Howdee there Awesome time off with the hubby. We had a lovely well deserved vacation on the coast. My mom has a house in Crescent city and she is always wanted me to come and use it but hubby and I just love Gold beach. I am so happy all the mailers are getting back home and with such speed. I only host these two swaps and they are more fun each year. With this being the 10th year for the Acres Edible swap I really wanted it to be out standing. In past years there has been trivia and awards and such fun. Perhaps next year :) Now its off to sort seeds from my seed orders for my garden season. I will start my tomatoes and peppers, eggplant etc. next month. I grow about 200 extra plants each year and sell them locally. With the 100 assorted plants I start each year for my self for my garden it sure becomes a jungle in the green house. Happy gardening Acres

No not rustic colors rudbeckia Diana,sorry,looks like someone might beat the pants off you in this...lol....!;) It is getting so close I can feel it,one of you are going to get it soon!:) -It is perennial to zone 5 -It isn't Goblin Gallardia -It IS a rudbeckia -It is 18-24" - This one could be just the right thing for a craving! -It isn't Rudbeckia Toto rustic -It is not rustic colors rudbeckia

OK, so who has sent a package that hasn't been rec'd yet? (besides me...:-) ) These lists confuse me...those names must have been the "sent" boxes, right? eeek, forgive me - I haven't rec'd my box yet...and as usual going nuts trying to figure out who it's coming from!!! wait, no, that list is the names of people who have received theirs, right? so to figure it out would take some figuring - looking at each thread to see who sent to each, and comparing to the list of participants...Ann, how can you do this to me??????? lolol... Stacy

I've been back for days! I guess you missed the comments I've been making for the past few days, but it looks like I'm going to be last again. Yes, this is not a first, as I was by far the last to receive in a swap when Andy in Japan sent a package to me - surface mail! It was very much worth the wait, however. I've been back since Tuesday evening, and I understand from Ann that my package is en route as I type. I hope it will be at my work address tomorrow. I've alerted the warehouse staff to be on the look-out, and today I told them that it should arrive tomorrow or the next day, although I forgot that the next day will be Saturday, and so that would mean Monday. Anyway... be on the lookout tomorrow, and if you don't hear from me then, you will have to wait until Monday! Lars