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Sorry all, I've not been too good for a while, but on the up now, thank goodness! Will be updating very shortly, I think best to send seeds beginning of Jan.

beginning of jan. is fine by me,just recover, your health is much more important than that round robin.

Fine by me; I've got everything dried that isn't going to rot (my runner bean seeds were a disaster), so I can soon sort out what to send. How many people are on the list this year?

Fine here too, take it easy and enjoy Christmas.

Cheers all 
I'm working on numbers now, get back to you as soon as poss.

Gosh Christmas has come up quickly, just around the corner now 

Which will give me time to do some colouring in of seed packets.

I am afraid that I have to give up on my offer of Shark's Fin Melon. I've cut up a couple (still the 2012 ones) and I really do not think the seed is viable. Although I have 6 more!! I cannot keep cutting them up until used the mountain of flesh from the last one.
However my contribution - all bagged up and ready are

Brighstone Dwarf French bean (original from Galina)

http://www.gardenorganic.org.uk/assets/hsl/dwarf_french_bean_brighstone.jpg
The bean comes from the IOW where it was  supposed to have come ashore after a shipwreck and grown there for many years (HSL info)

District Nurse climbing French bean  (original from Galina)
http://www.gardenorganic.org.uk/assets/hsl/cfb_district_nurse.jpg
Given to a district Nurse by an elderly lady in Cardiff
Pretty lilac flowers followed by dramatically coloured pods, green splashed with blue (HSL info)

Purple Tepee dwarf French bean (Dobies) I like this variety because it is easy to germinate and reliable. Lovely black pods which go dark green when cooked
http://www.bbc.co.uk/gardening/plants/plant_finder/images/large_db_pics/large/vebea2385_2.jpg  (BBC)


Black sugarsweet Turnip  (HSL) interesting dark colour almost like the snake skin maple! I failed the first year as where I live turnips are winter veg and swedes the summer one, so I grew it in the wrong season. Last year it did well as a spring sowing. I believe I did a good job in netting the plants so hopefully they will be true, but as you know I am new to this seed saving stuff and it is the first brassica I have tried to save- so please "rogue out" any oddities

I'll be glad to get District Nurse. I had some seed a few years ago but none of it generated. It's been an odd year; don't worry about the shark's fin seed.

 

Sorry guys.... I went offline unexpectedly. I had a bit of a melt-down.
I feel like I have let the whole lot of you down...
I'll make up for it whenever I can. I still have the seeds...

Next year maybe?

Hi all

Where are we with this? I need to know whether to reserve seeds for this circle or to add to other circles.

*I am happy to do the admin for this circle if JayB can't do it at the moment - just let me know.

Quote from: aj on January 19, 2014, 16:11:34
Hi all

Where are we with this? I need to know whether to reserve seeds for this circle or to add to other circles.

*I am happy to do the admin for this circle if JayB can't do it at the moment - just let me know.

No, it hasn't happened yet Nigel. Jayb was unwell and postponed it to January.  I pm'ed her a week or so ago and offered my assistance, but I haven't heard back yet.  Does anybody know how Jayb is?

She has not been on here for a couple of days.

I hope she's OK.

Sorry all, I've had some sort of a bug. Just catching up on A4A 

Glad you're OK!

Oh excellent! 

JayB, I can't find your address. If you wouldn't mind pm'ing it to me I'll get my end sorted.
So pleased I haven't missed this. :)

Glad things are looking up, jayb.

Have I missed the final numbers?  I was banking on around twenty.

If we work on 14 packets of seeds to send in, hope that's ok with everyone. I'll pm my address and details tomorrow. Exciting 

Hurrah!