Crassula NOID

I bought this succulent last night after visiting Home Depot. I had seen this particular succulent in the Cacti & Succulent display all summer long and never bought it. But last night it looked so sad sitting there among the carnage of dead or dying C&S, that I just had to buy it. I have no idea what it is other than it is some kind of Crassula if I am not mistaken. I really like the faint coloring at the edge of the leaves and the "spotted" leaves make it pretty interesting too.

EDIT:
This succulent turns out to be an Adromischus which is native to South Africa.

Common garden weeds

I took these pictures this summer and I was suppose to retake them to try to get the flowers in really good focus, but I forgot to do so. All of these flowers are smaller than a dime. I've seen them growing in my area since I was a kid and since I started gardening I'm curious what they could be.

Coneflower Seed Envelope

I decided to make my own seed envelopes for seed exchanges from my own photographs. If you'd like to use these you can click on the image to enlarge it and print from your computer. They are free for personal use (only) and can't be altered and my copyright must remain on the image. (Cut along the outside of the black line and fold the white flaps in sequential order.)

If you agree to the terms, you are free to make yourself as many copies as you'd like or pass them on to fellow gardeners. Feel free to leave a suggestion for future seed envelopes. I'll add more as I take more photographs.

Sunflower Seed Envelope

I decided to make my seed envelopes for seed exchanges from my own photographs. If you'd like to use these you can click on the image to enlarge it and print it from your computer. They are free for personal use (only) and can't be altered and my copyright must remain on the image. (Cut along the black line and fold the white flaps in sequential order.)

If you agree to the terms, you are free to make yourself as many copies as you'd like or pass them on to fellow gardeners. Feel free to leave a future seed envelopes. I'll add more as I take more photographs.

Amaryllis Seed Envelope

I decided to make my own seed packets for seed exchanges from my own photographs. If you'd like to use these you can click on the image to enlarge it and print it from your computer. They are free for personal use (only) and can't be altered and my copyright must remain on the image. (Cut along the outside of the black line and fold the white flaps in sequential order.)

If you agree to the terms, you are free to make yourself as many copies as you'd like or pass them on to fellow gardeners. Feel free to leave me a suggestion for future seed envelopes. I'll add more as I take more photographs.

Amaryllis-Red Lion

Late this summer I bought my first Amaryllis kit, the box said it was the variety known as "Red Lion". I had always admired them, but I thought they were too high maintenance. Boy was I wrong about these wonderful bulbs. All I did was plant it in the pot it came with and watered it when I figured it needed it.

The leaves were the first to emerge and were followed by the flower spike. I waited an entire week for the bloom to unfold and show me just why Red Lion is such a popular variety. I'm afraid that I may be addicted to these...I already have another "Apple Blossom" that has sent up a spike and hopefully will be flowering soon.

I've read around in various forum that they go clearance after the Holidays in the big box stores. I hope that my local Home Depot has plenty of them left after Christmas because I want a white one next. The only thing I would do different is pot them in a terracotta pot instead of the cheap plastic one they come with.

Sent my seeds to the following states.

When I joined GW in August and started trading seeds I wondered just how many states one person could send to without being part of Round Robins and trades like that. I was just looking over my trade list and was noticing the states I had sent seeds to. So I pulled a map off of google and added a little star icon on the state I sent seeds to for a trade. Granted a real gardener probably engaged in much more trading, but I was green and wasn't too sure of myself and trading and didn't have much.

After I marked all the states I had traded with I noticed that most of my responders to trade seem to be situated near me and not many came from the West Coast of the US. I wonder if it's like that for most traders and if the majority of trades occur with people in surrounding states. Or if I was more active and had better seeds would I see a wider distribution?

Anyway the 'pattern' may just be more in my own mind than anything, but I will have to re-map it again at the beginning of winter next year and compare. The map does not represent the couple of states where a one way trade occured and I was given seeds or plants by gardeners that adopted me.

*Click on the image to enlarge*