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dave
July 18, 2004 11:00 PM Post #957563
| There are a total of 174 votes:
| I'm a very active plant and/or seed trader, using the DG tradelist and/or tradetracker
(17 votes, 9%) |  |
| I'm a very active plant/seed trader; my list & most trades happen elsewhere
(11 votes, 6%) | |
| I'm a low-key, casual trader, no published list and only a few sporadic trades
(105 votes, 60%) | |
| I don't trade seeds or plants (too busy? too many bad trades? or...?)
(16 votes, 9%) | |
| Other?
(25 votes, 14%) | |
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Previous Polls |
shazbot3
Flat Rock, NC (Zone 7b)
July 18, 2004 11:07 PM Post #957570
| I'm just getting started on DG. Have managed a few trades, but then got really ill and have had to ask my trading partners to wait for me. I'm better now, so hope to begin active trading again. I love it! It's a great way to get plants that are hard to find, and make new friends, as well. I have a few things listed on my trade list, plan to complete it soon. |
ziekertail
fort erie, ON (Zone 6a)
July 19, 2004 12:58 AM Post #957684
| I live in canada not too many of us out there |
NatureWalker
New York & Terrell, TX (Zone 8b)
July 19, 2004 1:35 AM Post #957721
| I'm a low-key, casual trader, no published list and only a few sporadic trades.
Sinus surgery;(just last week on the 13th) to breathe easier was a high priorty on my list of things to do this year. It was 'in the works' since November, 2003. I had to maintain good health to get it done; as I have too many other things wrong with my health.
Even allergies to pollen, bee stings, dust, mold, Asthma, and sleep-apenea don't keep me down anymore.
Gardening is the only thing that keeps me fit without feeling like I'm exercising.
I have many Houseplants to keep track of during the winter months.
During the spring and summer Gardening is ~ My ~ amusement park!
*~*
Below: it's the begining of 'Pansimonium' photo taken 5/27/04.
But can anyone ever tell me _why_ they are _always_ turned to the west? Like they're always waiting to say hi, when I come home.
They can get full sun facing the east all the way around to the west; on the corner they are on but never turn that way.
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balvenie
Marysville, WA (Zone 7a)
 July 19, 2004 3:53 AM Post #957895
| I really didn't know anyone to trade seeds with before DG. Just saved and planted, now there are many to share with. |
kooger
Oostburg, WI (Zone 5b)
July 19, 2004 4:48 AM Post #957960
| Other - I've been active trading but still haven't gotten around to making a trade list. Hopefully will get that done soon. |
sadie_mae
Central, KY (Zone 6b)
July 19, 2004 9:33 AM Post #958051
| I just seriously started gardening last fall so I don't have alot to trade yet but would love to eventually.
This message was edited Jul 19, 2004 7:10 AM |
jdee
Paris, TX (Zone 8a)
July 19, 2004 11:05 AM Post #958076
| I also just started, and I don't really know what I'm doing yet. lol Hopefully, with a little more experience, I can become an active trader. |
Osteole
Lamar, AR (Zone 7a)
July 19, 2004 1:19 PM Post #958310
| This is my first year on Dg's. I haven't much plants to trade, but I have many little hopefulls for later trading! |
Kelli
L.A. (Canoga Park), CA (Zone 10a)
July 19, 2004 3:40 PM Post #958495
| I am a casual, low-key trader with a trade list. But I don't actually trade. Usually I just give away seeds in exchange for postage. So I guess that all makes me an "other". |
Monocromatico
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil (Zone 11)
 July 19, 2004 5:56 PM Post #958659
| Iīm not very good at growing from seeds, so itīs an unfair exchange for me.
As for international trading, I donīt have the proper authorization to send or recieve biological material from foreign countries, and I am afraid to get caught. Unless itīs a very special request, one that I would make too if it was the case.
This message was edited Jul 19, 2004 2:57 PM |
ceedub
Whitby, ON (Zone 5b)
July 19, 2004 7:14 PM Post #958753
| Seeds don't appear to work for me ... lol ... and with all those lovely plants already started at my wonderful local nursery, why give myself more stress than I need? So I guess I'm an "other". Happy Gardening!! |
Karrie20x
Spokane, WA (Zone 5b)
July 19, 2004 8:37 PM Post #958868
| I'm an inbetweener, so I selected other. I don't think I'm real active - just dabble, here and there, but do have a trade list. I come across plants that I want to trade for, often, in various forums, not just the trading forums. |
se_eds
Millersburg, PA (Zone 6b)
July 20, 2004 1:55 AM Post #959240
| I have loaded up my friends and relatives for years with plants and seeds. Most won't even plant the seeds and the plants sit on their porches most of the summer. One day I stacked 37 yellow lilies at the end of the drive with a "FREE" sign on them and some lady did stop and take them away. This has been my experience at sharing seeds and plants. |
tabasco
Cincinnati (Anderson, OH (Zone 6a)
July 20, 2004 2:08 AM Post #959264
| I'm new to Dave's Garden, too, and don't know quite what I'm doing yet. Hope to get some interesting seeds together to trade next season. It sounds like a great idea (to trade)-- the DG members seem to have very interesting seeds/plants/gardens and it would be lots of fun to be a small part of them. Good luck. |
MollyMc
Archer/Bronson, FL (Zone 8b)
July 20, 2004 3:36 AM Post #959409
| I haven't been with DG for a year yet, and been gardening only for 2 years.
