Happy belated b-day zinaray and all the other Feb. babies! Sorry I missed them earlier.
I'm 49 years old, 50 next month! Married 33 yrs, 6 children, 5 grands, my oldest granddaughter Gabriella, 4 yrs old, I think would be my gardening buddy if she lived closer to me.At Christmastime, there never was enough recyclable containers around for her to winter sow. She went to bed chuckling for two days everytime she whispered ":Kiss- Me -Over-The-Garden -Gate" which she chose to WS.
My goal this year is to turn our backyard in a Garden of Eden so that our daughter Christina can have a beautiful place to lay and chill all summer long and on those days when she's able to walk a bit, she can walk among beautiful flowers and bushes,and hear the birds singing while the hummingbirds and crickets chirp all around her. She contracted Meningitis at 2 yrs of age which left her with severe multidisabilities and uncontrollable seizures for 21 years now. These handiccaps by necessity have allowed us to grow into more descent individuals as we care for all her needs. Her older siblings would attest to that fact; in Erica's words( her older sister) 'We' d be such jerks!' Our 4 boys are massive Polynesian(Tahitian) 'the Rock' type warriors, with a hint of my Caucasian husband's red Irish /French/Italian descent,just so they can carry their little sister up and down the stairs, out of the bathtub or bed, and off the floor.
My favorite things to do is to watch the two youngest boys ballroom dance all over the world. Needless to say our favorite family TV program is "Dancing with the Stars " since Julianne and Derek Huff and Mark Ballas are buddies since they were very young. They all practically ate and drank ballroom dancing , they had no life beside the dance studio, except maybe during football season.Now that they are grown and in college , the youngest is still on a ballroom team but both are studying and training to be in the secret service because of their multiple linguistic abilities.
My next love is gardening, my husband has to constantly remind me that this is not Tahiti but a desert! I pretty much put things in the soil, my husband takes care of the watering system, and God takes over from there and rewards us with a beautiful corner of our earth. Chris (Christine)

Hi everyone, I love the idea of getting to know everyone as well. This week is a crazy one for me, so I'm just skimming through basicly right now. I have an all nighter to pull to finish for Fran's swap. Then, I have my birthday coming up. :-) My sister and brother in law and 2 kids are coming over this weekend.... SO, I have a lot going on and my house is going to take quite some attention before they come in since I've pretty much ignored it to get the seeds all packed up for the recent swaps I've been in! I know... I'm a sad case that's in need of help for my addiction.... LOL

I saw that some umbrella palm seeds were bestowed on one of our members. I would absolutely LOVE this plant! I'd love to plant some for my sis and mom, too, but only if there's enough. Shade is a commodity out here and this looks like it'll make lovely shade areas. :-)

Okay, off to pack more seeds for my all-nighter.... LOL

Blessings,
Angela

Christine, my daughter is very envious that you get to "hang wth julianne and derek." She/we are big fans. That is very cool about the secret service, too. I love getting to know each other. I think for some of us with family members that have a problem of somesort, it helps, at least for me to meet and talk to others who know and understand some fo the struggles. I know that I have not had near the battles that many of you have had and I pray for blessings for all of your families, but it does me a lot of good to know that as I get to know each of you, others know and understand and I think maybe God has a plan when he can put some of us together through a gardening site. Very Cool. God Bless, Nichol

This is great! I LOVE ballroom dancing. It is one of the things I do actually watch on tv. I have been trying to talk DH into taking a class with me but he has not submitted yet. :-( however its something I have always wanted to learn and I will not give up...

More info on me and what I am doing with my garden:
I am starting a couple new flower beds this spring (cortesty of some of you and this swap)

I am planning a Rose garden In memory of my baby Hunter James who didn't make it to this world his heart stopped beating and he was stillborn on January 20, 2009. Most other roses will be white and yellow with a special blue or lavendar rose in the middle.

I am planning a Wonderland Tea Party (for my daughter whos 4.5) - Herb Garden: I have Large whimiscal tea cups /saucers planters that I am going to have herbs/mints growing in on a low table. I have DH making me colorful toadstool stools for around the table. I Would LOVE Alice in wonderland characters for this garden. ***Will do the happy dance when I find them*** If any of you know where to look for these types of outdoor ornaments Please let me know. I joined the Herb-ivore swap in hope of getting a pretty good start on seeds for the herbs I don't have yet.

