Thanks for 'plaining. Yes, I am a newbie of sorts and would appreciate any seeds being offered.

We have 16 signed up so far that is so not bad considering it was posted late Friday.

In other words if you haven't signed up, what are you waiting for?? LOL

I'm still thinking. :0)

First, I need to update my trade list.
I do have 20 different seeds,hummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
cAROL

There is no rush you still have till november 30th to get it to me.

We got 25 sign ups as of right now!!

Oh and by the way BUMP!!

I am posting this to serve as a bump. I wonder if I should just start a new thread. Nawww

Here is all that have signed up

1. countrycarolyn
2. austinnhanasmom
3. daisydawnny
4. dem_pa
5. ohiovalleygardener (new)
6. mspriggs
7. fez920
8. shemeows
9. nan-6161
10. sassybutterfly_2008
11. momstar (new)
12. msirie (new)
13. molly_and_me
14. weebay
15. karan_in_oregon
16. barefootgardner12
17. beck_wi
18. ilovefarac
19. flowergirl34
20. erika_ct
21. fcoffill
22. carol57078
23. suecirish
24. tomva
25. babcia
26. bev2009
27. jodie74 (new)
28. nottougly
29. lois
30. nuttnhunee (new)
31. skywaitress (new)
32. roper2008
33. snapdragon36
34. esiuol
35. beauswatch

Bump!!

bump

42 signed up so far!!

Still time to sign up if you haven't, if you are new to winter sowing this will be great for you to pick up some good seeds. You have till november 30th to get me your package.

Seeds are packaged and will go in the mail Monday!!!!! I don't have a wish list....I like surprises!

Bump!!

Sounds great daisy!!

17 packages are already here!! Great seeds all kinds of different things. Some I have never even heard of, lol.

If you haven't signed up you still have 2 weeks to get me your package!!

All are invited!! And it is not to late to go sign up!!

My package will be out on Monday morning...Thanks for hosting!

Lisa

Mine is also going out Monday. I've been putting it off since I hate stopping at the P.O. with my two year old in tow.

I definitely want in and will send you an email. Do you try to send to same zones? On another trade, I got many seeds that were for much warmer zones.

Carmen, there is more info on the exchange side, feel free to take a peek. Though to answer your question you are to provide a wish list. There are people from all kinds of zones joining in. :)

We have 21 packages here, and over 50 signed up. It is not to late to join in the seed frenzy, lol.

I'm in. Sent you an email for your addy. thanks for hosting!

Hi,
My seeds are going in the mail today.
weebay

29 packages here 60 signed up!! WOW!!

11 days to get me your package, so if you have been lurking YES you still have time to sign up!!

Newbies are so welcome!! Lots of very generous people donating wonderful seeds!!

If you have any questions feel free to shoot me an email.

Carolyn, Thanks for offering to do the wintersowing swap this year. I'd like to participate this year. Now let me see if I understand the rules correctly. We are to send you a SASBE, postage to cover 20 pkts of seed, a wishlist of seeds we'd like to have. How much postage should we send for 20 pkt. to be returned to us? Maybe I can go back over Token's postings last year when he did the swap or ask him. When does this start? I guess the sooner we get our request in the better since the holidays are fast approaching. I don't know how to make labels by computer so my labels will be handwritten. Is that okay? Should we sent you an email ahead of time with our wish list?

I know this is a stupid question but you keep writing about something being on the Exchange side..what are you referring to? Is there another forum for this wintersowing swap? Maybe somebody else reading this can explain it to me. Duh!

Pippi, yes, there is another post on the exchange side of the winter sowers forum. I will post the link below. It has all the rules on there, but I pretty much went by token's outline, as a matter of fact I just copied and pasted it. It is 20 packs of seed. All different types of seed. You send me 20 packs of seed, along with your request for what you would like to receive back. Also include a label and enough postage for the trip back. I am recommending people send about 5 stamps for a medium sized bubble mailer. I seriously do not believe that it will be over 4 stamps but I am asking for 5 for that just in case factor. Anything I do not use I will return to you. I will reuse the same bubble mailer you send me and I will send your new seeds back to you. I plan to have everyone their packages back before december 21st. Which I am giving myself a very short time frame to have everything sorted and mailed back so I am asking everyone to please try their best to have me their bubble mailers no later than november 30th and sooner if at all possible.

I sure hope that explains it to you if you have anymore questions feel free to take a look at the link provided below.

We now have 10 days to get me your package and there are already 32 packages here!! 5 days till thanks giving can you believe it where did that sneak up from. I haven't even finished shopping for my thanks giving grocery list, uh oh.

