Seed Sharing Circle 2014?

[Jayb]

List updated, 3 more to hear back from and then we have our final number 

[Jayb]

[galina]

Oh - forgot - African Horned Cucumber aka Kiwano aka Jelly Melon.  This spiky monster should have been my little unusual, exotic plant, tucked away in the corner of the greenhouse!  Little did I know!  Like achocha, these are set to take over the world!  I ended up guiding the long vines out of the greenhouse door or they would have swamped everything! 

You halve the fruit and spoon out the central 'jelly' and eat that.  It is very juicy, and tastes like 'cucumber meets passion fruit'.  You can also shave off the cucumber-like outer flesh underneath the skin with the spikes on and that has a melon/cucumber flavour.

Definitely a fun 'fruit come vegetable' and quite a talking point with its Jurassic Park looks 

[Jayb]

They look super, been a good year for them I should think 

[Silverleaf]

Spiky cukes, awesome!

[galina]

They look super, been a good year for them I should think 

Thanks both - or beginner's luck, as this year was my first time growing them  I had no idea what to expect.

[Robert_Brenchley]

I'm in again. I've had some problems recently, since my mother had a stroke, but she's OK, and I'm still around!

[Silverleaf]

Glad to hear your mum's okay. :) and you too!

[sparrow]

My kent blues are dried and ready, and I will have thelma sanders ready - they are still maturing on the windowsill but I am getting hungry... ;)

I also have lots of lemon drop chilli and potimarron squash seeds seeds ready, though they are my favourites, I know they aren't particularly rare/exciting. I don't know if I'll have eaten the muscat de provence by the time seeds would need to be dried for sending in, but am happy to if I have and people want them. Any thoughts? I don't really want to send things in that are unwanted.

[markfield rover]

Sparrow , all sounds good to me and I am always interested in others' favourites as that is often where the flavour is.

[galina]

My kent blues are dried and ready, and I will have thelma sanders ready - they are still maturing on the windowsill but I am getting hungry... ;)

I also have lots of lemon drop chilli and potimarron squash seeds seeds ready, though they are my favourites, I know they aren't particularly rare/exciting.

Never grown lemon drop chilli = definitely rare and exciting to me   

[Silverleaf]

My kent blues are dried and ready, and I will have thelma sanders ready - they are still maturing on the windowsill but I am getting hungry... ;)

I also have lots of lemon drop chilli and potimarron squash seeds seeds ready, though they are my favourites, I know they aren't particularly rare/exciting.

Never grown lemon drop chilli = definitely rare and exciting to me   

I think I tried them the year that I was too ill to do very much, so of course they all died.

I'd definitely be interested in them!

[Jayb]

Both Lemon Drop chilli and Potimarron squash would be lovely additions and gratefully received

[galina]

Oh, don't know what happened!  We lost the photos in our earliest seed sharing circle catalogues.  Pity!  At least the text is still all there.  These are such a good reference and I often go back and check up on varieties.

https://sites.google.com/site/seedsharingcircle/seed-parcel/seed-parcel-2010

[Jayb]

I don't know why that has happened? The images have just disappeared. No recent edits on those 2 parcels, the remainder seems ok at the moment. I wonder if I can get some help fixing them with google? 

[goodlife]

Oh no....! No photos?
Honest!..I haven't been pressing the 'buttons' and caused havoc...

[sparrow]

Thanks for the vote of confidence in my seeds, much appreciated! 
I have some lovely exotic squashes and chillies for next year - can't wait!

Can't see images for the previous seed circles either on my browser .

[Jayb]

I'm in again. I've had some problems recently, since my mother had a stroke, but she's OK, and I'm still around!

Sorry about your Mum, but glad she is ok 

[Jayb]

Confirmed in the group

Galina
Goodlife
Green Lily
Markfield Rover
Silverleaf
Sparrow
Jayb
Pumpkinlover
Aj
Ian Pearson
Easyonthebrain
Ruud
Robert_Brenchley

Sadly Suek is going to pass on the circle this year, but sends her good wishes to us all for a good harvest and hopes to be back on A4A soon.

Just waiting to hear from RenewableCandy, everyone else has replied.

[RenewableCandy]

EeeeeeeeeeeeeeeK! Just seen the email from on 19th! <runs in under the wire>

[sparrow]

Gave in and baked a Thelma last night. Definitely needed a bit more maturing as the flavour was very mild, so I will wait till the end of Nov for the next one. But the amount of fat seeds is impressive. You want lots, right? ;)