I wasn't home when the agricultural inspector called the other day, but he left a card asking me to contact him, so I did. Turns out he was directed to my place by "the seeds you have received from foreign countries," meaning, I suppose, the ones that came via the USDA Small Lots of Seed permit program. He's worried that I'm introducing contamination in the form of weeds, pests, and diseases. Why this should be so when the USDA inspects these parcels, I don't know. I have written him a very informative and supercilious e-mail and hope it will conclude this matter. Has anybody else had this experience, or is it just Oregon inspectors that don't have enough to do? They don't seem to mind that all the home stores and garden centers in the state have bins full of virus-infected lily bulbs, or that at least one seed company sells "medicinal" plant seeds that are on the state and/or federal noxious weeds lists. Jane McGary Oregon, USA