Paradise Relaxation:
White and Blue flowers, night opening flowers and strong fragnance flowers are welcome here... :-) Me and DH plan on swinging on the hammock in the evening while the kids play. ;-)And the plan is for the flowers to surround us with fragrance.

My daughter wanted to do potatoes so I ordered yukon gold and red potomiac (sp?) She is soo excited over the potatoes. She also wants to grow her own pumpkins (because of cinderella and the pumpkin coach of course) so I let her pick out the ones she wanted and she is going to have a cinderella pumpkin patch. I bet in her little mind she is hoping for a fariy god-mother. She is soooo imaginative.

My Husband is into working out and hunting. He just started getting into helping with the boyscouts he is excited because we now have a boy and he can't wait for him to be old enough (he is only 1.5)

Mikey well he is 1.5 and that should say it all. He Looooves to cuddle and when not cuddling he is climbing on everything and everyone. He is a wonderful baby.

As you can probably tell I am a proud mommy. ( I can see a couple other ones on here too. ;-)

Tammy

I have been so busy reading bio's I hope I didn't miss any offerings! Oh boy!

How old am I? Hmmm, let me think.... I carried Moses' staff across the Red Sea... but that was only after I rocked Noah to sleep... and then, I do remember Daniel going on and on about playing with those big kitty cats... LOL!

According to my students and my kids, I am not older than dirt, but I did make the first mud pies....

Been married to Roberta for 21 years. Have a 19 year old trying to figure out what to do with his life and in community college. I have a 17 year old getting read to graduate HS and go into the NAVY as a nuclear engineer specialist. My youngest is in 6th grade and love to garden with me. The older two are Eagle Scouts and my youngest is on track to be one by age 14.

I am eclectic. In everything. Food, music, art, gardening, everything. I love to veggie garden and appreciate how pretty others can make their yard look by flowers and am going to try this summer.

I sing in several groups in church: traditional choir music, contemporary choir, a couple different quartets and an male sextet where we sing acapella modern Southern Gospel.

Enough about me? Oh, just say I love to try it all!

Mark

i love acapella music, esp. in church. Tammy, I am very sorry for your loss. I think your rose garden sounds beautiful and could not be a better way to remember your beautiful son. I love your teacup hearb garden !!! I have been trying to decide how I want to do an herb garden. Righ now they are just in a raised bed in the garden but I really want to do a special bed for them. I may steal your idea. LOL I was looking at the lrg. tea cup planters at Wal-mar Saturday. Very cool. Mark, your son going into the Navy sounds like he ha it goingon. Your older son may be feeling a little pressure b/c of that and could be struggling b/c younger bro kinda seems to be alittle intimidating maybe ????? Just an observation. Hang in there. He will get it together. Just be there for him. Your youngest sounds like he is cruising through and enjoying life, too. SOunds like you know what you are doing. I may need to ask you your secrets. LOL Gotta get ready for school. Nichol

This is so wonderful! I just love all our stories about ourselves..HAHAHH Chris (christine I thought you were a guy :) Now I know differently :) Mark your family sounds wonderful. You have a great sense of humor too. HAHAH about moses adn Baby Noah. You were cracking me up. Amy intensive nurse wow I could never do that. You are a special person to be able to handle that. Awesome! I love the coupon idea I have often thought about going that route too. It seems like it would be a lot of work though. Tammy I am so sorry about the loss of hunter. Your gardens sound so wonderful. I bet he is watching over you too just like wendys mom. Thanks Nichol for the nice comment about my family catus. It really is special to me. I wish you the best with your son. This has been a great RR and now even the best getting to know you all. Toni I am so happy to hear you had a great B-day...I am off to read more on gw. Have a great day my Rr friends...Barb

Barb ~ you're right! This was a wonderful idea! :)

Hugs everyone!
~Wendy

I too have really enjoyed REALLY getting to know each other. I love it. And, yeah, Mark I too was cracking up when I read your moses and noah memories. LOL

So Mark, are you the one responsible for not letting unicorns on the Ark??? You're a BAD MAN, my friend, a BAD MAN!!! hehehe

