Give and Take.... for free

It's no secret that I love Craigslist. We've purchased most of our furniture through there since moving to Portland. And on occasion I get sweet little things for free... like the dresser or the lilacs (which have found homes in our foyer and front yard, respectively).

Today was no different.

After digging up a ton of plants and transplanting what I wanted, I posted this:

Free Philodendron Plants
Had to transplant some plants today and have some leftover. The foliage is beautiful and stays green through the winter. The plant looks like a philodendron (see link below) but comes up as erect plants rather than a vine. Dug up the corms/rhizome, which can be planted directly in the ground (about an inch or two deep). Pretty hardy. I've tried to rip them up from un-wanted places, but they spring back in no time. Therefore, I find them to be a bit invasive. Also noticed that it produces a calla lily-looking flower (some are blooming now; see link below). Overall, great landscaping plant (especially if you're trying to cover a large area with year-round foliage).

We have half a five-gallon bucket full of rhizomes sitting on the porch. Bring a bag/bucket & take as many as you want (but please leave the bucket). Also, if anyone knows what kind of plant it is, I'd love to know.

We're at (deleted). I'll remove this post when they're gone.

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Plant looks similar to this:
http://pss.uvm.edu/pss123/folphil.html

Flower looks like the Amorphophallus abispathus on the right side of the page toward the bottom:
http://www.grapheus.com/Bulbs/Bulbs-Amorphophalus.htm

They were gone within an hour while I was at the grocery store. I come home to this email:

(name deleted) to me 3:02 pm (5 hours ago)
Hi, Hope you still have some of these plants & I'm on my way in about five minutes......... If you read this, save me some!!!! Hate to get there & they all be gone.... :-( Thanks Much, Debbie (blue car)

Happily she got them. And as a strange coincidence, I got this in return (our grapevine is going crazy... I forsee a lot of jam in our future)

Canning Jars
Reply to: (deleted)
Date: 2005-05-14, 12:46PM PDT

16z Canning jars, no lids. There is a box full of them, though I don't know how many are in the box, probably a couple dozen. I don't need them, somebody else probably does?

Andrew
this is in or around Sellwood

I love when stuff works out like this. Oh Kristen, I'm so going to miss you this summer. It would be so fun to do this with you. I wish you lived here.