I bought tickets for the first time. Now what? Do I bid on plants I'd like to win? Or do you draw tickets out and get a random prize? Thanks!

The tickets are generic, you don't place them toward certain things. What you do is wait until the winners are drawn and it goes in order. The first winner drawn chooses what they want, the next winner chooses what they want from what's left, and so on. The last name picked for the winners gets what is left (usually the acorns).

Here is an example of how it looks when the results are posted :
The thread "And the winners of the Sep 2015 raffle are...!" in The September Not-A-Raffle-Raffle!

Also, notice that you are 'tagged' when you are a winner, so you don't really need to worry about tracking down the list of winners in the forum. Not only will you recieve a notification, but Dave will TreeMail you if you are a winner. He makes it pretty easy. :)

Does that help?

[Edited to add info about notifications.]

Thanks @DogsNDaylilies also, @gsutche will first need to go to the Not A Raffle article that appears on the home page of ATP today. At the end of the article, Gale, at the very bottom after all the prizes are listed, you will see the Buy Tickets button. Click there to buy your tickets. Good Luck to you!

gsutche said:I bought tickets for the first time. Now what?

@Sharon - I think the tickets were already purchased

Thanks. I didn't know that.

*Edit. I can paint a little but surely can't read well.

Thank you to all!!!