Okay, I've been reading about everyone else, so I guess it's my time to share. Where do I begin? LOL!
I'm 43, single, a mailman, have two cats I absolutely adore, had my first "garden" when I was 3 years old, am a seed-trading addict (here, have a baggie of coneflowers), have had my own share of ups and downs in life but prefer to concentrate on the ups, finished killing off my lawn last Spring to make room for more gardens, am the 4th of 5 children, have more nephews and nieces (and grands) than I care to count, lost my fiance in a car accident a few months ago, tend to be stubborn sometimes, try to look on the bright side of things (And always look on the bright side of life...
Always look on the right side of life...
(Come on guys, cheer up!)
Always look on the bright side of life...
Always look on the bright side of life...
(Worse things happen at sea, you know.)
Always look on the bright side of life...
(I mean - what have you got to lose?)
(You know, you come from nothing - you're going back to nothing.
What have you lost? Nothing!)
Always look on the right side of life... (know the movie anyone?)), and am always looking for something new to do with my gardens!
This year I'm beginning a Halloween-themed garden, and putting in an herb wheel. And, something I hadn't planned on, but I'm thinking I'm gonna have to do it, is going to a bi-level garden. I live in a trailer park, and space in my yard is more limited than my gardening ideas. So, I bought a bunch of the hanging flower pouches (20 holes each), and will be planting a lot of things in those! I'll be hanging them on shepherds hooks, and planting pretty much anything except corn and carrots in them, though I have thought the corn might make an interesting "hanging basket"! This year, my garden is going to be in the ground, AND in the air!

And, that's just about me in a nutshell. No comments from you, Mark! LOL!

Later!
-Dan

Hey!

Well here is some stuff about me...... I am a 14 year old guy, a freshman in High School. Trying to find time to garden in my busy schedule. I go to a vocational school for the first 3 periods of the school day then I take a bus to my home high school and take my academic classes. My vocational school is based on Aquaculture, half of the year I take marine technology (we made fishing poles and lobster traps...never again...I ruined to many shirts and hoodies because of the opoxy). Now I take biology crammed into half a year so I have a ton of homework. At my regular high school I take all honors level classes so I have tons of homework. I started to garden when I was about 3 the first plant that I ever bought was lily of the valley(it was the begining on a new addiction...). We moved a couple of times since then. But I still have the lily of the valley, well it is a division from the original plant. I dont know what I will do if we move again I cant imagine leaving my perrenials here. But if we move I cant change it, I will try to take them all with me! Our house is for sale. We have this one house we like and want to buy. It is a 10 minute walk from were we currently live so if we buy that house then it should not be a problem. So far theres no luck, cause with the economy and all it looks like no one is interested in our house...

Well thats a bit about me!

Kamil

Sorry all I was a very bad trader today...the sun was shining and the temps were warm (if you consider 37 warm) and did I go out and look for more plants...NO. I went out and played...hope you all don't mind...I'm sending you just a couple of pictures of what Jordan and I did today...Kim

Oh that is great. SHe is so cute and very pretty. I am so happy you had a great day with her.

grow one - sounds like you had fun. I spend the day wintersowing in pretty nice weather. ;-)

Kamil - I knew you were young because of some other comments from people on the forums to you but didn't realize you were that young or a guy (sorry if I ever said her when commenting - it was not intentional). That is Great that you have found gardening already and are pursuing it so actively. I hope my kids do that same. I know my daughter is going to be a little green thumb (she is already) and I hope my son does the same - time will tell he is only 1.5. I would love to be able to share that with him.

OK everyone I have updated my page with some photos there are some photos of the plants (in bloom from last year) of what I am offering if anyone wants to check it out. (Iris, iceplant, and a couple others)

There is also two plant photos on there I am not sure what they are if anyone can identify I may be able to do some divisions of them I think one of them is starting to come up already.

Thanks
Tammy

ps the photos of the plants are toward the bottom of my trade page.

tammy

Okay, I skimmed, but I promise to go back and read everything thoroughly real soon.

I love the pics, Kim! I feel like I'm really getting to know you and your granddaughter! I hope I have that close of a relationship with my grandkids when I have them.

It's really great to see what all I have in common with you all.

Guess what? My Crepe Myrtle that I have been offering turns out to be a very desirable one! I didn't know what it was and was searching through database after database and pic after pic to see if I could find mine. I think it's Velma's Royal Delight, which is one of the most compact and hardy varieties there is. It's suppose to be hardy to zone 6. I wouldn't risk it, though, until it's fully established. Now, let me tell you that I'm pretty certain as no other variety came close to looking like mine or growing the same height, etc. I am so glad to finally figure this out! I don't know if it comes true from seed, but I will check. I sent some to people this fall... I'm assuming cuttings are the best way to get it to come true. Anyone else want any? :-)

Blessings,
Angela

angela - I would like one of them if I am not down for it already. I Love crepe myrtle and would love a compact variety.

