Hi Emmerick - Such a neat little light setup you have there in your office. And I like the orchid in front of the window. What is to the left of the orchid? Interesting varieties. I looked up Ruby King Red pepper and Seed Savers has it. I like that company. Have you grown it long? I’m always looking for a new pepper variety. I’m growing Jimmy Nardello, Carmen, Odessa Market, and Gilboa. They’re all new to me this year. Nice to have a greenhouse. Yellow onion of Parma - another Seed Savers. I had forgotten about that company, actually, since discovering FEDCO, but I’ll have to check them out again. Your onion seedlings look great! Red Mammoth is a nice cabbage. I tried a miniature last year, called ‘Gonzales’. There’s only two of us at home and I am the one that enjoys cabbage. I loved it! They only took up about 10 inches of space, and were the size of softballs. One cabbage made one large bowl of cole slaw with no leftovers. I’m growing it again this year. I wish I could find a miniature red cabbage. I love Concord grapes. It reminds me of my childhood, we had a neighbor who grew them. They make great jelly. Potting up babies, is something I never do, but since you have gardening clients, I can see the advantage of that. I love the idea of dividing and increasing what I have, and it always goes on my to do list for spring, but I have too many jobs on the list and dividing seems to always be a lower priority and I don’t always get to it. I have a small collection of epimedium that I hope to divide this spring. I would love to double the number of plants I have. It will be a higher priority this year. I haven’t tried potatoes yet. One of these years I will. I’ve heard the fingerlings and the purples are great. Love the names of your varieties. You are already in gardening mode, indoors? Do you still have snow?

I love the canna, and the giant elephant ears! The hostas i currently have, are lime green, dark green with white on the border and giant solid color green. Let me show you what they look like

Okay, everybody: I've received several excellent suggestions to improve this and get more people involved. (I've never hosted a robin before...I needed the tips!) Here are some changes: #1: You don't have to send 1/4 tsp. I know poppy seeds are tiny, but some of these unique ones are hard to come by and 1/4 tsp. is quite a lot. So, just try to send 20 seeds per variety you send. I'll try to work it out so that the amount you send in per pack is the amount you get back, just so that more people can play and everything's fair. Send in 20 'Lauren's Grape' seeds, (for example) and get 20 seeds of something (hopefully!) you're looking for. #2: Please list what you HAVE to offer, so people feel more comfortable in joining. I agree that going in blind isn't such a great idea, lol! Here's what I have to add to this swap: Lauren's Grape Drama Queen Burnt Orange Carneum Coral Chiffon Cyclops Danish Flag Danebrog Giganteum Hens & Chicks Lavender Peony Pink Peony poppy Red Peony poppy Persian Blue Persian White India White Oriental 'Scarlet' Hungarian Breadseed Tasmanian poppy Turkish large Iceland poppy 'gartford giants' Iceland poppy 'red sails' Double spanish 'tangerine gem' p. atlanticum- soft orange p. atlanticum- 'moroccan poppy' CA poppy 'mother of pearl' CA poppy 'tequila sunrise' CA poppy 'mission bells' CA poppy 'white linen' CA poppy 'thai silk mix' CA poppy 'purple gleam' CA poppy 'mikado' CA poppy 'gold rush' p. rhoeas - red p. rhoeas- orange picotee p. rhoeas- shirley double mix I hope this makes everybody feel better! I've done TONS of individual trades, and I know this can be a GREAT robin! I've got these people interested for sure: msbernard pattygrow5

The Ruby Tuesday dessert menu I read was as follows: Layered chocolate cake, chocolate mousse & Oreo cookies topped with caramel and chocoalte sauces, vanilla Blue Bell Ice cream & whipped cream. $5.99 I don't have a recipe & have never tasted it but it shouldn't be too difficult to recreate & assemble the various components. Is there anything especially different about the cake or the mousse? Here is a link that might be useful: Ruby Tuesday Dessert Menu