>>>> My friend just pruned the heck out of three >>>> of her fig trees At least offer them as a grouped unkown x, y, z, from EACH tree rather than the random "I leave it to your imagination as to what they may be". svanessa, sorry, of me being somewhat rude here, but believe me, you do not want 100+ fig newbies sending you email, or posting here, asking for their fig id in 2-4 years time.

Hi Eukofios, I sent the following note about a year ago, but you must have been overloaded with requests. At this moment, I would like the get some cuttings for postage, because I have limited ability to trade cuttings right now. I will put you at the top of my cuttings list for future time. "I have three that might interest you and you have four that interest me. I have White Triana, Paradiso (plum sized and sweet) and an unidentified fig that is ball shaped, purple/brown skin/whitish-yellowish-brownish center., very sweet and a little smaller than a golf ball. After they go dormant in two or three months, I will take a few cuttings and would like to trade with you. Of yours, I would like the Desert King, Brunswick, Hardy Chicago and Italian Honey. Does this trade interest you?" I now also have a Black Lebanese (a name that I have given to this unknown variety from Lebanon). Thanks, Bud

First, I haven't made my thank you cards, much less sent them and I do every year, usually between Christmas and New Years. This year I had been ill and I just opened packages and I really don't know who gave me what for the most part so I'm having trouble figuring out what to say. I usually say thanks for whatever I/We love it and plan to do whatever with it. But I'll try to get it done soon, I'm feeling guilty bigtime now. My first Christmas with my husband 11 years ago, we did the frantic Christmas eve in a nearby larger city shopping. We both hated it, big fight, spent way too much money and I said, no more. The next year we either bought early or put things on layaway and it was better. I finally got brave enough to make things the next year. He was sceptical at first but when he saw the response and the extra cash in his pocket, I took care of the supplies bought early, he was behind me 100%. Luckily all of the women are crafters or quilters, ect. and their spouses and children know about these things. We receive verbal thank yous and sometimes notes on my Jan. birthday cards. While I've never had the awful experiences of most of you, especially you, Jude, how heartless of anyone. I love having someone take the time to make me something. I can relate. I've only had a problem with a bachelor uncle. I sent him two knit stocking caps, he likes to jog and hike, lives on east coast so don't know where he does this, never heard if he received them. I'm still mad him. Every other year we've jumped through hoops over his gift.We cut down on what we spent on boughten gifts this year and still spent three times on him what we did on everyone else, he is always very generous to us (even though sometimes the gifts are nothing we really care for either, but still thank him) so makes my husband feel cheap if we don't spend a lot. That's it, though, next year he is in budget and if he doesn't like it, too bad. He wasn't impressed this year when my husband told him we were using his Christmas monetary gift, (easier to carry on plane and since he really didn't know what to get us, he explained,) to buy a hay ring for my horse and goats. My husband had already suggested before Christmas doing this with any cash gifts we received. Thought uncle was going to rip the check out of our hands, oh, well. We love the hay rack and it saves us time doing chores and the expense of hay wasted. Revenge is sweet even when you don't plan it. Should this be a hehehe? Janie

They are lovely; they're so sheer you almost don't see them. The "butterflies" are actually leaves. The border motifs resemble pansies...almost. I've not been able to find a good photo of them on the 'net. I thought about bleaching them; but since I've already ordered the same panels in white; I'm just going to find a new home for these.