Tammy

Tammy she is adorable! I love you kept the rock that was a great idea. I am sorry but I dont know your mrstery plants for you. I really like how you did your trade page. I have to say that is teh best one I have seen.

Kamil You are so smart. I wish I was as smart as you at your age. Keep focused and have fun fun fun...

Kim I can relate about weather and going to the zoo this time of the year. She is adorable and you are a great photographer. Spelling sorry. Wow you are really good at pictures can you come do my garden for me. LOL

Dan I have never seen the movie...LOL Can relate about tearing out the lawn. Less to mow that is postive right...:) Bless you putting up with our sasbe. I have to admit my mail lady is the best. She says barb more seeds today....LOL and smiles at me...She is a wonderful mail person too. Good luck with those madevillas this year. I want pics. LOL Barb

I don't know if you have me down, angela, but I would love a cutting of your crepe myrtle.

rosepetal - Thanks. I think shes adorable too. lol I am hoping someone knows what they are I remember they were in the ground cover section at the nursery I bought them but for the life of me can't remember what they were. Got them in 05 so its been 4 years and if I don't write it down. it goes byby.

tam

Angela - If you have enough cuttings of your Crepe Myrtle, to send one my way I would greatly appreciate it. TY :)

Toni

I love reading the get to know you posts too. Before I start on mine I just want to say, there is enough umbrella palm seed for everyone! The bag is huge. LOL

Ok, I am 47 and celebrated my 22nd wedding anniversary yesterday. DH and I have a 13 year old boy with a very quick wit and a fabulous sense of humor. He keeps us laughing most of the time.
I was in a head on collision a few years ago and have some spinal problems as a result. I used to have a small nursery but had to retire after my accident. I started raising tropical parrots after my last surgery because I needed something to do while I was home by myself. I love birds, and I could work with the birds without pain.( unless they bite. LOL)

I love to plant anything and everything! The joke around here is they really do sell dirt in bags, because I have used all the dirt in my yard.

Last year I cut the number of birds I keep down to about 48 and that freed me up to plant more. I can do little containers, but I cannot dig. DH says that's just an excuse to get someone else to do the heavy stuff...

I have 2 dogs both rescued from abusive situations and a 16 year old cat. My son holds captive a bearded dragon and an albino corn snake. ( he figured out real fast how to keep mom out of his room! LOL)

I keep trying to decide on 3 or 4 types of plants to specialize in, brugs, passies, cannas, epis, etc.. but I can't do it ! I seem to have a tendency to collect varieties of things I like.
My yard is full, so I have begun planning and taking over my neighbor's yard and my Mom's too. ( both are happy to have me doing it. They get flowers and I get space.)

This swap has been so much fun. Mark thanks for starting it.
Linda

Linda, that is funy b/c I do the same thing. When I fnd something I like, I want all of them or as many as I can get and it b/comes an obsessin for me. Like geraniums, or mint, cannas, etc. I just love all of the different varieties. Glad to know that I am not the only crazy one.

I haven't posted much about myself or my family - have had some pretty painful things happen in the past, and there's not much I'm willing to talk about in the past. But the past 12 years have been beautiful. After a 9 year, abusive first marriage, and horrific divorce, I met my soul mate.

Since meeting DH online, 12 years ago, my life has changed dramatically. He was my ray of sunshine and brought happiness to my life and brought me back to life. We have a wonderful 10 year old son who is amazingly bright. You can't get anything past him. We home school him with a virtual academy, so he actually has an online teacher as well. Classes are done in a program that's in a chat style. It's a bit different, but it works well. Our DS is beginning to enjoy collecting seeds. He wants anything I have duplicates of lol. We purchased some Cocona seeds for him cause he saw them in Survivor man (one of his favorite shows)- he planted them up in Marks version of a little pop bottle greenhouse, (what a GREAT idea - thank you Mark) so we'll see how they do :) He'll have his own section of garden this year and he's so stoked about it.

