The garden made a liar of me. Having finished a marathon archive-reading session on this forum and browsing the overwhelming possibilities of the seed exchange forum, I humbly wrote a note to bakemom to introduce myself as a newbie and ask: "please could I have some seeds although I have nothing yet to offer back." Except... inspired by this forum, I walked through the garden with a new set of eyes. And wouldntchaknowit -- there are seeds everywhere!

The chamomile, the jacaranda, the bushy perennial daisy, the green spiky one, the wild ruffly oneâ¦. All seeding and just waiting for someone to notice and help make new green growing things.

I donâÂÂt actually know the names of most of whatâÂÂs going to seed out back. And for some of it, I canâÂÂt even tell the seed from the chaff. (IâÂÂm looking at you, chamomile.) As I sort it out, IâÂÂll update my member page and hope that any of this proves useful to any of you. In the meantime, I'm just delighted.