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I am still working on my seeds. I may be closer to the deadline than an early bird this time around.
* * * * We are all under the same stars... therefore we are never far apart. Plants: 30076 | From: Washington, the state that is... | Registered: Aug 2004
| Seeded: 66.235.45.83
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I am still working on my seeds also! Gotta make that wish list yet too!
* * * * All of us could take a lesson from the weather. It pays no attention to criticism. Plants: 5156 | From: Minnesota | Registered: Mar 2006
| Seeded: 63.225.148.86
* * * * "I don't want no more of army life, gee mom, I wanna go, but they won't let me go, gee mom, I wanna go home!" My PB! Plants: 6469 | From: Staten Island, NYC | Registered: Jul 2006
| Seeded: 152.163.100.75
loz
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I was happy, I had enough of the double cosmos to make 2, 10 seed packets...I know it's not many per packet but I didn't have many and they are harder to come by.
I hope someone gets them that loves them! Cosmos are my fav!
I also have some Cosmos Sea Shells to send in! They're really cool too!
Gotta go do that wishlist, maybe while I cook dinner.
Seeded: 70.106.37.95
I made a wish-list, but it's just a few things... I really don't care at all what I get
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| Seeded: 152.163.100.75
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I have a small wishlist too but it's great when you get the package and look up the seeds you don't recognize and realize what a beautiful flower. I can't believe the amount of flowers and veggies out there.
Tammy, my seeds are all packed up and ready to go in the mail tomorrow. Thanks for doing this once again. You Rock!
* * * * Word of the day jovial \JOH-vee-uhl\, adjective: Merry; joyous; jolly; characterized by mirth or jollity. Plants: 80 | From: Calgary, AB | Registered: Aug 2006
| Seeded: 24.71.223.142
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loz i love cosmos!!! never seen double cosmos! im sending some bright lights in, i have some seashells, day dream and sensation. but not much so if i send em in it will be one or two packs,
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Cosmos are on my wish list, I hope I get some of both of yours!
* * * * We are all under the same stars... therefore we are never far apart. Plants: 30076 | From: Washington, the state that is... | Registered: Aug 2004
| Seeded: 66.235.45.83
I would love to get some cosmos seashells and the double cosmos sound really cool.....I sent my seeds off for Spring Fling on Monday but I'll send my sasbe and my wishlist seperately as I didn't have room in the seed envelope.......I hope everyone enjoys planting this year.....
I have a bunch more to try.....
I started a tray of seeds already....(couldn't wait to get my hands in some soil) I'm waiting til Spring (Impatiently Waiting that is)
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Last night, Park's shipped out my seeds, how great is that?? lol - they must have seen me complaining here yesterday.
Kratz7, your seedlings look amazing. I too started some seeds-just peppers though. They are just starting to put on their first set of real leaves. I had to replant a few though, the seeds rotted before they germinated. Good luck!
* * * * Sarah - Zone 5b/6 Plants: 662 | From: Ks, USA | Registered: May 2006
| Seeded: 70.252.187.205
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Hi Loz, since they are rare hard to find cosmos I'm sure noone will mind that there are less than 20 seeds in the packets. If they do I can always send them a packet of something else. We always have a few people that send in more than they want back. And since I don't have a garden this year I have plenty of surplus lol.
My egyptian walking onions are doing great. They are sprouting right up there. It will be a while before I see my banana peppers, sweet william tomatoes, asters, or jasmine. But I can be patient since I have a good reason to check them daily and water them often and just in general be busy with the indoor germination process.
Next thing I'm going to plant are the short zinnias with big red flowers that I harvested from the local McDonalds. Well it may not be the next thing I plant since they don't take long to germinate but they are definitely one of the things on my list.
I keep on looking at the celery that is in the Spring Fling and thinking how much I would like to have a packet of that. But I'm not going to be greedy. I'll wait until I have most of the wishlists in and then if it is still available I plan to snatch it up lol. Sometimes it's hard to be good with so many interesting seeds sitting on the table tempting me lol.