DH and I have so much in common and he LOVES to garden as much as I do. He doesn't see as much point in flowers, but he's beginning to understand that they are beautiful and they make me smile, so flowers are in lol. We both enjoy crafting, painting, camping, hiking, bow hunting and fishing, so there's never a dull moment and the water is right down the road awaiting a fishing pole :)

As several have probably read, we live on an island off the coast of Western WA. It's a wildlife refuge, so we have many crazy almost domesticated 4 legged friends as well as Golden and Bald Eagles and Hawks. Fences around the garden are a MUST! I had one little doe completely level off my tomatoes, peppers, sunflowers and anything she could reach last season :( and when I walked outside to find the leafless stems sticking out of the ground, there she was, bedded right across the road, almost smiling at me. It's a challenge, but it's also fun to be able to enjoy seeing wildlife so close up and beautiful.

Last February, we adopted a middle aged Golden Retreiver. He's a rescue dog that has been pretty badly abused. He's a person too and is so protective of DS as well as us. He was so frightened of feet when we acquired him as well as brooms or long handles, so we believe he was abused by being kicked and hit with a broom. He's a happy camper now though :) He loves his new home and never leaves the yard unless we take him in the car or take him for a walk or run. But he doesn't like the other 4 legged critters in our yard. They can stay across the road, but as soon as they enter our grass, he doesn't tollerate that!

DS and I take walks on the beach as science projects regularly, while DH is working. We collect shells and stuff that washes up on the beach. We learn about the saltwater life as we go along. We'll take pictures of things we don't know what they are and see if we can look them up on line. It's a lot of fun and I know DS enjoys it as well. We both learned what Moon Snail egg casings look like. They are the strangest thing. They look like circular hardened sand almost like a small deteriorating tire. So not only is he learning, but I am as well. We had a little grey whale beach itself last year and that was quite interesting. Very sad, but also interesting in that we were able to actually see, up close, what a grey looks like. With the island being a refuge, we are unable to interfere with nature in any way that will affect the natural order of things.

Without the use of petro-chemical pesticides, fertilizers etc, it's amazing what kind of life there is here. We are only allowed to use organic methods of fertilizing or getting rid of pests. It's amazing to see the difference in the wildlife here even down to the smallest insects. We are inundated with frogs, salamanders, lizards, praying mantis, ladybugs, and all kinds of other beneficial insects. Before we moved on the island, amphibians were becoming very rare to see. I guess they are one of the most affected by chemicals and in some places they are becoming endangered. Last season, I had a bunch of little green friends that stayed in my garden. It was wonderful to peak around to find them sitting on a squash leaf or under a tomato leaf. They just made themselves at home and kept the insects down :)

Well that's about it :)

Toni

Hello Everyone. I hate doing it, but I'm going to have to exit out of this swap. I've got some family stuff that's happening, and need to focus on that. My younger sister Lisa took a fall in December on some ice, and right now she's battling what we hope is just going to be short-term brain damage. She works at Mayo Clinic in research, and hasn't been able to work for over a month now. Fortunately, the Clinic has put all of its resources into helping her through this, but we just don't know if the damage is permanent or temporary. If it's permanent, she won't be able to work again. And, as her older brother who has always been there to take care of her, I'm focusing all my resources and time to helping her out, which won't leave me any time to participate in any swaps or trades for awhile.
Hopefully, all of you who have so generously reserved stuff for me will be able to find it another good home. As for those of you who were wanting cutting, etc. from me, contact me later with your wants, and we'll arrange some private trades. Give me a few months though. I'll need some time to take care of my sister and at least get her further down the road to recovery from this sh*tstorm that's engulfed her.

-Dan

Hi All,

Dan, we totally understand. Family comes first.

Try the summer swap. We'll wait for you.

Mark

Dan, I am so sorry for your sister's ( and yours) trouble.
it is great that you will be able to help her. I will keep you and yours in my prayers.
Linda

Dan - We will miss you and I will definately add you and your sister to my prayer list. I am so sorry about what happened. Do your best to keep a smile, and know we are here if you need us. ;-)

Tammy

Dan, you are such a strong big brother. God bless you and your sister. I will pray for her and you as well. Hang in there. Ihave enjoyed getting to know you and will look forward to when you can return and things are better for you at home.

Nichol

Dan - What a wonderful big brother you are. We will keep you and your family in our prayers. I wish the best for your sister and will pray that her situation is temporary.

Hang in there....you have many friends here who don't mind lending a shoulder.

Toni

Hi everyone.
I just want to give you all a heads up I am hosting a New seed swap.... Its called "Extra, Extra, Seads all about it... I know I know. Corny but I thought that was cute. I just posted it and wanted to make sure you all didn't miss it in case you wanted to sign up and haven't been checking regularly.

OK now back to here...

