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Allotment Stuff => Swap Shop => Topic started by: natasha on October 09, 2007, 16:30:29
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Hello everybody,
I start a new round of pass the parcel!
New players are welcome.
So far on the list:
Suzanne
Jitterbug
flowerlady
purple sprouting
Lauren S
Macca
Irish-Digger
SueSteve
markfield rover
sarah
Natasha
Please let me know if I missed someone. Should we limit the number of players to 20-25?
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yay can i have a go? please?
;)
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Hi, hope i dont come over as really stupid but what exactly do you do?
laura
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yay can i have a go? please?
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of cause you can, the more the merrier!
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Hi, hope i dont come over as really stupid but what exactly do you do?
laura
Hi Laura,
sorry I didn't explain it in the first place. I put all sorts of seeds in a package and send it to a next person on the list, the person takes out of the package what he/she wants and tops it up with his/her seeds and send it to a next player.
General rules are: not to keep the parcel for too long and please if there is already a packet of one variety of tomatoes or onion or something with 400 seeds, this is enough for all of us, don't add more. I don't want to end up with 4 packets of something which nobody wants! Please be sensible, it's better to put a couple of seeds of unusual flower/veg/bean or something what you like yourself, instead of just padding it up.
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Yes please, count me in on this one! :) :)
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Yes please, count me in on this one! :) :)
Sure 8).
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Thanks Natasha,
It's just like waiting for Santa to arrive ;D
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can i play please i promise not to fluff it up as i new to this game :-[
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Can I join in too please? Have watched several of these go round, and would love to experience the excitement you all talk about! Hopefully I'll be able to add something useful too!
Do I PM you my address, Natasha, as I haven't done this before?
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If the list isn't too long I'd love to be involved ;D , as lindsay just said do we PM our address??
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You are all welcome to join, please PM me you address, there are 16 people currently on the list.
I was going to organise our list by location to reduce parcel's travelling time and our waiting time, but I'm not sure if it worked previous time. The parcel was slow at times due to human factor, rather than postal delays.
Second thought was to organise it by first come first serve base.
Third thought was to put strong players at the top so that they contribute more for those who just started.
Any thought on this are very welcome. I'll send the parcel to a first player on Monday.
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Which ever is easiest for you,thanks for all your efforts.
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Have just PMd you my address - thanks for including me, and for organising it. As to where you "put" me - I leave that to you!!
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Hi Natasha, I've sent you my address etc
Many thanks!!!!!! ;D
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Thanks Natasha - can't wait!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Hi Natasha, Just PMe'd you - Many thanks - Riffster
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I echo what Lindsay said! Hope I'm not too late, I'll PM you now!
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Well, 21 people are on the list and this is the order:
Lindsay
Riffster
Elsie
RosieMcPosie
Asbean
purple sprouting
Macca
Jitterbug
sarah
Lauren S
SueSteve
markfield rover
Glosterwomble
Irish-Digger
Flowerlady
cambourne7
Suzanne
Blisters
Stevens706
Princescruffster
Natasha
I think that's quite enough people for this round, if you missed it, I'm sure we'll start another one in 3 months time!
Waiting list is open!
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Yay!!! Quite exciting isn't it! I know the rough idea of it but can someone just tell me exactly the protocol etc.
Is there a list of the names and addresses in the parcel? How many seeds can you take out and how many do you replace?
Really looking forward to it! ;D
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Yay!!! Quite exciting isn't it! I know the rough idea of it but can someone just tell me exactly the protocol etc.
Is there a list of the names and addresses in the parcel? How many seeds can you take out and how many do you replace?
Really looking forward to it! ;D
Oh Dear, I don't think I have a protocol and etc. , also just a rough idea.
There will be a list with names and addresses in the parcel, you cross over your name when the parcel gets to you and send it to a next person on the list.
There is no limit of how many seeds you can take out and how many you put in, it is all up to you. Some people just started and they don't have lots of seeds in the first place so I expect they will take out more than put in, some people have been around for a while and I hope that they will add more interest to the parcel. Some of the packets contain lots of seeds, so you just take some, seal the pack and put it back into the parcel, but some packets initially contain a very small number of seeds, so please feel free to take the packet out.
We all depend on each other's decency and good will.
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Oh Dear, I don't think I have a protocol...
Sorry Natasha didn't mean to send you into a spin ;D You've explained it perfectly and it is how I expected it to be, I just thought I should check first to make sure that there weren't any rules that I might not have realised.
Thanks for doing it! ;D
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Yipppppeeeeeeee!!!