But I am a real plant hog, I trade every chance I get and I am keeping several internet plant companies/sellers in business.
I have a trade list and no real wish list because I usually decide I want a plant and search it out til I find it.
Finally I am getting some plants that are reproducing and I can split them and share. Such fun to share with others so you could say...I trade plants a lot, mostly with DG members and with my neighbors too.
:^)))))
Molly |
Emaewest
Timberlea, NS (Zone 6a)
July 20, 2004 2:41 PM Post #959958
| I guess I'm a "low-key, casual trader." I don't have a trade list, and I rarely do exchanges with people on line since most of the ones I know are in the U.S., and it's a hassle trying to get stuff across the border. When I have extra plants and seeds I give them away to my gardening friends, and when they have extras, they give their's to me.
Rhonda
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hanna1
Castro Valley, CA (Zone 9a)
July 20, 2004 3:14 PM Post #959988
| I'm new, so this is my 1st experience at trading, I'm collecting and hoping that I'm doing the right thing! |
msbobolink
Tompkinsville, KY
July 20, 2004 10:08 PM Post #960485
| i'm a casual trader...mostly with plants between friends and family. I just started growing from seeds last year..did a little more this year...and will do more next year. I bought lots and lots of seeds and I gave seeds to everyone who wanted some. I haven't given away any of my home grown seeds yet but that's coming soon. I'm getting to the point that I'm going to be be a little more selective about the plants I get since I've bought most of the locally available varieties that I'm interested in. It's time to be a little more "unusual". I guess that's when I'll get more into trading with people I haven't met yet but can't wait to meet. |
gardenchef
Roan Mountain, TN (Zone 6a)
July 21, 2004 5:19 AM Post #961051
| I've never traded plants or seeds. I just go to the garden center and pick from their vast selection.
CAN ANYONE TELL ME THE NAME OF THIS PLANT? iT IS A CACTUS TYPE PLANT AND THE BLOOMS ONLY LAST ONE
TIME/NIGHT
AND IT BLOOMS ABOUT MIDNIGHT. THIS IS LAST YEARS BLOOM, THIS YEAR I HAD 7 BLOOMS ON ONE PLANT AND ABOUT 5 (NOT BLOOMED YET) ON MY SECOND PLANT. ANY IDEAS OR HELP WOULD BE APPRECIATED.
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gardenchef
Roan Mountain, TN (Zone 6a)
July 21, 2004 5:24 AM Post #961055
| This head (one piece) of brocolli is my best one ever. I held it next to my head to show you the size of it! 
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carol0124
San Antonio, TX
July 21, 2004 7:24 AM Post #961154
| Gardenchef... from what I see of the leaves and of the flower, I think you have what I grew up knowing as a Night-Blooming Cereus.
I got ambitious (not to mention: curious!) and found this web site for you, too:
http://www.desertusa.com/mag99/july/papr/nbcereus.html
I had an uncle that used to grow them. My family would pack up and we'd go over and watch them bloom. When you're 9 or 10, that's as much fun as watching paint dry! But I'm happy for the memory...
Carol |
carol0124
San Antonio, TX
July 21, 2004 7:27 AM Post #961155
| "http://www.desertusa.com/mag99/july/papr/nbcereus.html"
Excuse... somehow the hyperlink got messed up in the translation... so I finegled it!
Carol |
CBernard
Perris, CA (Zone 9a)
July 21, 2004 5:34 PM Post #961816
| I am an other. Before April, I had no idea that there were flowers and vines that you could plant to entice butterflies and hummingbirds. Now although I am having the time of my life, I have a lot to learn. My seeds and fruits from my sunflowers and fruit trees, I mostly leave for the birds. I have never traded seeds before. Chuck and Loida |
Baa
July 23, 2004 10:37 AM Post #964266
| I voted other, I am no longer a very active trader due to time constraints and have been having problems sending and receiving emails since my ISP became very strict on spam, it seems to deem most emails as junk.
