Welcome @SCButtercup to the swap.

I would like to join the swap too since there is plenty of time to organize.

We are tickled to have you @midwestfarmwife. @heavenlyfarm has joined us as well.

And one more this evening- @jerrysueb.

Thank You alana! Can't wait for this swap Cant wait to get some goodies to start my new gardens. I hope everyone is doing well since last year! I'm sorry, I just am not that active during Spring/Summer usually lol
~Michael
heavenlyfarm

Hi all, I just joined this swap. Although I wasn't in this particular swap last year, I did participate in the beta swap so know it's going to be a lot of fun!

I did notice that all of my list is showing, even if I didn't click on the checkmark to make it green. Wondering if this is a glitch? If I go back and put them under "show not available" it will put it under the current activity. Not going to do that. Never mind this has corrected itself.

Looking forward to participating!

Welcome @sundownr and @wildflowers. Glad to have you both in the swap!

Hello, all!! Thank you for the welcome! This will be my first seed swap on Garden.org. I'm excited! I've not been able to plant much of a garden in the last couple of years so most of my seeds are a few years old. I have a reference chart on seed viability and will check my seed stash before posting anymore.

I better get busy.
Thanks again!

That's fine Bev. We are happy to have you!
As long as you disclose their approximate age, older seeds are fine. If you have any questions ask away.

Thanks!

Welcome @AudreyDee to the swap!

[quote="Bluespiral"Which brings me to a flower I just found in an 18th century still life by Paul Theodor van Brussel (1754 - 1795) - http://art-and-things-of-beaut... (never mind this link's misspelling Brussel's surname)

In this painting is a Crested Cockscomb (Celosia cristata) that is ivory with a dusky, dark rose picotee. Might anyone know a source of this coloring in a cockscomb? I know about the Kurume Series, but they don't have this particular bicolor, as far as I can tell. I could grow it in a pot next summer that would be carried back indoors at night, per vandal. A few tiny plants could perch around the edge of the pot beneath it.

Thanking y'all in advance for any help.
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Bluespiral,

I have the Bombay Fiora gold cockscomb. It is Bicolor but it's not a dark rose. I would say it's more of a pink, medium pink, depending on the heat, edged in gold. Once again, depending on the heat. The later blooms in cooler weather were a deeper pink with a gold orange edging. And they are a 3-4 foot cockscomb.

I also have an oddity dwarf cockscomb. This one is from the Jewel Box series. It is a cream color on the bottom with the actual crest being a fuchsia type pink. I say it's odd because 1) I didn't plant a jewel box in that color and 2) I've never seen a jewel box in this color. Mine have always been Jewel toned. Because this was so odd and such a pretty bicolorization (is that even a word?) I have saved seed from it since I want to plant it next year. I will check my other computer tomorrow and see if the pic is there. If so, I'll post a pic of it. I was wondering if it might not be a rose color next year. It just popped up too late in the season to know right now.

FYI, I noticed that on the page to manage my swap list, the edit functions had seemingly disappeared. After looking closer, I realized that the display table had just gotten narrower and now required me to scroll right to see the edit functions (after clicking on a non-link area in the display table.) So, it's there, just a little annoying to use. I just thought I'd mention it in case anyone else was seeing the same thing.

There is a similar issue in the regular plant list area, where it cuts the "events" column part way off and requires scrolling right to make it entirely visible.

Mine looks okay, not sure if Dave already fixed it or it's just some computers. On my phone it is at the bottom but I can see it.

Dave just posted on the Site Talk forum that he changed some things to remove the need for horizontal scrolling in the tables. Now, all of the table appears for me at the same time.
http://garden.org/thread/go/57...

I reported that to Dave yesterday figuring he would have a look today. Danita, you are smarter than I am, because I did not figure it out. However, I checked just now and it is fixed.

It was annoying. Even on a laptop screen, I was having to scroll horizontally despite having half a screen of empty space. Hooray for the fix!

Have any of you been to a screening of the documentary "Seeds: The Untold Story?" I was excited to discover that one of only two locations it will play in Kentucky is just 30 minutes north of me. Wildwood Farms is providing wildflower seed handouts to movie goers.
http://www.seedthemovie.com/co...

How can a make a seed list for this swap so it doesn't show on DND's swap?

Edibles, when you have joined two or more swaps at the same time the first columns on your "manage your swap list" page will be for each swap you have joined. You check the column that corresponds with the swap you want a particular item to appear in. You can check one swap for every entry, or live dangerously and check both. (I say that last because I am organizationally challenged.)

I have to stay focused to keep myself straight, so if I am going to offer the same seeds in two different swaps I usually make more than one entry for the same seeds and then select a swap for each entry. I don't post seeds until I have them packaged, so it happens over time.
Another way to do it for an entry you want to offer in both swaps is since the two swaps are at different times, mark it available to both but edit the quantity to limit how many can be claimed in the first swap. Once that is over you can go back and re-edit the quantity to make additional packs available to the next swap.

Clear as mud? Someone else may do it differently.