I have some new offers..... hmmm should I list them now or make ya'll wait.... hmmmm

OK I won't tease you anymore.

I have ....
NEW OFFER:
5 - Red Potamic Seed Potatos
5 - Yukon Gold Seed Potatos

My daugter wanted to grow potatos this year so I had to buy some and there is nooo way we will use them all I am keeping 2 potatos each (They are large and can probably be cut into 3-5 Seeds each) Sooo Any takers. If so please let me know how many you would like. BTW - If anyone has any other variety potatos they could spare one potato seed of I would like to try them.

Tammy

Hi Tammy,

May I have some of both? My son was wanting to grow potatoes. Thank you.

Mark

Dan - Oh, my dear friend! I'm praying for you and your sister. I am sorry to see you leave, but FULLY understand. I hope you'll stop in and chat some when you get a few minutes. I know it helps me relieve stress and unwind.

Tammy (greenthumbgrow) - Can I have one Red Potamic Seed Potato?

I, too, have new offers:

5 offers Yukon Gold seed potatoes (1 per offer)
5 offers Kennebec seed potatoes (1 per offer)
10 offers 2 yr roots of Jersey Hybrid (all-male) Asparagus (1 per offer)

I will most likely have a few Quinolt (not sure of spelling right now) Strawberries to offer soon as well. I'm very limited, so I may only be able to give one plant per person.

I recently bought these for us, but want to share some with all you wonderful people! I still have my family coming over this weekend, so you probably won't hear a whole lot from me until Monday.

Blessings,
Angela

Angela, I would 1 of each of the potatoes and one asparagus. Please. Thanks Nichol

Greenthumb, I will take one eachof yours, too, but only after everyone gets a chance at them. So if you have any left, I will take one o yours, if not spread them around. Thanks. Between you and angela, everyone could almost have one.

Nichol

Angela, I would love one of each of the potatoes you listed. What fun!

So sorry to hear about the problems with your sister, Dan. We all understand that is the high priority for you right now. Here's a hug from SC!

Jeanne

anglelady, may i have 1 each of the seed potatoes and 1 asparagus
greenthumbgrow, may i have 1 red pontamic seed potato
Toni

Dan You and your sister are in my prayers....Barb

Angelady - Could I have 1 of the Kennebec seed potatoes

Thanks,
Tammy

Hello. My seed order won't get here until sometime in March so don't want to post until I get it to be sure that I will have it before we ship.
Greenthumbgrow Could you put me down for 1 re Potamac potato and 1 other seed potato please?
Angelady If you still have some asparagus and an offer of the kennebec seed potatoes could you please put me in for some?

I hope things get better for you Dan!

Tammy- Can I have some of both potatoes?

Angelady- Can I have one of each potato and a asparagus? By the way how was the wedding?

I have 2 tree of david seedlings I can offer.

Wont be able to pop in as much cause my desktop is broken and yesterday my little brother was an idiot and wanted to go on my laptop so he slammed the laptop shut on my hand and the screen shattered. Now I dont have a computer so now I have to save up for a new computer. I dont have a job or anything...I dont know what I am going to do..I need the computer for school because my teachers dont accept hand written things, and the library is to far away to walk and I have no one to take me...well I got to go...I am at my aunts house....

Kamil

Correction- They are Joshua Tree Seedlings

sorry about your computer... it sounds like lots of us are have pc issues this month. Mine is ready to be picked up from hp but now my DS has bronculitis (sp?)and a sinus infection. So I am going to have DH go pick it up tommorrow.

Tammy

Kamil ~ I would LOVE a Joshua tree seedling. That's my son's name :)

Thanks!
Wendy

I just took 3 cuttings of a geranium that I think is pink. One cutting to each person who wants one until all 3 are taken. I say I "think" they are pink because one year I ordered red geranium seeds and when they bloomed all of them were pink. Last year my next batch of seeds bloomed red and the size of this plant looks like one of the older ones. (I overwinter them in the garage.) This is assuming they still look like they are not dead when we swap in March. I usually root geraniums in the summer so this is my first try this early in the year. If I look at them and there is no way they are going to root, I will not send them. The stems are nice and green right now so hopefully they will make it.
I grow a new type of geraniums from seed every year as well as try to save my older plants. I grow all of them in pots so it's not hard to put them in the garage for the winter. The seeds don't seem to be difficult to grow but they are more expensive than many flowers seeds. I sure don't know why.
Kamil, so sorry to hear about your laptop. I know you must be very upset about. So great to know that you enjoy gardening so much at this age. I know I probably started planting a small area in the garden when I was around 8 years old. I do a lot more of it now that I am retired. Retired is relative for me - I have my own business now and try to keep as "part-time" - sometimes it is more than part time.
It will be fun to try potatoes from potato seedlings. The only ones I have ever grown are from peelings that sprout in my compost pile. LOL
Jeanne

Angel,

If there is any left, may I have one of each of the potatoes and the asparagus?

