Topic: Seed sharing circle 2011

[ceres]

JayB can't get online at the moment so don't worry about the temporary silence.  I'm sure she'll be back in plenty of time for the seed-sending frenzy!

[Twoflower]

 
   right sat and bagged up seeds yesterday, peas where a distaser this year, can't get alot of the lettuce to bolt in time. Still manage to bag six types of seeds
      Pink lettuce
     Buckler's sorrel
     Mr snow    }
     Alpatieva   } All dwarf tomatoes
     Lime green} 
     Small chilli (don't know it's name, but really nice plant/taste)

        Twoflower

[Jayb]

Sorry I’ve been a bit absent on this thread, what with a few things going pear-shaped and computer meltdown!

I sent pm’s to some of the group who hadn’t been on the thread for a while back in the second week of October. I’ve had no word back from Saddad; Lottiedolly; and Jitterbug. It would seem probable they are not joining in. Also Schmelda sadly withdrew earlier in the season and Plot51A, although we kept her spot open in case situation changed.

It looks like our group stands at 16. Please let me know if it is any different. Galina sensibly suggested last year we include 1 extra of each variety in case of mishap which takes us to 17.

Pumpkinlover
Jayb
Goodlife
Robert_Brenchley
1066
Aj
Markfieldrover
Jeannine
Ruud
Galina
Martinburo
Suek
Dandytown
Twoflower             
Poolcue
Ian Pearson
+ 1 spare

I’ve already bagged my seeds  (I haven’t managed to print any labels yet as my printer seems to have learnt behaviour from the puter and IS NOT WORKING!) and thought any spares I have can either be shared among the group and/or added to the virtual Seed Swap. If others have already bagged theirs, is this what others would like or would you prefer left over seeds returned?

I wondered too if we could put together a pack of seed varieties to donate to the A4A Charity gift/Greenfingers if they could perhaps be used as a gift  or auctioned for the fund? That's if they would be a help I haven't asked yet.

For those of you who are ready to send seeds in I’ll shortly be sending a pm with my address. Just a reminder could you all please portion out your seeds and label ready to be shared.

Also remember to include SAE or a self addressed label and stamps if it is easier as I have lots of spare padded envelopes this year, it will really make it much easier for me to manage. I'm happy to cover the cost of the overseas parcels but to be honest it gets a bit costly for me to also do the ones with forgotten postage.

 

[pumkinlover]

If I forgot the postage I would be happy to recieve a polite PM to remind me to sent it :-X
You give enough with the time you take over this JayB :D :D :D

[goodlife]

All ready to go..I'll include all the 'not wanted' portions..and you can then decide what to do with them..charity or anything will do..put them into good use... ;)
And I'm all for it..making charity seed parcel..so if needs to be.. I'm sure I can supply some more for it..

[goodlife]

Ok...I've finally got myself in order and some data is been added into google doc..but..how do you get your photos added into the list?

[galina]

Ok...I've finally got myself in order and some data is been added into google doc..but..how do you get your photos added into the list?

I put the cursor where the picture is to go
Header line with commands has an 'insert' button
This brings up a lot of options
click on 'image'
this brings up a blue button 'choose an image to upload'
click that and it goes to my desktop where I put the filename of the photo into the window and click on 'open' and upload.

I find that I usually have to make the picture much smaller by clicking on it, which puts a box around it.  I grab the bottom right 'blob' and drag it up and left to make the picture smaller.

Good luck!  There may be better ways of doing it, which I too would love to hear about  ;D

[goodlife]

 ;) cheers..I have a look at that later on..

[Jayb]

That's the way I do it too, so if there is a better way, I'd love to hear too  :)

[Robert_Brenchley]

I'll have to sort my list out after the weekend; it depends what varieties I have enough seeds of, and we've got a bit of a domestic crisis going on right now.

[galina]

If I forgot the postage I would be happy to recieve a polite PM to remind me to sent it :-X
You give enough with the time you take over this JayB :D :D :D

I quite agree.  Last year I sent a signed cheque (limited to a bit above what I expected the cost to be), so that Jayb could fill in the actual amount it cost her to send the envelope back.  Did this work out for you, Jayb, or do you prefer 'real' stamps? 

[Jayb]

What I can offer this year is..Swedish One Dot and Magpie beans, Paula and Skånsk Märgart peas, Bolivian coriander (now rogue's sorted out so just one variety)..Is that selection ok?

List is fantastic thank you and I'm looking forward to growing them next season

[Jayb]

If I forgot the postage I would be happy to recieve a polite PM to remind me to sent it :-X

I quite agree.  Last year I sent a signed cheque (limited to a bit above what I expected the cost to be), so that Jayb could fill in the actual amount it cost her to send the envelope back.  Did this work out for you, Jayb, or do you prefer 'real' stamps? 

Good point PL

Galina, I'm happy with either, both work well from my point of view  :)

[Jayb]

Hi Jayb,
Have sent you a pm with  email address for the google doc! Do we have a deadline for sending in the seeds?

The borage is all bagged up and ready, just dried out some rice in the oven to give the tomatoes a thorough dry.

Exciting times!  :)

So sorry SueK, I've only just added you on to edit.

The deadline for seeds was set as 30th November, I hope this is still ok with everyone. Any problems let me know

Yes its getting exciting, I love how google docs is coming along. I feel lucky too, as I get to see as it starts taking shape from end. I've envelopes ready with everyones name (in both swaps) and I'll be dealing out my seeds into them as soon as I sort out labels. It's fun receiving the seeds and watching how the envelopes fill up. Great to see the harvest of everyones hard work, I love the sharing aspect and look forward to thinking of individuals as I grow their crops next year. Also it brings spring a few steps closer  :)

[SueK]

Thanks jayb, that works a treat!  Have updated the document - I suppose now I ought to finish bagging up the seeds! :)

With regards to putting images into the document, I did much the same as everyone else, but used a table to place the text and pic side by side, changing the table borders to white when I was happy.  This was fine for the amount of text I used, but if I'd had a bit more info then may not have been the best use of space.  The table functionality isn't quite as good as Word, so that you can't split up the table if the different entries eg. the 3 tomatoes which I put in, need to be separated later on.

[1066]

ooo seed swap frenzy is about to start  :)

i just have to bag the radish, and then I'll have a sort and add the last bits to the google doc.

as per the norm  ::) I'm off the 1st week of December, so I'll try and sort out what's best for the return package with you Jayb (well, there did have to be 1 awkward one  ::)  :-X )

 :D

[Jayb]

Gorgeous pictures Suek, I can almost taste those tomatoes!
I like how your entry looks, I wondered how to get a bit of space between picture and text.

Hi 10, I'm happy to 'seedsit' if needed   ;D

[Jayb]

Oops, seem to have messed it up a bit moving them about to alphabetical order.

[SueK]

No worries, Jayb.  I'll match the table cells to the pictures later today but leave the borders visible for now.  .  That way people can add extra rows above or below if they want for their own entries.

[Jayb]

I think I need lessons!