It's too expensive for me to do much trading outside of the UK, it sometimes turns out cheaper for me just to locate the seed and buy it, sending SAEs to other countries is also expensive with the IRCs costing someone in the USA $1.75 each and it only covering the cost of sending a letter here so I have to ask for two, for me to send without an IRC definitely eats into the money kept for the garden. Swings and roundabouts! |
pemwcorgi
Kalamazoo, MI
July 23, 2004 12:24 PM Post #964427
| This sounds silly but I wish that the "Red Hot Pokers" lasted longer when they bloom.But I have "Snow on the Mountain",coming out of my ears,which hurt.J/K |
Sunrize
North Vancouver, BC (Zone 8b)
July 23, 2004 2:07 PM Post #964541
| I may be the only dissenter here and I think that trading works wonderfully for most people but it gives me the WILLIES! I would rather buy or give away plants or seed as I find I am so concerned about trying to find interesting, rare, perfectly grown plants for others it absolutely negates any enjoyment I get out of it. When I receive a plant or seed from others I feel obligated to care for it so well that it is the biggest, best, or at least survives. It is someone's baby! Not much pleasure here, although I have received some lovely plants this way. The one gift of seed I sent to the US, I have no idea if it was received or if it was friutful, which is hardly negative. |
1golfer
Beaumont, CA
July 24, 2004 1:52 AM Post #965389
| I do many cactus seedlings and cuttings in Arizona and do more decorative gardening in calif. desert area. also grow Plumeria from cuttings in arizona and Calif. I have had some spectacular blooming gardens, only GOD can make it happen I like to think help. |
hanna1
Castro Valley, CA (Zone 9a)
July 24, 2004 5:58 AM Post #965691
| Garden Chef, here for you: http://www.thewisegardener.com/Cactus_blooms.htm
Lovely, I had one 4ft tall till I could'nt figure out why it was dying, turns out my cat used it as a kitty box, lol |
hanna1
Castro Valley, CA (Zone 9a)
July 24, 2004 6:02 AM Post #965693
| here's another one: http://www.cactushill.com/CactusTour/cereus.ht |
debi_z
Springfield, MA (Zone 6a)
July 24, 2004 3:43 PM Post #966159
| i put sometimes trader. i poke here and there and trade with folks, when there is something i really want. i did a trade ist of seeds this spring and i only wanted simple annuals and i only had two people bite, so that wasn't prosperous for my work i put into it.
i do collect seeds when i travel to the caribbean or mexico and post the picks for folks to write and get them.
i also try to find a person that is a newbie to gardening, at least once a year and give them a box of plants &/or seeds, for sase. i have been blessed by many gardeners here at dave's who helped me start my gardens and i like to reciprocate this way too. |
Sunrize
North Vancouver, BC (Zone 8b)
July 24, 2004 4:55 PM Post #966211
| debi_z: Now there's a philosophy I follow! I do belong to several garden clubs and sharing that way or contributing to their plant sales is gratifying indeed! Some of my favourite plants oringinated with some of my favourite people. I guess I find this different because it is very direct, no expectaions, no worries. |
Mrsgardener
Zebulon, NC
July 25, 2004 1:39 PM Post #967127
| Garden Greetings--- I am new to this site.I have Daylily seeds as well as other seeds that I would be willing to exchange. I enjoy chatting with other gardeners. I learn so much from others. |
woodspirit1
Lake Toxaway, NC (Zone 7a)
July 25, 2004 1:43 PM Post #967131
| I would use the trade tracker much more often and keep better records, but I have never figured out how to use it. |
Weezingreens
Seward, AK (Zone 3b)
July 25, 2004 4:35 PM Post #967295
| I never did any garden trading until I joined Dave's Garden. In the last 2.5 years, I've entered into hundreds of seed trades, and a few plant trades. This year, I traded on some other sites, as well, because there were more northern gardeners. |
potofgold
Huntington, IN (Zone 5b)
July 25, 2004 9:01 PM Post #967560
| I have really enjoyed seed/plant trading with other Daves Gardeners, unfortunately I could never do it the easy way because I could never get my page to work.Thanks everyone!!!!!!! |
gardenangel1950
Rusk, TX (Zone 8b)
July 28, 2004 10:44 AM Post #971999
| I am new to DG and am a low-key, casual trader, no published list and only a few sporadic trades. |
gardenchef
Roan Mountain, TN (Zone 6a)
August 5, 2004 4:18 AM Post #986559
| Carol0124- thanks for the info- I still stay up and try to catch it in bloom- more later thanks. Gardenchef
My pride and joy YELLOW SQUASH. (one of the many...)
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gardenchef
Roan Mountain, TN (Zone 6a)
August 5, 2004 4:25 AM Post #986562
| Thanks Hanna1 for your info- Here's another pic of my Garden
veggies. Thanks again- for your help!
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rose318
(Patti) in Houston, TX
August 10, 2004 4:43 PM Post #995274
| HI,
I am new to DG. l love to trade plants and seeds. I don't have my trade page set up just yet. I have a trade list I send to traders. I need to figure out how to add it to DG trade list.
Thanks!
Patti
PS: I love being a member of Dave's Garden. |
jerodsmom
Livermore, CA (Zone 9a)
August 31, 2004 11:53 PM Post #1028798
| I have not done much trading on D.G's yet. But have been a very active trader on other sites. I haven't figured out how to make out my trade lists on Daves yet. |
grayse2
(Zone 8b)
September 1, 2004 9:11 PM Post #1030408
| I'm still fairly new to DG, and have done a few trades since being here, but I've done most of my trading while I was "elsewhere", and I'm really not doing much right now because of the heat. I am only collecting certain types of plants anymore, so I'm not doing as much right now, plus my new job keeps me pretty busy. I will share whenever I can, though. I like sharing with other people, esp. if they are new to gardening, and I know my plants/seeds are going to good homes. Trading is the way to get your yard filled with all the plants you want, with the exception of bushes and larger items like that, then you can do this locally, too. |