Makes me want to order all sorts of things from the catalogs and I really shouldn't.
* * * * Plants: 8557 | From: triangle, virginia | Registered: Mar 2005
| Seeded: 4.249.78.46
* * * * ''''Those who live in the Lord Never See Each Other For The Last Time!'''' Plants: 3279 | From: Rural - Western Pennsylvania | Registered: Oct 2005
| Seeded: 204.11.81.101
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We are up to 27 members in the Spring Fling. I'm excited. I can't wait for the ice to go away so I can get mail. I'm assuming that they won't go out in this it is so slick it's unbelievable.
* * * * Plants: 8557 | From: triangle, virginia | Registered: Mar 2005
| Seeded: 4.249.75.225
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Anyone know how much postage it would be to mail a 13.5 inch by 10.5 inch bubble envelope?
* * * * "I don't want no more of army life, gee mom, I wanna go, but they won't let me go, gee mom, I wanna go home!" My PB! Plants: 6469 | From: Staten Island, NYC | Registered: Jul 2006
| Seeded: 152.163.100.75
loz
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Not me, I always just go to the post office and have them weight it.
Seeded: 70.16.167.22
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I don't have the patience[or time] to wait on line at the post office...the lines are incredibly long here...
* * * * "I don't want no more of army life, gee mom, I wanna go, but they won't let me go, gee mom, I wanna go home!" My PB! Plants: 6469 | From: Staten Island, NYC | Registered: Jul 2006
| Seeded: 152.163.100.75
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Really? I always wonder why they have such a bad reputation. I can understand the DMV, but the PO has always been so very quick and helpful. If there is a line, they open up more registers. How nice is that? THen again, I live in a relatively small town, 30K or less. But the PO does everything by weight and size, not just size. So you will need a final weight, or a good estimate.
* * * * Sarah - Zone 5b/6 Plants: 662 | From: Ks, USA | Registered: May 2006
| Seeded: 70.248.199.229
There are 2 post-offices here on Staten Island, but 600,000+ people living here....[on this 20mi Island... ] just imagine...
I was figuring the large envelope so I could fit all the seeds I plan to mail into the one envelope...
I may have to do 2 smaller envelopes, instead...
Oh well, all the seeds will get there, one way or another!
--Mark--
* * * * "I don't want no more of army life, gee mom, I wanna go, but they won't let me go, gee mom, I wanna go home!" My PB! Plants: 6469 | From: Staten Island, NYC | Registered: Jul 2006
| Seeded: 152.163.100.75
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Mark, usually 3 stamps on the big envelope is enough especially for short runs like from new york to here. Distance is also a consideration for the PO but it isn't a huge difference in cost.
Sibyl, I hope she joins too.
We have 29 people registered for the Spring Fling so far and more joining everyday. I'm so excited. We have more people now than we had signed up for the Fall Fling.
* * * * Plants: 8557 | From: triangle, virginia | Registered: Mar 2005
| Seeded: 4.249.51.218
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Can someone PM me and tell me how this works? Sounds interesting
Oh, and as far as postage, you can go here: http://www.usps.com/tools/calculatepostage/welcome.htm?from=home&page=0061calculatepostage if you know the weight of your item. Just select domestic if it is going to another state, or international if going abroad, then select what style of package (envelope, box, etc)and zipcodes to and from. If you don't have a postage scale, use a regular kitchen scale to calculate ounces, or a bathroom scale to calculate pounds, then add a bit extra postage to be safe. (I used to sell things on eBay and this is how I did mine to avoid the long PO lines!)
'Manda
* * * * I tried to remember, but i said, "what's a flower?" you said, "I still love you." (Dar Williams)~ Manda's Photos Plants: 109 | From: Elgin, IL but from Salisbury NC- country girl at heart | Registered: Jan 2007
| Seeded: 24.14.72.98
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manda if you go back a page it has tammys rules, i hope yoy join its so much fun!
i dont have a scale, so i guess, i put 6 stamps on mine no wonder my mail lady always laughs at me, mark i know what ya mean about the post office!!! if i go to the one in town i stand in line for a half hour or more! if i go to the little post office in my small town im not there long but small towns have the noisyest people! drives me nuts! i dont want to stand there and be pryed of my buissness or hear about my neibors buisness! so its better to just mail from home. less hassle.
