Thank you Alberto, Arnold, Dell and Leo for the warm welcome. I like learning and growing different seeds and plants. I did notice that from some of the threads I've read that there are a few members here in Canada. What is the total number of members here? Thank you for letting me join. :) Donna in Winnipeg, Manitoba ----- Original Message ----- From: "Leo A. Martin" <leo@possi.org> To: <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> Sent: Saturday, December 10, 2005 4:49 PM Subject: Re: [pbs] You should join PBS > Donna Anderson wrote > >> I really want to get more into the caudex/caudiciform/tuberosus >> plants. > >> I would like to join the Pacific Bulb Society, but how does the >> seed and bulb exchange work. > > I get the digest version of the list, so if this has been answered, go > ahead and skip it. > > You should join the PBS. There are a lot of benefits. > > Members of the PBS may participate in the bulb exchange. > >From time to time, the Bulb Exchange director (currently Dell Sherk) posts > here a list of what is available. Items are numbered. > > Those who want something on the list send Dell a private E-mail, giving > the numbers of the items they want. > > Dell mails out the packages of seed/bulbs together with a slip of paper > showing the total amount of money owed, and the address to which to mail > it. > > People receive the packages, send the money to the address on the slip, > and plant their seeds/bulbs at the appropriate time of year. > > Another discussion group devoted to caudiciforms is the Yahoo Fat Plants > group. I'm not a member so I can't give more details, but you should be > able to find it if you go to Yahoo Groups and poke around. > > Leo Martin > Phoenix Arizona USA > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php >