Topic: Seed Sharing Circle 2014?

[goodlife]

Gave in and baked a Thelma last night. Definitely needed a bit more maturing as the flavour was very mild, so I will wait till the end of Nov for the next one. But the amount of fat seeds is impressive. You want lots, right? ;)

I'm not sure what kind of flavour you did expect from Thelma, but it is more of 'mild'/blander tasting squashes. Very prolific plants though! 

[galina]

Gave in and baked a Thelma last night. Definitely needed a bit more maturing as the flavour was very mild, so I will wait till the end of Nov for the next one. But the amount of fat seeds is impressive. You want lots, right? ;)

I'm not sure what kind of flavour you did expect from Thelma, but it is more of 'mild'/blander tasting squashes. Very prolific plants though! 

Nutty and quite sweet when really mature (eaten around Christmas time)  is how I remember Thelma Sanders, not mild exactly, certainly not compared to, say, a marrow.  Looking forward to growing them again.  Lots of seeds is fine by me 

[goodlife]

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Nutty and quite sweet when really mature (eaten around Christmas time)  is how I remember Thelma Sanders,

REALLY!? Mine didn't taste like that all when grew them few years back....well.....I might as well try growing them again and hang on to the fruits until much later...
MORE SEEDS PLEASE!!!!!!???

[Jayb]

I haven't grown them for a few years, but I remember them as having a nutty type flavour although not very sweet, which is good sometimes depending how you are cooking them. Perhaps I didn't leave mine long enough either!

[Jayb]

EeeeeeeeeeeeeeeK! Just seen the email from on 19th! <runs in under the wire>

Just in 

[Jayb]

Here we all are 

Galina
Goodlife
Green Lily
Markfield Rover
Silverleaf
Sparrow
Jayb
Pumpkinlover
Aj
Ian Pearson
Easyonthebrain
Ruud
Robert_Brenchley
RenewableCandy

Fourteen in the group = Fourteen packets of seeds of each variety to be sent in (13 for the group and one spare)

[goodlife]

 
And remind me again...when do you want the seeds sent to you...?
I better start getting things together and see if the last lots (still inside the veg) are ready for harvest....am I going to have last 'minute' rush..?!
Nearly there......

[Jayb]

Parcels are welcome any time from now until Christmas. Although it might be best to miss the seasonal rush? The cut off date this year will be by 25th December, if anyone thinks they may have a problem getting their parcel to me by this date, let me know. I’ll send my details at the beginning of November (be nice to get the pass the parcel out first  )
I'll be posting everyone's goodies back 1st/2nd week of January 

[galina]

I haven't grown them for a few years, but I remember them as having a nutty type flavour although not very sweet, which is good sometimes depending how you are cooking them. Perhaps I didn't leave mine long enough either!

To improve sweetness with baked squash is easy:  just add half a teaspoon of sugar, or better honey, into each halved Thelma.  This is what the Americans do.  Tried it once, too sweet for me .....................   

I put the halved squash in the oven for about the last 30-40 minutes cooking time with a roast.  I add a bit of the cooking juices from the roast and a whole shallot and/or a clove of garlic into the seed cavity.  Prefer them like that.   

[Jayb]

I put the halved squash in the oven for about the last 30-40 minutes cooking time with a roast.  I add a bit of the cooking juices from the roast and a whole shallot and/or a clove of garlic into the seed cavity.  Prefer them like that.   

Mmm sounds good to me 

[galina]

Parcels are welcome any time from now until Christmas. Although it might be best to miss the seasonal rush? The cut off date this year will be by 25th December, if anyone thinks they may have a problem getting their parcel to me by this date, let me know. I’ll send my details at the beginning of November (be nice to get the pass the parcel out first  )
I'll be posting everyone's goodies back 1st/2nd week of January 

 
So you get them all for Christmas, and we have to wait until January???
LOL   

Being serious now ................ thank you for doing all the packing and admin for us again.  The seed circle packet day is a highlight every year.  Great stuff! 

[Jayb]

Lol, good isn't it! 

It's great fun seeing all the parcels come, I love unpacking them and sorting them into everyone's packages. And I adore surprises so I never peek at seeds or anything and I'll be waiting to open mine just the same, it nearly kills me but more fun to open as a parcel 

If they all happen to arrive in good time we could bring it forward, but it might be too much of a rush for some.

[goodlife]

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but it might be too much of a rush for some.


I'll try!....

[Jayb]

You are a star, but no rush, when you're ready 

[galina]

Mine won't be ready much sooner either.  Like goodlife I still have seeds inside fruit.  Put the last batch of tomato innards to ferment only yesterday.  Haven't looked inside the squashes yet either.  And some of the later beans are still drying.   

[Jayb]

Me too 

[ruud]

IT IS TIME TO SWAP.

[Jayb]

IT IS TIME TO SWAP.

Yep 

A lovely surprise, the first of the Circle seeds came in yesterday 
Thank you Green Lily.

[galina]

Phew - I'm glad that's done!  I had forgotten all about the Korean Wrapping Lettuce (large leaves to wrap snacks in) with the unpronounceable name  'Dduk Seom Jeok Chuk Myeon'.  This was an oddball 'find' at the Trumpington seed swap.  No idea where it came from.  The packet was a bit out of date, but it was one of those commercial, hermetically sealed ones, so I just had to try it.  The picture showed a pretty large loose leaf lettuce with red, slightly frilly edges.  Very pretty and the real lettuce did not disappoint either. 

Just found the florist bucket with the dry seedheads in a corner under my desk.  Processing lettuce is always a bit hard on the breathing with all the tiny particles.

For winnowing I had a brainwave - did the job inside the greenhouse!  Any accidentally spilled seed can happily germinate for very early spring lettuces.   

[goodlife]

That lettuce sounds like mouthful Interesting...

I'm just about to get my chillies harvested...they are now fully ripe and the seeds soon dry out for packing up. I'm nearly there.....