Topic: Seed Sharing Circle 2012

[markfield rover]

Glad you liked the packets  I painted each one as the contents was so lacking had to make up for it somehow! Enjoyed it though. Jayb's were clever ,a couple of years ago I started a collection of seed packet examples so I will popping a couple into that.

[goodlife]

Really looking forward to growing our own bay, as we don't have one, but use it in cooking a lot.

Well..in that case..don't go and buy any from shops anymore!!!! I can post you more than you can ever use..or perharps I should say, until you own grown trees are able to provide.. You just give me 'shout' when you are ready for some..

[Debs]

Postie has posted the " We tried to deliver a parcel today" card thru door so will be collecting mine tonight

after reading all above posts

I CANNOT WAIT

!!!!

Debs

[martinburo]

My postman was kind enough to leave them next to the front door (where it's dry). Many thanks everybody and double thanks to Jayb. Can't wait for spring. I won't wait for spring.

[Jayb]

I picked a few berries from my bay tree this morning. If anyone is going to soak their berries to remove the 'fleshy outer coating' I've found they are not very fleshy and if anything the flesh is fairly thin. Hope the picture gives a better idea, I also cut one in half to see what was inside- just one big seed.

[galina]

I picked a few berries from my bay tree this morning. If anyone is going to soak their berries to remove the 'fleshy outer coating' I've found they are not very fleshy and if anything the flesh is fairly thin. Hope the picture gives a better idea, I also cut one in half to see what was inside- just one big seed.

Thank you JayB.  Looking forward to getting this one going here.  Thank you goodlife for the backup.  Super!

[ruud]

Hello seed circle gang,the pigeon has landed.Thanks a lot everybody for some hours looking what what is.Jayb thanks a lot for organising this circle.Funny i have now a package in my hands with contains oldstamer wierboon,this broad bean is very old.It was in a program on the television,they are growing it on different places in holland because it became very rare.I got it from a very strange direction,that is what sharing seeds is making so funny to do.Now i want to know how it came to the u.k. ?

[Jayb]

Brilliant Ruud, a quick pigeon! I'm sure Galina will give you more info about Oldstamer Wierboon, just wanted to add that Irish Seed Savers have them listed this year too. So nice to see a rare bean becoming a little more available. 

[Poolcue]

Just got out of hospital again and a large packet of seeds greeted mecheering me up no end,something to study over the weekend
Thanks everybody especially Jayb

[aj]

We sowed all the tomatoes, chillis and peppers today at school.

Bazinga!

[grawrc]

It's so good to see the seed sharing circle roaring ahead. I don't have the time to dedicate to this unfortunately but I love seeing what you are all doing.

[Jayb]

Sorry to hear you've been in hospital Poolcue, hope will be feeling better soon

[Jayb]

We sowed all the tomatoes, chillis and peppers today at school.
Bazinga!

Fabulous 

[Jayb]

It's so good to see the seed sharing circle roaring ahead. I don't have the time to dedicate to this unfortunately but I love seeing what you are all doing.

It needn't take up too much time if you change your mind   

[Debs]

Havent been able to collect my parcel yet as delivery office not open past 1pm & I was at work 

So tomorrow is D-Day !!!!!!!

SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO excited      

Debs X

[galina]

Brilliant Ruud, a quick pigeon! I'm sure Galina will give you more info about Oldstamer Wierboon, just wanted to add that Irish Seed Savers have them listed this year too. So nice to see a rare bean becoming a little more available. 

Ruud,  I swapped Oldambster Wierboon with Jaap Vlaming a long time ago.  He offered them in the HSL catalogue seed swap.  Here is Jaap:
http://www.denationaleproeftuin.nl/proeftuin/column/column.asp?id=55
I grow them and like them a lot.

Did you know the Kools Langstro Rozijn Erwt?  Yes, also from Jaap originally    This one was grown commercially into the 1950s, so has by now also reached heritage or heirloom age.

Well there is a connection between Jaap and Irish Seed Savers, as we have found out in the past, thanks for noting this Jayb.

Incidentally the Georgian beans in this year's circle parcel also originally came from Jaap, who lives on Texel Island.  On Texel is a monument to the Georgians who fought  in the second World War.  Visitors still come regularly to visit the monument and Jaap asked one of the visitors for traditional Georgian beans.  He received many and shared with seed savers.  I have several of these varieties and grow them out regularly.  Incidentally the Reade Krobbe bean from you I had also previously received from Jaap.  Nice to pool yours and mine and add Wieringer as a 'new to me' traditional Dutch variety and hear the story behind it being lost in the Netherlands, but repatriated from immigrants into the USA.

Another traditional Dutch bean variety that is known here is Mechelse Tros, which Goodlife kindly shared with me.  Maybe it will feature in a future Seed Circle.  Our climates are fairly similar, which makes swapping and growing traditional varieties very easy.     

This is why you find some traditional heirloom Dutch varieties in a British seed swap.   

[galina]

Just got out of hospital again and a large packet of seeds greeted mecheering me up no end,something to study over the weekend
Thanks everybody especially Jayb

Wish you a speedy recovery, sorry you were in hospital, hope all is well now.

[Poolcue]

An afternoon spent going through my packet.It may save somebody else typing the list out.

Variety
Blackpod Runner Bean
Giant Yellow Tomatillo
Bay Tree (Laurus nobilis)
Helsing Junction Blues Tomato
Betimes Macbeth Tomato
Blush Tomato
Skagit Magic TPS
Baun Onion
Radlands Greenleaf Dwarf FB
Debbie's Purple Beetroot
Aranyalma Tomato
Mr Brooks Blue DFB
Old Homestead CFB
Queen of Hearts Tomato
Eat Me Early Mange Tout
Blauschokker Peas
Trail of Tears Bean
Cosse Violette
Mrs Fortune's Climbling Bean
Major Cook's Bean
Red Pear Tomato
Terhune
Pretty in Purple Chilli
Yankee Bell Pepper
Henderson Lima Bean
Madame Jardel's Black Tomato
Cherokee White Eagle Corn
Fordhook 242 Lima Bean
Black Jet Soya Bean
Miniature White Cucumber
Pepperdew Chilli
Great White Tomato
Butterbean Soya Bean
Tohya Soya Bean
Wieringer Boon DFB
Reade Krobbe DFB
Swedish Yellow Pea
Kaulion's White Broadbean
Luang Prabang Mangetout
Ragged Jack Kale
Eeuwig Moes
Mystery Tomato
White Zebra
Turkish Pepper
Black Icicle Tomato
Florence Fennel
Scorzonera
Flavert DFB
Numex Twilight Chillis
Tropaleum Peregrinum
Kod's Langstro Roziju Erwt Pea
Oldambster Wierboom Broad Bean
Elisabeth Pea mangetout
Spring Blush Tall Snap pea
Alma Csipos Pepper
Opal Creek Tall Snap Pea
NC Speckled Cutshort long Greasy Bean
BiR di Trieste Lettuce
Georgian #2 Dwarf French Bean
Pea Parsley
Greek Cress
Dwarf Grey Sugar Mangetout Pea
Ground Cherry Cossack Pineapple

[goodlife]

Now that you have typed it all...the list does look quite a monster 

[Debs]

Have finally collected my parcel, made a coffee, and  :icon_cheers:settled myself in the peace & quiet in the conservatory to open my parcel . . .