“Exchanging Plants, Seeds and Flowers for Winter Gardening
Fun” Exciting New Winter Garden Fun!
GardenHere turns grey cold weather months into exciting home gardening fun. While
other gardening enthusiast are waiting for Spring plant and seed
catalogs, GardenHere members are busy growing landscape and
flower starts in their window sills to trade with other home
gardeners around the country.
“Winter can be a really fun time of year for home gardeners,”
said Al Stubblefield, designer and owner of the GardenHere
Website. “Many of our members in the North root plant cuttings
in kitchen glasses to offer in exchange for postage or other
plants they would like to acquire. Some members offer to trade
flower seeds they harvested earlier in the year.
“Even though outside temperatures in my state can easily hit
freezing or below this time of year, I have Fuchsia starts and
Geraniums in my sunroom window that will be ready for trade in a
couple of weeks. There is still a bucket of Dayl
ily and Iris tubers in the garage that I didn’t have time to
get in the ground this fall. I’m sure some of our GardenHere
members will want them when spring arrives.”
Most gardeners in the South never see snow or experience
temperatures even close to freezing. Some garden fanatics in the
North protect their prize plants in home greenhouses. Most of
these gardeners have too many of some plants and would like to
either give a way some of their extra landscape plants and
flowers or trade for plant varieties they do not already
have.
The GardenHere Internet site makes it easy to exchange plants,
seeds and flowers. It takes about 60 seconds to register and
membership is free. After that, home gardeners can place
messages in the forums offering their extra plants and flowers,
or tell other members what they would like in exchange. It’s
all very simple and fun.
“Last month I received 20 new varieties of Daylilies and two
cold hardy Hibiscus plants,” said GardenHere founder, Al
Stubblefield. “The only cost to me was postage, which was less
than $6 dollars. That’s hard to beat.”
Here’s what another garden member had to say,
“As many of you know, I started up my own eBay business a few
months ago. Well, turns out that a GardenHere member, Fern, had
made some purchases from me on e-Bay recently. We figured this
out when Fern recognized my name and address I sent her in
regards to a trade we were setting up.
”She sent me tons and tons of glad bulbs and bulbils, plus some
seeds in exchange for my sedum, ginger and seeds from my prize
Zinnias I grew this summer.
“What a small world and what an awesome trade. Thanks again,
Fern. I hope to trade again soon,” posted by GardenHere Member,
Nicole.
GardenHere Member Copperlilac had this to say, “I just finished
a trade with Maineroses. I sent her Peonies for Irises and she
included a great baby Lupine and seeds as a bonus.
“Thanks for the great trade Maineroses.”
Finally, GardenHere Member Dee wrote, “I have some baby
Gladiolus. I have so many different colors I couldn't tell you
what colors they would be. By the way, do you know how to keep
them from having too many offspring? I have to throw away
hundreds each year because I have no one to give them to.
Gardeners interested in joining this friendly home gardening community are
invited to register at GardenHere Forums.
It only takes about 60 seconds to register and membership is
free.
"Exchanging Plants and Flowers is the Neighborly Thing To
Do"
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