I think I got something from Rebecca - that I didn't see on her list so I am not sure, but it was with the HUGE strawberries she brought me (Grace says thank you, she loved them!). Anywho - it is a cactus looking thing of some type - very long and kinda soft prickles on it. Inside or outside plant - what does it need? I am planting out a strawberry jar with the little sedums from Heather - and I would like to put this on the top - if it will go there. And Heather - we had an accident this morning. A storm blew up rather quickly and knocked my planting table over...in the middle of planting my little sedum treasures from you. I lost my little cactus (small green button looking one with long prickles on it). Can you save me one for the fall swap...I was kinda getting attached to it, it was the smallest plant I brought home from the swap. Also - I got a birch from someone...in a blue? minivan with several children - hubby appeared to be packing up everything. Anyway - I don't know what kind of birch it is... Anyone have a clue? I will be starting my blog soon and filling it with pictures. If some of you can chime in with names on the ones that had no names, or the tape as faded and I can't see them...please, by all means, enlighten me. Pretty green things in my beds are wonderful - but I like having a name for them in my garden journal so I know where to look for them next spring. :D Happy planting to all of you! I have already started turning new ground on new beds since the swap - you have inspired my gardening creativity again. Tiffany PS - Connie I adopted one of your little plants that was orphaned when you left - a very cool little forsythia with varigated leaves - how quickly does it grow? I am worried about planting it in the beds now and think it may need to stay in the nursery bed this year. Help?

Six names I never heard of and they put the known brands and better quality at the bottom. Would you trust this by the scribbler that has a bio saying she is... "Best known as a therapeutic horseback riding instructor and mom to a 3-year old sassy dachshund, Kim enjoys writing and a good research project."

Um, well I have my paternal grandmothers china, but I do not use it, because I do not like it and did not like her either. Its in a closet. I tend to not be attached to things from other people and prefer to buy things in my taste to my specifications. When I bought my house I simply refused to take anyone elses hand me down furniture. ( I did hurt my dads feelings because I did not want any more of his mothers things. He tried to foist her bedroom set on me. Its UGLY, masculine in style, and I did not want it. FOOT DOWN!) The oldest thing I own is my baby blanket. Its almost 37 years old, like me, and I still sleep with it. Its satin edges are still intact and I find them soothing. Leo managed to steal it off the bed the other day and ripped it a little bit before I discovered it, so it may not last as long as I want it to. Fat headed mutt......

If it's an open framework in the middle it may be a brise-soleil which is a feature designed to redirect sunlight.