I can't wait!!!! My first time!!!!!!! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Mine too! I'm all EXCITED!!!
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My second! Also very exciting!!!!! :-* :-* :-*
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I am really looking forward to getting the parcel again.........yippee!
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That's it, my part is done and the parcel is on its way to France!
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woohoo! can't wait!
;D :) ;D :) ;D :) ;D
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Never done a pass the parcel, would like to be on one, can you tell me when the next one will be done?
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I'll be keeping an eye out for the postman! Thanks Natasha once again! :D :D
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It's arrived!!! Wheeeheee!! ;D ;D ;D ;D
I was so excited to see it today when the postman arrived. Even my 14 year old daughter was excited! We have had a good look through already, and will spend some time tomorrow putting in seeds. With a bit of luck it will be on it's way on Monday to Riffster - will let you know when it's gone. Many thanks again Natasha! :D
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Lindsay, I'm so pleased!
It's an emotional journey and I'm delighted that you and your daughter had a good time!
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I missed this one, but Im sure you will all have a thwacking great time rumaging through this lot.....
I would love to play in the next round and will have plenty of seed to swop by then ;D ;D
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I just have to say, I really can't wait - this being my first parcel. I flew down the stairs this morning, postie had left a package for - OH, ebay child clothes - D'oh.
sooooo excited !!! - Thanks to all !!!!
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It should be on its way now - collection time at the post office was 14:00!
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what direction is it moving in - come on give us some clues..
Jitterbug
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Its me next - Riffster - The parcel wasn't here this morning. Its coming from FR -> GB. I have high hopes for its delivery tomoz.
Riffster
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Package now received, It'll be on its way again on Mon first thing. I'll PM the next person so they can start to get excited. hee hee - I'm at work currently and didn't note the next person - d'oh
How exciting !!! - Riffster...
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lol- riffster- next person is elsie- and then it's me!! woohoo!!!
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Hooray it's me next!!! Riffster, I am very excited already! I am chewing my nails with excitement. Thanks for putting me third on the list Natasha, I don't think I could have coped with waiting much longer!!!
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Soon be my turn too!!!!!! Can't wait!!!!!
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It's in the post -> Off to Elsie !!!
Big Thanks to everyone involved.!!!
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;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
I've got the parcel! Just been looking through. Don't think I've felt like this since I had a stocking on Christmas morning. Will do my best to post it by the weekend RosieMcPosie, will let you know when it's on its way again.
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Keep your fingers crossed RosieMcPosie, I managed to get the parcel in the post this morning, so with any luck you'll get it on Monday ;D Though the way the post has been recently, who knows?
Thanks to Natasha for arranging the parcel, and to all who contributed the great seeds I had in my parcel, hope the rest of you have as much fun as I did!
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thanks elsie!! got it last night, it was so worth the wait!! very exciting- in the post tonight!! thank you! xxx
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RosieMcPosie,
I'm a bit embarrassed to ask, but in real life you are not this gorgeous man from your avatar, are you? It's a very good picture, it makes me love my allotment even more.
;)
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One's an Angel
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OMG! I'm next - I can hardly wait ::) ::) ::) ::) I've got a nice little "beany" pile waiting to add, with others of course. 8) 8) 8) 8)
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Thank you Rosie! It arrived this morning. I was painting and had my gloves on so as I couldn't wait I had to get someone else to open it and as I didn't have my glasses I couldn't read the labels - so they had to read them out too. Wow! what a selection, this is going to be fun, and I'll get it in the post Monday lunchtime. :) :) :)
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In the post this afternoon - winging its way eastwards. It has been a really fun weekend, looking through the MANY packets of seeds, choosing etc. It also made me take stock of what I've already got, and I've sorted out my seed box. Have fun everyone, and thank you Natasha for organising!
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Aw shame im to late :(
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Stinking cold. Train 45 minutes late. Car frozen so it took ages to clear the windscreen. I arrived home really fed up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Our postie sometimes 'hides' packages behind the planters under the porch - today I found the seed parcel from Asbean - it really cheered me up.
There are masses of seed packets to look through - I will have a good look and sort out over the next couple of days and repost the package on Saturday morning (won't get a chance to get to the post office until then as I'm working this week).
Many thanks to everyone who has added and passed the parcel - especially a huge thanks to Natasha for starting it all off.
I'll confirm when the parcel is actually back in the post again!!
Ann
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After a great time taking 'pinches' out of packets of seeds and 'adding bits and bobs' the parcel has been posted today from CM7 to CM9.
