What a perfect package! Lori, I bet you forgot all your plumbing problems when you opened this box of goodies! I especially love the calendar, so personal, yet so appropriate. And those spoons are to die for! What an excellent job of researching your partner Ann! Lucky you, Lori! Enjoy your treasures. Catherine

The language doesn't bother me a bit, but there's something about her that never seemed quite genuine to me. The first time I thought that was when I saw the original clip of her surprising performance. That part was great, but the bumps and grinds that followed didn't seem all that compatible with her "simple Scottish village maiden" persona. Ditto all the wiggles and jiggles she's done since. And what innocent announces her virginity right off the bat? I don't pretend to know much about Susan Boyle. But at this point I'm guessing she could have some success as a recording artist (until the world remembers that they hardly ever listen to Broadway show tunes), but as a hero she just might disappoint. We shall see......

I don't know if it does or not. I know when I was orginally playing around with them I was ½ing the recipe, & of course not getting exactly ½ of 3/4C. didn't matter if it was over or under a bit as to how much they fizzed. I think the ones with cornstarch use less citric acid so that the recipe proportion (# made/batch) doesn't get out of hand to make before it stiffens up. I have also started making "plain" bombs, totally unscented, partly because I had some requests for unscented ones because of allergies-they wanted the fizz effect, not the smell and because I can keep a supply of the unscented ones on hand, & just scent them as needed. I have stuff in a shop, & some times of the year they sell better than others. In the slow seasons I just take out a few, but when it's busy I need more, with the unscented ones at home I just add the oil to the hardened bomb, let dry well, then put in a small zip top bag & add a topper. Plus if I need say more Rose, I can just scent a few as opposed to dragging everything out to make a few, or be forced to make a batch, which I may not need all of for a couple months. (disclaimer-this doesn't work well for the darker colored oils, because they stain the surface of the bomb. but on the clear oils, works great. Just make sure they are dry before bagging, otherwise the outgassing will make the package expand or pop open if you use zip top bags. Wanna guess how I found that out?? LOL) Hazel

Hi Wendersis — et al, I second Zach’s recommendations for Prairie Moon! I bought a bunch of “wildflower” seeds (packets) from them this summer and was very happy with what I got. I was planning to do “my kind of seed bombing” and plant the seeds out on the mesa at Ute Mountain Tribal Park in the burn area when I was just down there last month, but, since I can’t go out onto the park “unaccompanied,” the timing just didn’t work out this time. The seeds are now sealed in baggies in my fridge awaiting a chance to do it when I go back in spring! Here’s another company (from Texas) that sells native wildflower and grass seed. It’s called Native American Seed, but as near as I can figure the “Native American” is about the seeds and not the Indians—tho they do seem to very much have an “Indian Philosophy!” I’m linking to two pages! The first is to a page that explains “their philosophy”—with an 1876 quote, and the second link is to their home page. They do list the individual plants that are in their “mixes.” I have not bought anything from them! http://www.seedsource.com/medicine/index.asp http://www.seedsource.com/Default.asp Here are a few more companies that sell native wildflower and grass seeds. I have NOT bought anything from any of these places and don’t know anything about them except for “thoroughly” looking over their sites—but if I had somewhere to plant more stuff (and could afford it!) I probably would try them! Applewood Seed – listing this place because it’s in Arvada! They do have “wildflower” seeds but don’t specify very well if they’re native of “here,” or just “native of the U. S.” On their “flower seeds” page they mix the annuals and perennials all together, and there doesn’t seem to be any way to separate them! It is possible to pull up the list by Latin name, which REALLY helps when you’re looking for something! Also, they have a “code” with the listing of each “flower,” but I haven’t found anywhere that tells what the “code” means! They do have mixes, and do say what’s in them! http://www.applewoodseed.com/our-seeds/ Seeds Trust – Littleton! This looks like an “old established company,” but in looking closer I think it may possibly have been bought by the “Littleton person” fairly recently! If I’m right, don’t know if that’s good, bad, or indifferent!!! And, possibly, it’s still “in the family!" There’s info on the site about what “appears to be” the “old owner,” but nothing but a name about what “appears to be” the “new owner.” Possibly the “new owner” is a family member!?! The reason I’m questioning it is because the company started in Idaho and then moved to Arizona, and that’s well explained, but the current address is “here,” and there’s no info at all about “that move!” They list their “wildflowers” by common name, so makes finding a “specific thing” difficult. Annuals and perennials all mixed together! They do have collections—of a sort! Their collections are just a bunch of individual packets of whatever is in “that collection.” And their “wildflowers” are apparently not “native!” At least there’s no info about what is or isn’t native “where!” They do have a list of what they call “native grasses,” but, again, no info about what’s native where! Could be a good place to buy seed—but info about “local natives” would need to be researched elsewhere! Hmmm! I was quickly looking down the “wildflower” list and noticed that they still list Dame’s Rocket, Hesperus matronalis! That’s been declared a Noxious Weed in Colorado and is on the B List, which means “eradication could be required” in some parts of the state! Also means (to the best of my knowledge!) it’s illegal to sell it or ship it to the state anymore, so as I look over this site more I’m not at all sure what I think if it anymore! Will post the links anyway, but be aware, and make your own decisions! [and DON’T buy any Hesperus!] http://www.seedstrust.com/shop-seeds/seeds-trust/wildflowers.html http://www.seedstrust.com/shop-seeds/seeds-trust/native-grasses.html?limit=36 Great Basin Seeds in Utah! It looks like this place pretty much just sells seeds in pound lots! They do have mixes and list what’s in them. Their “wildflower listing page” lists them by common name, so it can be difficult to find what you’re looking for! https://greatbasinseeds.com/wordpress/ A couple years ago I saw a story on TV about Guerilla Gardening and I thought it was a pretty interesting concept! I can’t afford it (but I’ll help you with the trees, Barb!), but it was really fun to see what others had done. I think by definition “guerilla gardening” is more about “real plants” than seeds, but as long as somebody’s planting something I’m not sure there’s a whole lot of difference! Here’s a site with some info about guerilla gardening in England. I’m linking to the main page, which has a post about seed bombing just a little way down, and I’m also linking to a page with pics of a bunch of guerilla gardening “projects” around the world! Love looking at the before and after pics! http://www.guerrillagardening.org/ http://www.guerrillagardening.org/ggtroopdigs.html If I’m at either or both of next year’s swaps I have seed for Rocky Mountain Penstemon, P. strictus, I can bring along if you come and want some! Also could bring “my” yellow columbine, Aquilegia chrysantha, seed, and English lavender, Lavandula angustifolius, (EXCELLENT xeric plant!) seed for you—and probably some more other things (hollyhock, Alcea rosea) that I’m not thinking of right now for your seed bombs if you decide to go ahead with it! Welcome to RMG, Wendersis, Skybird