anyone interested in a seed swap? i have organic squash, beans, okra and pumpkin seed

[peacebird]

most was from heirloom stock. Would love to trade with folks! I generally survive the whole dead of winter thing by obsessing over seed catalogs and checking my seed collection... then come November (WAY too early - I know) I start the seedlings.....
Anyone want to start a swap?
:-)

[Esra Star]

1. Good work on the seed saving.

I think your work will only become more critical as the years go by.
Do you have a LETS trading system working in your area?

Cheers

[peacebird]

2. seed saving has always seemed second nature to me.... as is seed sharing,

but i'm sorry - what is a "LETS" system? (silly me - i probably should know...)

[Esra Star]

17. This is the Wiki reference.

It will either give you the idea, or a link to another site will help.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Local_Exchange_Trading_Systems



Cheers

[Sonoman]

3. Are you familiar with these guys?

www.rareseeds.com

Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds.

I sell them in my store. They have over 1400 different seeds. Heirloom stocks tended to by Amish folks in Missouri.

Sonoman

[peacebird]

4. i have bought from them in the past - very nice seed selections! But as a seed saver

I like to share and get the seeds back out into the world! :-)

[NEOhiodemocrat]

5. Only organic seeds I have are butternut squash

I am interested in some pumpkin seed as the ones I saved to plant for last year were all vine and pretty flowers and nary a pumpkin in the mix. I am thinking I might have gotten some of those genetically altered ones that won't reproduce. So was stuck with a 20x20 area of nice vines with no results.

[peacebird]

6. my sweet pie pumpkins are small but very tasty! email me if you would like some seeds

they are about four times the size of an average grapefruit....

[InvisibleTouch]

7. I have most of the same seeds...

...otherwise I'd be up for it!

[ClayZ]

8. I am a seed saver, too. I would love to swap!

Last few swaps were in the form of surprise swap through the mail. Loved what I got and what I sent.


I have been a seed saver for a 20 years. I am almost organized :)

Put me on your list!

[peacebird]

10. send me an email with your info and I will send some seeds!

[ClayZ]

19. Done :)

I am getting a little collection ready for you, too!

[Mojorabbit]

9. I had horrible luck this past year

The worst in twenty years. THe weather was so wacky. Keep me in mind for next year. I only grow heirloom veggies. Hopefully this coming year will be better.

[peacebird]

11. how about i send you some organic heirloom seeds to get you mojo back?

email me and I will send some your way!

[1monster]

12. I only have flower seeds that I've saved. For whatever reason, I have not been

very successful growing food plants.

I have Heavenly Blue Morning Glory, Lavender Morning Glory (this grows wild here with a tremendous bumper crop ever seven or eight years), Scarlett Runner, and Queen Elizabeth Rose Seeds from my 25 year old hybrid rose bush. It is very hardy and doesn't take a tremendous amount of care as many rose bushes do.

Oh, and a couple of Bing Cherry Tree seeds.

[peacebird]

13. gosh - the rose, lavendar and morning glory sound awesome!!!

is there anything I can send you in return?

[1monster]

16. Well, we just tore up an old and decrepit deck that covered about 400 sq ft and

I'm hoping to start a garden in the spring. First I have to get the soil leveled (I had a chow many years ago and he went under the deck and dug himself some hollows) and built up with humus and fertilizer. Maybe you could advise me on how to grow edibles!

P.M. and I'll get you some lavender and blue morning glory seeds as well as some of my Queen Elizabeths. I have grown some of those bushes from seed. They are very slow growing the first year or so, but well worth the time.

[Lucinda]

14. Seed catalogs are my vice

I don't have anything to swap this year...love the idea though!

[peacebird]

15. as I said above - gardeners LOVE to share - email me and I will send you some seeds!

what would you like?

[frylock]

18. cool thread!

kicking

[peacebird]

20. ok - packing up little packages of seeds and will ship them on Monday

to all who emailed me their addresses!

:-)