Mark

Kamil - I'm sorry to hear of your computer losses. Do you know what is wrong with your desktop? If it is software related, Costco has a concierge service that is free with membership. And they can walk you through repair over the phone.

I used to have a PC that over time, parts would work loose. It would stop powering up and I'd have to go in and push each card in, one by one, 'cause some weren't making connections and it wouldn't power up. Some "broken" issues can be quite simple to fix. Connectors can work loose as well, for power supply etc.

I know how you feel. I just had to do a complete format on my PC..lost everything that was on it and back-ups have not been working for months now, so all I have is what I had when I transfered info from my old PC. I was down for almost two days :( but it's back up and running now. Just have to complete all the software installs ugghhh! I've been putting it off lol.

Hope to have you back up and running soon - It's nice to have a young enthusiastic green thumb in the group ;) You're my son's idol lol.

Jeanne ~ I'd love a cutting but I'd love even more if you could teach me how to harvest Geranium seeds! lol I rec'd a plant last year and it was my first Geranium ever. Never did see any seeds, but I'm guessing they're quite tiny. Any helpful suggestions? I really want to harvest seeds this year!

Potatoes... never EVER tried to grow them before. but the family sure does eat alot... I'd be interested in one from somebody, just to see if I can do it! lol Definitely will need to research this!

Kamil ~ goodluck on that computer hon! That is so frustrating!

Dan ~ we love ya, keep your chin up. Eventually you'll reach the top of this mountain and be able to see the sunrise again. *hugs*

Hugs everyone,
Wendy

Kamil - Thanks for remembering about the wedding. I'm sorry, I thought I told you all that it was called off, but I realize now that I didn't. I posted that to another thread. It really saddened my dad, but we now know it was for the best. Also, on the seed potatoes, did you realize that greenthumbgrow and I both have the Yukon Gold? Since you asked it from Tammy first, I'll let her send that one for you and I'll send everything else you requested, if that's okay by you. Oh, Kamil! I'm SO sorry about your computer! I hope you and/or your parents figure out what to do!

Mark - I put you down for everything, but the Yukon Gold. The potatoes are going very fast. I think Tammy had one of those for you. If I'm wrong, let me know! I would like to see everyone who wants one be able to get one, and I think that you should get several plants from just one seed potato. Every eye that forms into the green sprout should turn out to be one plant. I have some of another kind of potato that was store bought that has 6 sprouts on one potato. If I still have some left after everyone claims them, I'd be happy to send you the extras. You can keep them for you and your helpers and/or distribute them however you like. I guess it's okay to send in extras for that purpose, right?

Wendy - Do you like Yukon Gold? It seems we have more available of that potato than the others. I'll put you down for one.

I have everyone down who's requested before this post. It sure it fun to see how fast the posts come in... We do it in spurts!

Blessings,
Angela

Mark I have a couple of seed potatoes of Yukon gold I'll throw in the package for you. They are from a local farmer here and I picked up a bag of little spuds to use for seed potato. He was selling them by the lb and then cut the price in half at the end of last season, so I got them for $.24 per lb lol. Try finding seed potato for that ;) The big ones had all been picked over, but the little ones work beautifully for seed. They are beautiful specimens of Yukon gold.

Just another tip - You can pick up unique carrots, beets, radishes at farmers markets and fruit stands. Rather than waiting for two years for seed, plant the tubors and let them go to seed. What you see (unless hybrids) is what you'll get :) I've done that with a number of different tubors in the past and plan on hitting the farmers markets this fall for some different colored carrots and unique root veggies that I want to grow seed of :)

Kamil, is there a best buy store near you? If so, they've got a bunch of people called the Geek Squad who are great at fixing computers, maybe they can help you out for cheaper than the price of a new computer.

I want to thank you all for your words, prayers, and understanding. With everything else that Life seems to be throwing my way lately, I'm beginning to guard my time here amongst my gardening friends more and more. You all are great!

-Dan