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It's that time of year again! If there is enough interest we will have a Spring Fling Round Robin Seed Exchange! So let me know if your in the mood and if so...dig into those boxes of seeds, and start packing them up! The deadline for mailing your seeds is March 23rd.
RULES
1. Please try to put at least 20 seeds per pack. Seed packets need to have the name of the seed on them. If english/american is your second language you may want to use the scientific/botanical name for the plant. That makes it easier to find in english. Other nice things to have on the envelope that are not necessary are USDA growing zones if known, growing conditions (sun vs. shade, ph if unusual, if it needs light to germinate) your screen name. These things are not necessary. Send a pack of seeds that you would be happy receiving!
2. Mail your seeds no later than March 23rd.
3. Send a wishlist of the seed you would like with the understanding that I'll do my best but can't guarantee that you will get what you hope for. As regards wishlist, these can be as specific or as general as you would like or you don't have to do one at all. Or they can be a combination. For example I'm looking for tropical plants to grow indoors since I don't have a garden patch anymore. That's rather general. But I am also looking for Dutchman's Pipe. Now that is specific. So I could put both of them on my wish list. It just helps me to select which seeds to send you when I have a very wide selection to chose from.
4. Send a SASBE (self-addressed stamped bubble envelope) with your seeds. Please make sure you have enough return postage on the envelope.
5. Please limit the maximum number of seed packs per envelope to 100. Multiple mailings are ok! 6. I will do my best to get your seeds to you by April 15th. 7. Please limit same seed types to a maximum of 25 seed packets. For example if you are sending in Blue Columbines please don't send in more than 25 packets of this type. But you could also send in 25 Red Columbines in the same envelope and that would be great.
NOTICE! All seed packs will be cataloged. If you send weed seeds we will be able to track who they came from, and you will be banned from participating in future seed swaps, and your name will be posted in the Seed Exchange forum as a "risk"!
If you'd like to participate in this Swap, please PM Tammy (tkhooper) for her address to mail your seeds.
Let the Spring Fling Round Robin Seed Exchange BEGIN!
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Awesome! I will have to see what all I have available.
One more question: ANY kind of seeds? I mean, veggie seeds too?
I have some various gourd seeds I saved from those little decorative ones this past fall, but I have no idea what kinds they are!! I know for sure that I could trade these if anyone would want them, as I don't have a space to grow them... but I wasn't sure if that was acceptable for this.
Thanks! Ya'll are great! 'Manda
* * * * I tried to remember, but i said, "what's a flower?" you said, "I still love you." (Dar Williams)~ Manda's Photos Plants: 109 | From: Elgin, IL but from Salisbury NC- country girl at heart | Registered: Jan 2007
| Seeded: 24.14.72.98
quote: I have some various gourd seeds I saved from those little decorative ones this past fall, but I have no idea what kinds they are!! I know for sure that I could trade these if anyone would want them, as I don't have a space to grow them... but I wasn't sure if that was acceptable for this.
I have tons of those[may be sending some in ymself ], and I have no idea what they are eatiher-- I label them as "ornamental/decorative gourd MIXED" gotta add the mixed!
Hope that helped
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| Seeded: 205.188.116.9
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i think gourds are good to send, all seeds are accepted except weeds that means annuals, perennals, flowers,trees,vegies,vines, bushes, tropicals,houseplants, o-grasses, herbs, and whatever else i might be forgetting! just as long as its not a weed
i got a small pk of gourds from the last swap, more would be welcomed. there are members who grow them for decoration or bird houses and other crafts.
