Hi peanut01, Welcome to The Plant Exchange! I thought you might like to know there is no email link on your Member Page, thus no way to email you. Please see addressing newbie and newer member issues for instructions on getting it set up. You might want to also (while you are there editing) add your zone and location to the one box provided for the garden zone. See I am zone 5/6 S IN. By putting it in your profile, it will show on your Member Page, and will also automatically be shown whenever you post. hth...btw...this is an info only post. Sue...resident busy body

I am interested in any of these seeds that you might have available. Just getting started but have some zinnia seeds to send. Please send me your address for SASE. Licorice mint Blackberry lily Purple verbena veronica (mixed colors) Short blue bellflower (2 pks) Purple echinacea wild primrose bronze fennel Sweet william Sweet william (salmon) "Toto" Rudibeckia "Russell" lupine forget-me-not ( 1 pk) Baby's breath (1 pk) canary climber (1 pk) Cardinal climber (1 pk) sunflower mix (1 pk) Oriental poppies (pink and orange-a martha steward mix) short larkspur (if I remember correctly, these are both mixed colors) Red annual poppies Celosia (red, feathery) "Baskets of Gold" Alyssum Tom thumb lettuce Green grand rapids lettuce (1 pk) Summertime lettuce (1 pk) green goliath broccoli (1 pk) Munchin broccoli (1 pk) royal red lettuce (1 pk) Thanks

Tom, I got my seeds last week...thanks a million!!! ;o) I was calling some of our local nurseries before I received the seeds to see if anyone had a Wafer Ash & I found a tree locally. When I called, the nurseryman said he thought he had one but it wasn't in very good shape & I could have it for free. I said, "YES, I'd LOVE it!" Not realizing that he was referring to a 25 gallon tree! It is almost 8ft tall & looks like "Charlie Brown's Christmas Tree"!!! IT's HUGE!!! It is alive & he said that it has been in the pot way too long. It had a year on the pot of 2006. It also had a price of $225 marked out to $50...I can't believe he gave it to me!!! What a blessing! I took it home last Thusday thinking I could get it in the ground this weekend & it has now been raining for 4 days straight! Maybe this week some time, I can play "hooky" from my work & I can get it planted...it's supposed to rain next weekend, too! I have a BIG hole to dig...LOL!!!! I've included a link to the picture of it...it only has about a dozen leaves on it...the GST cats must have eaten the rest at the nursery! ;o) Here is a link that might be useful:

our garden club has had plant sales in MI for many years. Yes, you need a permit/plant inspection ($35 versus a $2,00 fine)and woody plants cannot be sold. if you email me you home address I can send you a detailed agenda on how we run our sale. (your name, etc did not show up when I accessed your question so I could not access your home page). have your plants individualy labeled with name (regular & latin) on a piece of old mini-blinds or popsickle sticks--then a seperate stick with the price only-easy to pull out the price stick to run up a total for the customer. have the plants all on tables for easier viewing. have the master gardeners set up a 'help' table and have them bring books to ID your plants and give growing suggestions. organize your plants by type-- shade together, houseplants together, etc. we run it for 4 hours, 9 to 1--workers arrive 1/2 hour before it starts and stay for 2 1/2 hrs. then the scond crew comes for 2 1/2 hours to include the clean up. the last 45 minutes we start discounting the plants, the last few workers can take anything for free. We set up the donated plants, about 800 of them, the night before, and members can buy plants then - at full price. the sale of crafts have never gone over well at the plant sale, but this year we will be selling worm castings (have a display board to show 'with and without' comparison photos) 5 lbs for $5-and tickets for our second garden walk. we put up a 2x4' A-frame in the middle of town for a week to advertise the sale (get permission from the landowner/store and a free permit from the town). we have our sale the end of May so our divided plants look better after being grown in pots for a while, and the weather is more stable for the workers. coffee or juice for the workers is appreciated--along with a bench to relax on when it is slow. We also have an info sheet about our club, with meeting dates and speakers listed with a memberhsip form. I'm sure there is alot more detail, but can't tink of all of them right now.