Again many thanks to all involved.
Regards
Ann
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Dear all,
I'm so pleased that so far everything goes really well and I want to say thank you very much to all of you for taking part in the swap.
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got the parcel yesterday and working my way through all the goodies, i noticed some seperate envelopes from previous seed swaps for the person who started the swap, do people want these back or shall i just crack them open for everyone to dip into
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Hi Macca,
I'm glad that the parcel finally arrived to your place. The little envelopes are from me to those people who contributed in a previous round. Because I ended up with too many seeds I offered them back to the same players and these people want them, so they are sort of reserved. At that time I felt that it is a fair thing to do. if you look at the previous winter seed swap topic you'll see what was there on offer at the end of the round and who requested what, so that if you really want something from the list you can PM the person who requested the seeds and ask him/her if they are happy to share.
Kind Regards!
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ok fair enough, i've got plenty to get on with. i'll be sending on the package Monday, enjoy everyone
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Ooh goody!
I think that I'm next.... Jitterbug ;D ;D ;D
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Yipe - got it - done my swaps and had loads of fun. Thanks everyone for the lovely seeds. A lot of flowers are in there as well.
Off to sarah around the corner now. Enjoy!
Jitterbug
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I wonder who will ge tthe parcel for Christmas!! :)
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It might be you, or very close!
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ooo its here. i have it my sticky mits. thanks jitterbug, it was a lovely surprise on this dismal morning!! i shall rootle through it and pack it up to post on asap, the next recipient should start looking out for it early next week. its stuffed full of goodies!!
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We are nearly half way down the list.
:P
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Ok I have posted it on to the next person and that is you young Lauren down in lovely Devon. ;D
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Ok I have posted it on to the next person and that is you young Lauren down in lovely Devon. ;D
I'm sat here reading through the forum messages. When I read that Sarah I nearly wet myself laughing ;D ;D ;D but thanks for the compliment. Cannot wait to show hubby, he will laugh, I know he will ;D ;D ;D.
That's tickled little old me. ;)
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It is exciting!! Funny how we all get a thrill from sending seeds through the post but I just know I'll be jumping for joy the morning that the postman brings the parcel for me!!! ;D
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You're only as young/old as you feel. ;D. Its funny how we percieve or imagine each other isnt it? I have always pictured you as a bright young thing Lauren. :D
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haha, me too! x
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SueSteve heads up the parcel is on it's way ;D.
I had great fun looking through all the seeds. Sue, you might need a new parcel it's bursting now :o
Thanks everyone ;)
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You're only as young/old as you feel. ;D. Its funny how we percieve or imagine each other isnt it? I have always pictured you as a bright young thing Lauren. :D
Ha ha...yes, yes, yes I AM young and bright :D...AGE is only a number
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:o thats great news, I only looked in quickly, I thought there were still one or two before me!!!
I look forward to recieving it ;D
Thanks you
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It's here, a jumbo parcel filled with hundreds (maybe a very slight exageration) of little seed packets.
I am not sure where to start with them!!
I hope to get the parcel back in hte post in the next few days.
Thanks,
Sue ;D
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Phew I'm so glad it arrived safely. :)
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Hi Sue,
if the parcel is still with you can you please keep it till after Christmas holidays, I'm afraid it might get lost in the post with all this Christmas rush or significantly delayed.
I hope that's ok with everyone.
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Hi Natasha,
You just caught me in time!
I was ging to post it this afternoon, although I was wondering about the possibilty of it gtting mislaid in the Christmas post!
I will hold it then, if ok with everyone.
Sue
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Thank you Sue, that's good.
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Do you think it's time I should send the parcel on it's way, or should I give the Royal Mail another couple of days to clear the backlog?
Hope you all had a good Christmas,
Sue
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It's in the post, on it's way to Hereford!!!!
Thanks very much Natasha, I hope everyone else enjoys it as much as I did!!
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Hi Sue, thank you for keeping an eye on it!
and happy New Year to all of us!!!
:D :D :D
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Blimey i missed that one !! cant you get two teams running at once ;D
cmon you are good at this and well be itching to plant seeds before 3 months time ;), anyway put my name on the waiting list please xxx cheers sarah.
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yippee ! I will let you Know when it arrives in not so sunny Hereford
Cheers
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Oooooh, it is here.Thanks Suesteve,I may be some time, I will post Monday I think we are ready for a box now.
Thanks everyone.
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Just 8 people to go before my turn!
;D :P
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I'm starting to get excited now, nearly with me!
