimus Pictus ~~OUT~~ Clematis: Rouguchi ~~OUT~~ Lilac: Lycianthes Guichenisis Rudbeckia: Sundance ~~OUT~~ Cucumber: Lemon Apple ~~OUT~~ Squash: Scallop Bush: Pan Gaillardia: NOID ~~OUT~~ Geum: Mrs. Bradshaw ~~OUT~~ Cypress Vine: Red Select Pepper: Mini Bell Chocolate ~~OUT~~ Pepper: Purple Beauty ~~OUT~~ Tomato: Black Krim ~~OUT~~ Sweet Red Pepper ~~OUT~~ Chile: Thai Dragon Tomato: Moonglow ~~OUT~~ Gypsophilia: Covent Gardens~~OUT~~ Yellow Loosestrife ~~OUT~~ Verbena: Romance Scarlet Dianthus: Telstar Carmine Rose Gaillardia Pink Cordyalis ~~OUT~~ Nicandra Orange Blackberry Lily ~~OUT~~ Leek: American Flag Marigold: Orange Yarrow: Apple Blossom ~~OUT~~ Purple Passiflora ~~OUT~~ Pansy: Swiss Giant Blend Viola: Bowles Black: ~~OUT~~ Columbine: Sunburst Ruby ~~OUT~~ Marigold: French Dwarf Marigold: Queen Sophia Lettuce: Spicy Gourmet Mix Love In A Mist: Persian Jewels ~~OUT~~ Poor Man's Saffron Agastache: Raspberry Daqueri ~~OUT~~ Rock Soapwort Yarrow: Strawberry Seduction Love In A Mist: African Bride ~~OUT~~ Love In A Mist: Mulberry Rose ~~OUT~~ Arkwrights Campion ~~OUT~~ Yarrow: Moonshine Golden Nipplefruit ~~OUT~~ Tansy: Fiddleneck: Purple Poppy: California Mix Fresh from my garden this fall: Columbine: Leprechaun Dianthus: Siberian Blues I've emailed back everyone that's posted so far. Off to a terrific start. Still looking for some trades :) Talk to you later! vina

I cooked up a batch of my rice and mixed grains with added quinoa, celery, carrots, and onions tossed in with the broth at the very beginning. I added some smoked sausage half way through, cut into half inch rounds and a couple of big handfuls of kale at the end. Hot sauce to taste! Yum. This concoction is also great with chicken or shrimp....or as a side dish. Nice on a cold evening.

This thread HAS been inspiring! I'm getting some more good ideas here. Last September, as I was packing away all the kitchen and dining room stuff for our impending kitchen gut and reno, I realized another way I was wasting a large amount of space (and time): my Tupperware/storage container cab. It was also a constant source of irritation and embarrassment, with pieces tumbling out every time the door was opened and many containers having lost their lids. With space drastically limited for the duration of the reno, I packed away all but the very basic pieces. I was surprised at how few I actually needed those two months. I'm even more surprised that I've been easily living without 80% of them for the past ten months we've been in our new kitchen, too! I've left the rest in the box out in our garage. I went from a huge, very disorganized cabinet to one small cab that has two pull-out shelves (with high sides). Every piece is now stored with its lid on; small containers on the top shelf and larger ones on the bottom. And, the nice thing is that I don't cringe anymore when company is over and we need to pull out a container. Lynn

I do what Cathy does as far as removing packaging and putting it back in the freezer to save space. In fact, it was Cathy I thought of as I'm visualizing my MIL's freezer, while trying to organize it with her ready-to-heat-and-serve food. SO...In order to make it easy for her to find things, I labeled the inside of the freezer door, with what's on each shelf. I also thought about using Cathy's bin method to put things in, but the shelves are really too small. Because of that, I put ''like items'' which have been vacuumed sealed, in 2 gallon ziplocks with an extra label on the outside. All she'll have to maneuver are a few of the larger bags on each shelf to find exactly what she's looking for. I'm also adding an inventory list, so she can look over the contents and know what she's going for and where it's located before she ever opens the door. It's always kind of deal to clean out the freezer, isn't it? Good for you for working your way through it.