The response of the guy you talked to sounds strange to me too. Every plant group I have been involved in has been very much open to new members and visitors. They are the life of a club. Don't hold back. Besides, these clubs often have a turn over that brings new life into them. You might need to become active in the club. That worked for me. When I joined the SF group, I was attending for about a year, when I had the dumb luck to be asked to join the board. Then a year later I found myself president. That was strange. When I first joined, the show and tell table (aka Jeff's brag table) was not much to look at. I really promoted it and got others to start bringing in lots of plants. In not that long a time, we had two 8' tables crammed with fascinating plants every month, usually with a theme succulent and a theme cactus, plus anything else that someone wanted to bring in for whatever reason. I think that having beautiful live plants to see and discuss really makes an interesting meeting. I led the plant discussion for many years, and people would tell me it was their favorite part of the meeting. Its always been my favorite part. I finally quit the board after 12 years and since then the board has gone through quite a change, with only one person from when I was on it. There are a lot of new members and I am happy to let them run things :))). Jon

Thanks for the nice comments and the newspaper idea, and I did have to pick out several pokies. June, this sale was on Craigslist and I was going in that direction on Friday. I didn't see any plants or pots in the ad or at the sale, so asked if they had any. They had a treasure trove of them, and the cactus. The green thing is a fireplace grate, I think, but will be a red succulent planter soon. Funny to see wheels on a grate. It never hurts to ask about what you're looking for at a sale. These plants and pots are far better than anything in my yard. Donna, there are cactus, succulent, and various plant shows and sales all over California. Most of us are never bothered by that white stuff here, so shows and sales are year round. Did you see the show photos on the Cactus and Succulent forum? There are some people over there who take great pictures. Linda

Thanks for the tip unfortunately I won't be going that way but if you could take es that would be awesome. Thanks, Greg

Denise, Me too - I wish I was husking succulents with you at the Show, followed by a plant shopping trip and topping it off with a meal of some of Omaha's finest beef. Hope you don't add to the collection too heavily and have a blast!