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Oh happy day! All 3 of my seed orders came in today along with 2 trades! When the mailman handed me this big pile of bubble envelopes I thought to myself, "this must be how Tammy feels." lol. what fun. Okay, I'm going to go open all my packages now!!
* * * * Sarah - Zone 5b/6 Plants: 662 | From: Ks, USA | Registered: May 2006
| Seeded: 70.250.252.139
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Merry Febuary Christmas Sarah. It is fun getting all the packages and discussing the seed exchange as it progresses.
Today I'm trying to figure out which seeds are annual and which are perennial. It's good study for me and makes it easier to choose what some people want. I'm also checking out the height since that was one request. Which makes sense when one is planning a garden.
And I got in one more wishlist that is going to be super simple to fill.
I didn't get down to the mailbox yesterday but I'm going this moring to check. Right after I get dressed lol.
* * * * Plants: 8557 | From: triangle, virginia | Registered: Mar 2005
| Seeded: 4.249.78.197
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I had to put my seeds into two envelopes--a smaller and a larger-- I put postage for both, just in case They will be going out this morning...
* * * * "I don't want no more of army life, gee mom, I wanna go, but they won't let me go, gee mom, I wanna go home!" My PB! Plants: 6469 | From: Staten Island, NYC | Registered: Jul 2006
| Seeded: 64.12.116.73
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no no I miss communicated. 40 of the items listed on the wishlists have been filled. Actually as of today about 65 of the items listed on the wishlists have been filled.
There are currently 32 people signed up for the Spring Fling.
When Suzydaze does the one in the Fall she has close to 150 people involved. I don't think I could handle one that big.
I've researched about 2/3 of the seed packets that have come in to date so it was a very productive day. Hopefully tomorrow I'll finish them off.
Have a great day.
* * * * Plants: 8557 | From: triangle, virginia | Registered: Mar 2005
| Seeded: 4.249.117.184
Good now I can sleep tonite, you received my seeds.
barb
* * * * ''''Those who live in the Lord Never See Each Other For The Last Time!'''' Plants: 3279 | From: Rural - Western Pennsylvania | Registered: Oct 2005
| Seeded: 204.11.81.48
Good now I can sleep tonite, you received my seeds.
barb
* * * * ''''Those who live in the Lord Never See Each Other For The Last Time!'''' Plants: 3279 | From: Rural - Western Pennsylvania | Registered: Oct 2005
| Seeded: 204.11.81.48
I would like to send a round 2 for vegetable seeds......would anyone be interested in veges? I have a bunch of seeds I can send along to Tammy for Spring Fling......
* * * * "I don't want no more of army life, gee mom, I wanna go, but they won't let me go, gee mom, I wanna go home!" My PB! Plants: 6469 | From: Staten Island, NYC | Registered: Jul 2006
| Seeded: 205.188.116.9
i actually did sleep better last nite.. Woke at 8:30.....this am. I usually wake aboue 6:30..
Expensive way to sleep huh?
* * * * ''''Those who live in the Lord Never See Each Other For The Last Time!'''' Plants: 3279 | From: Rural - Western Pennsylvania | Registered: Oct 2005
| Seeded: 204.11.81.1
The efficency EXPERT../\! How does your man like seeing all the 40 seedy folks around?
* * * * ''''Those who live in the Lord Never See Each Other For The Last Time!'''' Plants: 3279 | From: Rural - Western Pennsylvania | Registered: Oct 2005
| Seeded: 12.163.89.76
* * * * ''''Those who live in the Lord Never See Each Other For The Last Time!'''' Plants: 3279 | From: Rural - Western Pennsylvania | Registered: Oct 2005
| Seeded: 12.163.89.184
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sounds like you have a lot of critters visiting your garden. I miss that about having a house. The only visitors I get are some sparrows that I entice with Wheat seeds and stale bread crusts.
I forgot about presidents day. I guess no mail today lol.
* * * * Plants: 8557 | From: triangle, virginia | Registered: Mar 2005
| Seeded: 4.249.207.6
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