patrob said:from Hindi dīvālī, from Sanskrit dīpāvali 'row of lights,' from dīpā 'lamp' + vali 'row'

I did take a history of language course in college years ago, so theoretically I might have know this without Googling.

Show off😇

DogsNDaylilies said:HammerofJustice got the Supreme Court vegetable case right--it's the TOMATO! It was ruled a vegetable instead of a fruit because it is commonly seen as a a vegetable, largely due to the fact that it is eaten in main courses and not desserts. This same logic was also applied to other things, such as beans. Thus, the vegetable tax of the time could be applied to these plants.

HammerofJustice - I believe this is your second win--congrats!....but, unfortunately, that means that you cannot be the winner for the Diwali question if you come up with the correct answer because I believe I set the cap of winners at 2; but, as it happens, you and others have only come up with half of the correct answer. You got the Diwali part right, but...


....still looking for a winner that can tell me what "Diwali" means (where the name comes from), not what it celebrates. Be specific.

With this win, could I please have these if they're still available?
Melon – tigger
Heavenly Angel Ice x Thorhalla daylily
Ginger Cookie x Jungle Beauty daylily
Thank yee

Hammer - updated!

Everyone else! - I'm about to post another challenge soon. Be ready!

patrob said:from Hindi dīvālī, from Sanskrit dīpāvali 'row of lights,' from dīpā 'lamp' + vali 'row'

I did take a history of language course in college years ago, so theoretically I might have know this without Googling.

Nice Job let me know what you'd like for your pick of 3 seed packs remaining from the list.

Challenge #9:

This is a bit of an open-ended challenge. Name THREE fruit that are actually berries, according to the scientific classification. (Good luck! )

Tomato, Avacodo, & Orange

I actually have been reading up on edible landscaping & different fruits, etc. etc.

Thanks, Libby.
I'd like to have these daylily seeds:

Early and Often x (?)
Open Hearth x Lucky Strike
Jungle Beauty x Mynelle's Starfish(?)

Bananas, cucumbers, peppers

Grapes, pomegranites and persimmons.

Libby, you're doing a great job coming up with the challenges. I'm learning stuff.

Leslie - thank you!

Kathy - you're the winner! (For some reason I really had to think about the Avocado one since it has a pit and I wasn't sure if it was considered a 'drupe,' instead! Nice job!) Please let me know which seed packs you would like. :)

Great job, everyone else! You're a bunch of berry experts, aren't you?

I hope you guys are all having a wonderful weekend! I know we're getting into the season of holiday parties and lots of other events, so things are getting busy. I hope you have all enjoyed the trivia thus far. I wasn't planning on more trivia, but I think there are still a couple of packages that might be en route, so I may throw another trivia question or two out while we wait. If I do, I will likely announce it well ahead of time so that, hopefully, you can eke out a minute or two to answer.

Yay!!!! Good thing I guess I've been trying to figure out wgat edible I can grow in pots so my husband (who's tied to an oxygen line) can garden out on the back patio. FYI I can NOT get an avocado to root like some people. Anyway, I'll take these:

Little Grapette x Dr. Doom
Jocelyn's Oddity x Beautiful Edgings
Jocelyn's Oddity x Dr. Doom x 2

Thanks!!!!

Kathy,
How about stupice tomatoes, known to be great for containers?
I would think other edibles like lettuce, etc would do well??

vma4922 said:Kathy,
How about stupice tomatoes, known to be great for containers?
I would think other edibles like lettuce, etc would do well??

He did a few tomatoes, peppers, & kale this past summer. I say "he". I'm the one who lugged everything back to the back😇. The tomatoes did really well. In fact, next year I'll have to get deeper containers because the ones I got were too shallow once they took off. This man believes if you can't eat it you shouldn't grow it👎so I try to keep him entertained with his edibles.

There are some edible flowers that are nice to grow in pots, nasturtiums come to mind. I was thinking tomatoes and lettuce too. I'm growing lettuce right now, it's a good crop for cooler weather in our southern zones. Also growing radish and mustard greens in pots right now.

Eggplants work pretty good in containers too!

I have personally added a variety of seeds for container varieties to the swap at various points in the past. I think I've added a couple of types of lettuce (I believe they were 'pixie' and 'little jade gem'?), also an eggplant or two, tomatoes, all sorts of herbs... You might even get away with some of the shorter carrots if you wanted (although not the best use of space), potatoes in one of those felt grow pots--that's always fun to harvest at the end of the season when most everything else is gone, but it's a pain in the butt to deal with the soil because you shouldn't re-use the same soil for potatoes the following year. I agree with the previous comment about edible flowers, too, like Nasturtiums. There's also a blueberry plant ("Top Hat") that is supposedly good in containers. You might get away with some other berry plants, too. Certainly, you could have some strawberry planters...

But then, you've probably already thought of most of those. If not, I hope it helped. If so, ah well, it's the thought, right? Good luck with all of that lugging containers around! You're such a trooper to be doing all of that.

Hey everyone, just wanted to offer a huge apology to all the people getting seeds from me. Due to health issues am sad to say my seeds will have a lot off chafe in them. So sorry.
Agoo

Not worried about it, extra chaff prevents me from planting too closely.

Colleen,

I'm sorry if you have health issues and my heart goes out to anyone who does. I've had my share of trials the past 18 months, believe me, but I feel I have to respond to your post.

I spend alot of my time cleaning and packing my seeds and/or buying seeds and offering commercial seeds, and I've listed over 200 packs of seeds this round, which is generally my norm. I'm HAPPY to do so, and I enjoy sharing. But I feel that if you are going to enter a swap, your seeds should be reasonably cleaned and/or you should post on your list that the seed includes chaff...a little or alot. A little is no big deal. But generally it's understood that the seed you're posting is cleaned and IMHO should be. And you're putting your seeds up in exchange for seeds that have been cleaned and/or bought.

Just my 2 cents.