HSL Catalogue

[Jeannine]

Saddad ,if you don't get your Chicago warted I have loads XX Jeannine

[Jeannine]

[saddad]

Thanks Jeannine, but I put them top of my list so I should be OK... do you have a couple of spare Triamble? The plant you sent me keeled over while quite young... I lost most of my Squash last year!!! Not even any Crown Prince in the shed!!
:(
Deb, When I read that " I woke up Grumpy" I thought you were talking about Andy!!!  :-[

[Jeannine]

I do XX Jeannine

[Suzanne]

I ordered beans (climbing and french) and round peas.

Some of the seeds though are available commercially, I have for instance some Old Homestead already.

PS Saddad I am not a shift worker but sometimes can't sleep so either work, play spider solitaire or trawl the net.

[Deb P]

Deb, When I read that " I woke up Grumpy" I thought you were talking about Andy!!!  :-[

;D ;D ;D

My catalogue still hasn't arrived though, in fact we didn't get any post at all today which is unusual...perhaps my postie has an new perchant for heritage seeds.....?!

[barkingdog]

you are not alone, mine has still not arrived either!  :'(

barkingdog

[Deb P]

Yippee! Got mine yesterday, form back in the post this morning! 8)

I requested CFB 'San Antonio' and 'Purple Giant', Peas 'Parsley' and 'Dun', and Tomatoes 'Darby Striped Green & Yellow', and 'Peacevine Cherry'. I found it quite hard to choose just 6 though......... :-\

[flowerofshona2007]

Not got one here either but it might be cos i only sent off for membership yesterday  ;D   ;D

[barkingdog]

Got mine yesterday  ;D  ;D  ;D

Have picked 20 varieties so far! Just need to whittle it down a tad!!!  ;)

barkingdog

[saddad]

If you don't get some you really want  many of us are already saving varieties...
;D

[barkingdog]

Just wondered if anyone had ever used the seed swap section of the catalogue? Do you just write to the people and ask for a few seeds?

barkingdog

[saddad]

I haven't but I was thinking of writing to someone who wants something I have. I also took some round to someone whose addy was in Derby a couple of years ago!
;D

[bupster]

Arrived! I have:

Yellow intermediate Mangel
Dwarf French Bean Negritos
Pea Parsley
Carrot Blanche a Collet Vert
Climbing French Bean San Antonio
Aubergine Szechuan
Asparagus Kale

If anyone wanted any of these and missed out will be happy to share (be quick though  :))

[barkingdog]

Mine have arrived too and I got all 6 of my top choices so I'm chuffed  ;D

I got:

Climbing French Bean - San Antonia
Climbing French Bean - Blue Coco
Pea - Epicure
Pea - Uncle Fred's
Pea - Time out of Mind
Tomato - Auntie Madge's
[Lucky dip] Tomato - Broad Ripple Yellow Currant

As you can see I'm continuing my quest obsession for unusual beans/peas  ;D  ;D  ;D

Am looking forward to the Spring!

barkingdog

[saddad]

 :'(
Mine haven't arrived yet...

[mikey]

:'(
Mine haven't arrived yet...

Nor mine .......... went for Climbing French Beans this year

If they do not show up tomorrow will send Rachel (the very helpful membership and admin lady) an email.
Last year they came through the door 5 days after I posted my request form

[Jeannine]

Min3e arrived today, just what I ordered too.

Climbing French Bean.
San Antonio 
Bridgewater


Pea   
Time out of mind


Tomato
Porter
Cheethams Potato Leaf
Madame Jardel's Black

and a lucky dip Dwarf French Bean Negritos

XX Jeannine
   

[mikey]

I sent Rachel at HSL an email on the 7th Jan telling her my order was in but no seeds received as yet.

I was starting to throw my toys out of my Pram when Rachel replied

Quote .......

Thank you for your recent enquiry regarding your 2008 HSL Seed Request.

Unfortunately, a problem with our PO Box meant that we didn't begin to receive orders until 20th December, by which time there was a rather large backlog.

I believe that we cleared the last of the pre-Christmas arrivals on Friday and they were dispatched on 4th January. We do have a couple of orders here that arrived without a name or address label, making it impossible to send them out. However, these did not arrive until the new year, so are unlikely to be yours.

If you still haven't received your order by Monday 14th January, please drop me another email, listing the seeds you requested and I will arrange for them to be dispatched to you.

Apologies for any inconvenience this may have caused you.
...... Unquote

What lovely people they are at HSL (and HDRA)
I can now sleep nights  ;D

[Suzanne]

Thanks for this - mine haven't arrived yet - but also I didn't get the blank label to fill in so I made one of my own and attached it to the order.

I think I will drop them a note to make sure!

Also they seem to have charged me twice for membership this year - just got another invoice saying they have debited my account.

[Multiveg]

No sign of seeds either. Still, not expecting to sow any this month!
They still have difficulties with their PO Box. I posted a message over in the HDRA forums.