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YAY!!! I've got it, Markfield Rover personally delivered it to me this lunchtime (thank you!!). It's a box FULL of seeds, a busy weekend ahead of me I think!!! I'll let all know when it's posted on. ;D ;D
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Gosh! This is a remarkable turn of events!
I tried to organise it the way that the parcel doesn't travel too far from one person to another, but never realised that you are so close to each other.
Well done!
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Gosh! This is a remarkable turn of events!
I tried to organise it the way that the parcel doesn't travel too far from one person to another, but never realised that you are so close to each other.
Well done!
I know, wasn't that great!! So kind of Markfield rover.
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You are Welcome. It will keep you out of trouble for a while.
Cheers
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I'm starting to get excited now, nearly with me!
... me too ;D
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I posted it yesterday (couldn't get on here to say as the site was down) I was amazed at how many packets of seed have built up to make a substantial parcel, I really enjoyed looking through them all and selecting some to try out and was also good to be able to sort out my seed collection and pass some nice things on!!! :)
Thanks for setting this up Natasha, ;D
It's on the way Irishdigger...
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I hope the parcel has arrived ok, Irishdigger doesn't appear to have been on here since November.
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Does anyone know what's happening with the parcel ???
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I think it's got to Irish-Digger. He/she hasn't posted since October, but was on line earlier this week, according to the profile. Maybe a pm (which would alert them by email as well) would give them a nudge? It would be a pity for the parcel to get stuck on its round. :-\ :-\ :-\ :-\ :-\ :-\
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I was concerned but Natasha sent me a PM to say that IrishDigger has received it so we are ok, I would have hated for it to have gone wrong directly after me!! :o ::) ;D
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Sorry everyone for confusion, I should have posted it here that I had a PM from Irish Digger and he had been away but he promised to send it to the next person this week.
:P
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Phew! ::) ::) ::) ::) ::)
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Just to let everyone know that the parcel was returned back to Irish Digger, something went wrong with FlowerLady's address, we now wait to hear from Vanessa to confirm her address and the parcel will be resent to her.
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Address sent :D and hope all is cleared up :-X ... poxey Watford again !! >:(
... getting excited now !! ;D
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Hi Flowerlady :),
I'm pleased to hear from you, not long now. :P
I just noticed that our parcel is just slightly over 3 months old.
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3 months :o cant wait for my turn :D
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A BOX :o :o :o arrived just now ..... play stopped work ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
... will be as quick as I can ... back in the post asap ;)
Natasha!! :-* ((( huge hug)))
Flo x
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Fantastic.........Cam next then me!!!! ;D
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Oh Gosh, this is brilliant,
Vanessa thank you for the hug ( I feel like I need one on a regular base) and thanks a lot to Irish Digger who kindly resent the parcel.
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Well here's another one then ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
((((( BIG HUG & THANK YOU )))))
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A BOX :o :o :o arrived just now .....
I don't think people believed me when I said a box had arrived full of seeds!! ;D I nearly passed out at the choice!!!
I wrote about it on my blog and took a pic of some of the seeds in front of the box.
http://fork-in-hell.blogspot.com/2008/01/seed-swap-heaven.html
Hope you enjoy it flowerlady.
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Gosh.....just looked at thephoto on glosterwombles sites. The box is huge. I'll have to make special arrangements with the postman again!
Natasha - I don't know what you are going to do when this one finds its way back home to you - but if it comes out again it'll need its own special delivery van!
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Glosterwomble's blog is terrific, I looked at it as well, as for the size of the parcel - well, most seeds get rehomed pretty quickly on this website! :D
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Glosterwomble's blog is terrific...
Shucks you made me blush!!! ;D
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It's back in the post now, caught the 12 noon post !! ;D
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guess what i got today?
Having forgoten that i had put my name on this list :)
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::) ;D ;D ;D ... good in't it!! ;D
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yep :)
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Brilliant,
Cam can you please put it in the post as soon as you can.
We all waiting! :P
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Its packed and ready for the post tomorrow ;)
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Me next ;D
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I can see that this is going to be another accosting of the postman job until he coughs up. I think he does this on purpose sometimes.
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is the postman safe? Did it turn up this morning?
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Hi Natasha,
I would like to thank you for organising this parcel.
It's like a surprise birthday present when it arrives.
All the best.
Irish
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Yes Cam, arrived safe and sound this morning, will turn it round and get it in the post for Monday. :)
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yippie :)
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Parcel sent First Class post to Blisters at lunch - so hopefully will arrive tomorrow???
I have put some White Oca into it but forgot the planting instructions. I'll post these tonight on this thread when I get home.
