Topic: Seed Sharing Circle 2013

[goodlife]

I buy brown seed envelopes to store my seeds in....just like the wilko's ones but blank. They are not expensive but like PL said...they need little bit of cellotape on corners for smaller seeds.
Zip lock bags that I send my seeds in for circle are not expensive neither...not ideal for long term storage, but they are lighter and take less room for posting.

[galina]

I fold my own.  Easy to do - a few at a time.  I prefer paper, just in case of any residual dampness.   

[goodlife]

I fold my own.  Easy to do - a few at a time.  I prefer paper, just in case of any residual dampness.

This comment stayed in my head when I was tidying up desk draws...and then I saw some pink paper that I had forgotten...
And now I've got one lot of seed envelopes  ready for circle's next 'call out'..PINK!
And they are looking very cheery from normal brown or clear plastic ones....must do more and different colours too..hmmm...I must dig deeper, who knows what I have stashed away...

[Robert_Brenchley]

I do the origami packets, but I use ziplock bags as well for small seeds. They're really cheap on ebay.

[Robert_Brenchley]

I'm getting there slowly. I've parcelled up two peas so far; Robinson, which is a tall wrinkled pea, and Mummy White, a very rare one. It seems to have been popular around the 1820's, and then effectively disappeared. It survived in the States, and I managed to get some seed from there last year. It's a crown pea, with white flowers and small round peas. Then there's Munchen Bier, a rat-tailed radish, and I should be able to manage one or two more peas.

I don't have access to the seed swap page, by the way, so at the moment I can't add anything to it.

[ruud]

Okee the pigeon is on his way.

[Jayb]

SueK's parcel landed last week 

[Jayb]

I added little packet of seeds as 'extra'...some French Marigold ones. 'Somebody' got bit carried away with saving them...there was that many in flowerbed in work and I just couldn't let them all go waste 
I hope they will bring a little bit of  in your gardens and attract plenty of

If they look a quarter as good as the ones in the picture they will be smashing 

[Jayb]

I have posted up thread about my seeds, please can someone add it onto the Document as I cannot do it (despite Jayb's help!)

Done, can you check it is how you want it to look.

[Jayb]

I'm getting there slowly. I've parcelled up two peas so far; Robinson, which is a tall wrinkled pea, and Mummy White, a very rare one. It seems to have been popular around the 1820's, and then effectively disappeared. It survived in the States, and I managed to get some seed from there last year. It's a crown pea, with white flowers and small round peas. Then there's Munchen Bier, a rat-tailed radish, and I should be able to manage one or two more peas.

I don't have access to the seed swap page, by the way, so at the moment I can't add anything to it.

I'm really keen to grow your Mummy Crown peas  I was hooked on Crown peas the first time I grew Salmon Flowered.
I should have several types/colours of Crown peas this year to compare 

I've added you on again, if you click through the link in the email it should work fine.

[Jayb]

Okee the pigeon is on his way.

Watching out for the pigeon 

[goodlife]

OHHHH....."are we there yet?!"

Ok...I'll wait patiently..... I try not to look at the seed list in advance...it is much more interesting to "ohh & ahh" all the goodies when they arrive. My tummy is tingling with the excitement already!

[SueK]

I have done my bit on the document - sorry if I have stopped anyone else working on it, it has taken longer than I expected.  Very exciting, though! 

Jayb, I'm sorry to create extra work for you, but is there any chance you could fix the two links I tried to put in for the two tomato varieties yabloki na snegu and sibirskiy skorospelyi?  They are in as plain text - when I tried inserting links I couldn't get it to work.

Sue

[Jayb]

Thanks Sue, information is great  I've put in links for you, hope they are as you wanted. I wonder if the picture for Yabloki Na Snegu needs a quarter tweek?

[galina]

I have done my bit on the document - sorry if I have stopped anyone else working on it, it has taken longer than I expected.  Very exciting, though! 

Sue

looking good Sue, thank you. And thank you Robert.  It's getting soooooooooooooo exciting 

[Robert_Brenchley]

I've added Latvian Pea. We're getting there!

[Robert_Brenchley]

Got the seeds posted. I'll add details to the document later.

[Ian Pearson]

What a coincidence; I was just thinking that now I live on the Isle of Wight, I really should try the local bean, 'Brighstone'. An internet search reveals that no-one is selling it in the UK this year. Drat. Then I find out that it is going to be in the seed parcel. Yayyy! Thank you Pumpkinlover.

[Jayb]

 
Robert's and Ruud's parcel both arrived and have been sorted into individual parcels.

I've not heard back from a few people?

[Jayb]

I'll add details to the document later.

Thanks Robert