jb, Your seed germination station sounds great. DH & DS are working on something for me right now and for their pepper and tomato seeds. Ours will have to be in the basement. They are also building a coldframe. I hope we have enough room! I just looked at my chick grit and even though on the front of the bag is says "crushed granite" it has a lot of other stuff in it. I didn't even think to look at the ingredients until I opened it up just now and smelled the anise. It says "oyster shell, washed heat treated silica, calcite, potassium sulfate, magnesium sulfate, zinc oxide, calcium carbonate, mananous oxide, iron carbonate, copper oxide, calcium iodate, sodium selenite, sulphur, calcium sulfate, oil of anise." I realize that plants need and use trace minerals but will any of these things have a negative effect on my seeds? Thanks for the tip on reforestation projects. I don't know if there is one going on here but there are a lot of Christmas tree growers that I will check with. NARGS 2md Round--I got my seeds last week! I got the 80 packs for $20 and I'm very pleased with what I got. Except for one thing which was my fault. I wanted a veronica but I marked the wrong number and got Vernonia which is Ironweed. We have ironweed growing all over our property:-) Good Luck with all your projects! vg

Molanic, you are a very good person to want to share what you have...that means a lot to anyone. I wish you could see my own gardens, in them I don't have many "fancy" plants, not many hybrids, I have mostly good old fashioned plants. When I talk about the economy of Winter Sowing, I often mention that we should grow some of the seeds at the dollar store because they grow so well and they are always as beautiful and charming as any plant that could cost so much more. These simple beauties were favorites in the gardens of our parents and grandparents--they were favorites because they were more than just pretty flowers or good cropping vegetables, they were also easy to grow and didn't require extra care or expensive soil treatments or plant foods to thrive. In my garden I think that simple is best, and for most of us with our busy lives, sometimes simple is the right thing to do. Trudi

Alright, so Im a couple months late this year! I kept putting it off because I was planning to list all the info (height, color, etc) with the seeds I have again, but since it looks like I wont be getting that done, Ill just do a list of the names, and Ill be glad to answer any and all questions about the specifics. And Ill be glad to post pictures of any of them for anyone whod like to see what they are! This is all seed Ive collected in my yard, and some of it is a couple years old by now, but its all stuff that should still easily be viable, and I send plenty of seed so you can plant it heavily if you want to be sure. I do it a little bit differently than others! I dont actually do trades anymoreif somebody wants something I have I just send it to them (if you happen to have something I want, dont worry, Ill ask for it!) I put the seeds in a plain business envelopeunpadded, but virtually all my seeds arent the kind that are crushable, so that shouldnt be a problem, and if something does get crushed, well, it was free! If you see something youd like to have, please PM me thru GW. As far as I know thats working for me now (it didnt for a long time!), but just to be sure, if you PM me, post it here so I can watch for it and let you know in case I dont get it. And one request! Please include your screen name in the PM so I know who you are! Oh, and make the subject something about RMG Seeds or something to be sure it doesnt get deleted by mistake! Most of this is the same stuff I have every year, but some of you are new, so heres what I have availablein no particular order! Agastache foeniculum anise hyssop, licorice mint (this is the one youre looking for, Red!) Aquilegia chrysantha fragrant yellow columbine - blooms a LONG time Lavandula angustifolia English lavender Penstemon strictus Rocky Mountain penstemon Alcea rosea hollyhock, mixed colors (theyll be shades of pink!) Alcea rosea Nigra" black hollyhock really dark, dark, dark red (these are the oldest seeds, but they should still be good! I couldnt collect any new seed once I had other colors since they cross pollinate!) Hibiscus moscheutos Disco Belle Pink hardy hibiscus these get to be HUGE plants, up to 5' high x 5' wide, and they have large, 6" to 10" flowers Crocosmia Lucifer the hardiest Crocosmia and easily hardy to z5, worth trying in z4! Thalictrum aquilegiafolium shade, tall, flowers are purple fluff! Heraclium lehmanianum cow parsnip (romantic name!) shade, HUGE PLANT (like 8' to 10' tall!) Huge leaves! Huge flowers! Needs WET soil! Echinacea purpurea plain old purple coneflower! what I got off of these is mostly chaff, so youd get a bag that looks like a LOT of seed, but there will really only be a few seeds in the whole bag. Next time I collect seed Im gonna try to get more seed than chaffbut Im not really sure how to do that at this point! Aruncus dioicus goatsbeard the seed for this is almost like dust! shade, moist to wet Callirhoe involucrata poppy mallow this one is apparently extremely hard to germinate. On the other hand, Ive had seedlings come up naturally, so I know its possible, but I dont think anybody Ive ever sent seed to has gotten it to germinate yet! Armeria pseudarmeria thrift, sea pinks mixed pinks this is the tallest one with the biggest flowers and theyre mildly spice scenteddifferent colors, slightly different scents! Cyclamen hederifolium hardy cyclamen white pretty little things with bi-colored green leaves that come up in the fall and are evergreen all winter summer dormant z5! Catananche caerulea Cupid Dart blooms all summer with regular deadheading Rudbeckia fulgida Goldsturm Black Eyed Susan this is the one thats definitely hardy, z4 smaller flowers than the ones that arent reliably hardy (R. hirta) Snapdragons mixed colors variety thats 18" to 24" high technically an annual, but they often come back and they reseed all over the place! Nicandra physalodes ANNUAL! Garlic chives this stuff should be reseeding all over the place with all the seeds it drops, and its not, so maybe its hard to germinate for some reason! Dont know for sure! Plain old generic dill! definitely NOT hard to germinate! This one DOES come up all over the place! Foeniculum vulgare Rubrum bronze fennel this one doesnt have an edible bulb! I think thats everything! Sorry, Bonnie! Even the few new things are pink or purple! If anybody wants more information on any of these or wants to see a picture, just let me know. Otherwise, PM me with what you want and your addressand post here that you PMd me. Heres to a GREAT year in 2010, Skybird P.S. OK! Not to confuse the issue, but it dawned on me that I had posted the descriptions of most of these things last year, so go here and scroll down to November 21 for the descriptions And go here for pictures of many of them. There are some things listed/pictured here that I didnt list this year, but I might still be able to find some seeds if you see something youre interested inbut ask me here about it first before you send me a request for it! And if youre interested in something that isnt described or pictured on these posts that you want more info on, just let me know! Bedtime!

Anyone who wants to send me seeds to see if they will germinate or grow well in indoor conditions let me know. Also taking Unprocessed seedsvor seeds that were thrown on a giant tarl or in a giant seed bag marked, "Will grow, free to someone, Was cold". I'm in California will do indoor and outdoor or sort the seeds as best i can and resend viable seeds to tue project. Or suggest amounts to send per person just looking for more seeds for thwir personal collectiocollection based on how many I am able to germinate Itsjeddmills@yahoo.com.