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Last year i bought 5 tubers of white oca from Real Seeds. They yielded large tubers which we ate (about 4 dinners worth in a roasted vegetable dish), lots of medium tubers which I have saved to replant this year (about 20 of these) and some smaller tubers. Comments from the forum indicate that the smaller tubers still grow good sized tubers and it is these that are in the PTP.
The Real seeds instructions are:
Use and store as you would potatoes. So store in a paper (not plastic) bag until spring. Plant in spring about a foot apart - if tips are up and there is a frost it will kill the tips, so as with potatoes earth up and protect if frost is forecast. I planted mine the same depth as my seed potatoes and in the same row. For harvesting - unlike potatoes they only form tubers when the days shorten so the advice is to leave them in the gorund until a week after frost has killed the tops. Store as per potatoes, checking regularly that none are going rotten.
The blurb on the packet also says that before eating they need to be left on a sunny windowsill for a couple of weeks to sweeten otherwise they can be a bit tart. But IMO they improve with age. The blurb also says that the size of the original tuber planted makes no difference to the size of the yield so eat the biggest and use the smaller for next years crop.
They are not susceptible to blight. I was so impressed with these ( and i can be a bit of a sceptic) that i have cut back my potato crop, bought some red oca as well so that the majority of "potatoes" this year will be oca.
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Yippee I’m after Blisters, :)
Suzanne I have never tried Oca, so I will try yours when the parcel arrives and swap for Jerusalem Artichokes. Also thanks for the planting advice.
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I put a couple of packs with 5 tubers each. If there are none left for the last on the list let me know and I will send a few seperately. I want to save a few to put in Jeannines parcel.
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Guess what arrived today ;D ;D ;D
I'll go through it tonight and get it back in the post tomorrow.
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Go home last night to find the parcel had arrived, ;D
had a good look last night and will post it off to Princescruffster today.
Thanks again Natasha,
Suzan took 2 of your Oca and there is still 4 left. :)
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Thank you,
It's getting close!
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Hurray! Hurray! It's my turn :D. Sooooooooo excited!!!
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looked at the oca online look very intresting!!
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ooooooo must be me soon :D sooo excited its better than christmas for a seedaholic ;D
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take your mind of the chocolate then!!
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Yep sure has ;D
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Princescruffster - has it arrived yet, I posted it on Friday first class?
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Hi everybody,
the parcel arrived this morning, thank you very much to all of you, I'll sort it out tonight and it will be back on the road tomorrow to those who missed this round.
This is the order:
leesa662000
star
flowerofshona
gunnerbee
I suggest that the last person on the list should be erikaz1, who has a neighbour gardening for charity and she was asking for spare veg seeds ( see her message in the swap shop), so no need to send it back to me. Can you please ask for receipt at your post office, as a proof of postage, there were some seed parcels lost and we don't want it to happen to us.
Thanks again to all lovely gardeners here.
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And a big THANK YOU Natasha for organising it. :-* :-* :-*
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Thanks Natasha
The fruits of your labours will soon be blooming
Cheers
MR
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I agree, well done Natasha for organising it and well done to everyone for posting it (or even hand delivering it ;) ;D )
I loved being involved! ;D
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Just giving this a bump, did you get the parcel leesa? Its been very quiet for a while, just wondered if its still on the way round ;)
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I'm sorry people for the delay, the parcel is on the road.
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Yay....it came this morning! I will post it on again tomorrow :D :D
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It was posted this morning and on its way to you Flowery Dawny. ;D
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Ready to mug the postman, good job he is cute ;D
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It arrived safe thi morning (poor postman looked scared of me ;D )
Will get it back in the post first thing Monday !
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Im not surprised...........you must have had that 'seed eye' look. Now that is scary, my postie shoved it through and ran ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Can I please find out where is the parcel now, did it arrive Gunnerbee?
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Has it arrived yet !! getting very worried now :(
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Hi yes, it came this morning, dont worry ;), i will post it on tommorrow, could you pm me the address i need to send it to, thanks.
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still waiting for the next address to send parcel to. thanks sarah.
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Sarah,
somehow you already asked me about that and I sent you a PM with the address and I got a reply from you saying thank you, so once again I'm sending you a PM with the address, also in the PTP envelope should be a list with the addresses, the next name on the list after yours is the one you need. This is the last person the parcel goes to.
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Sorry for the confusion!! (we already hopefully sorted it out) anyway the parcel is on the last leg of its journey, thanks very much natasha and all, it was a great swap!!!