P.S. Token is the one that said that I need to request 5 stamps. :D

Here is a link that might be useful: Winterswap 2010

33 packages here, we are getting to the last available days of sign ups, so if you want to join in on the seed frenzy now is the time.

Bump :D!!!

As long as you can get your package off on or before this coming monday which I believe is the 29th, there is still time to sign up.

I had to start a new thread, below is the new link.

Here is a link that might be useful: Winterswapping 2010, thread 2

43 packages here, if you want to be in the swap, all I ask is that you have your packaged mailed out on monday.

Here is a quick list of the winter sowers swap!!

1. countrycarolyn (here)
2. austinnhanasmom (package arrived)
3. daisydawnny (package arrived)
4. dem_pa (package arrived)
5. mspriggs
6. fez920 (package arrived)
7. shemeows (package arrived)
8. nan-6161
9. sassybutterfly_2008
10. momstar (new)
11. msirie (new)
12. molly_and_me (package arrived)
13. weebay (package arrived)
14. barefootgardner12
15. beck_wi (package arrived)
16. ilovefarac (package arrived)
17. flowergirl34 (package arrived)
18. erika_ct
19. fcoffill
20. carol57078 (package arrived)
21. suecirish (package arrived)
22. tomVA (package arrived)
23. babcia (package arrived )
24. bev2009 (package arrived)
25. jodie74 (new) (package arrived)
26. nottougly (package arrived)
27. lois (package arrived)
28. nuttnhunee (new) (package arrived)
29. skywaitress (new) (package arrived)
30. roper2008 (package arrived)
31. snapdragon36 (package arrived)
32. esiuol
33. beauswatch (package arrived)
34. outdoorgirl13 (new)
35. efrosty1 (new)
36. velsgarden
37. gee_oh_nyc (package arrived)
38. shrlieb (package arrived)
39. cyn9876
40. hibiscusfan (package arrived)
41. beautifulreddahlias (package arrived)
42. sherrih (package arrived)
43. bozemeier (package arrived)
44. grdngramma (package arrived)
45. edie_h
46. drippy (package arrived)
47. ishareflowers (package arrived)
48. mokey
49. daisyb
50. yorktownpatty (new)(package arrived
51. sharon5840 (new)
52. carmen_grower_2007 (package arrived)
53. muddypaws4ever (package arrived)
54. Patrcia531 (package arrived)
55. buturfliis_mom
56. manda3 (new)(package arrived)
57. molanic (package arrived)
58. shanta_5
59. hostaformez4 (package arrived)
60. farmergirl2009 (package arrived)
61. started_with_bean (package arrived)
62. pippi21 (package arrived)
63. palmetto_gardener (new)
64. amybeth82 (new)
65. billstickers (new)
66. sundog2010 (new)

Are you taking pictures of the different stages and envelopes like Token did..You're going to be really busy, gal..you can do it, you can! Thanks again for doing the swap this year.

I haven't taken any pictures but I am sure when they all get here I will. I have taken quick peeks at some of the packages but I will be honest I have not started seperating yet. When everyones package has arrived that is in transit I will bury my head and take a picture for you and get busy. I am excited to start!!

I seriously plan to get everyone their package back in plenty of time for people to research their new seeds before winter solstice.

Well the exchange side of the forum is down. So for now till that issue is resolved I guess I will use this thread for my post.

Well I got everything sorted and packed, WHEW!!! (Of course I cleaned up a little before posting this, lol) I got to the last 20 and ran out of tape to seal your packages up. So needless to say I will not be going to the store tonight. Tomorrow I will for sure be at the post office with all but 1 package. She knows who she is, I already contacted her. For the rest of you though if your not excited it is time to get excited. Whoooo hoooo!!

Velsgarden, I will for sure get yours out monday!!

When you get your packages please let me know. Hopefully we will have the other thread working to where we can use it but if not just post here.

Thank you everyone for joining in on the seed madness!!!!

Wow Carolyn! You are FAST! Thanks so much for managing the swap this year. I can't wait for my seeds!

Take a break and drink some cocoa. :D

Erika

Thank you so much! I am VERY excited. It's just what I need to chase my blues away. Hubby picked up 3 40 lb bags of potting mix to get me started.

Wow, Im super jealous of all of you. I just found this post today and Im like 2 weeks late to get in on the action. Bummer.
In the spirit of winterswap, Im going to go sow some old seeds I have anyway. Better luck next swap!!

Makgalleries, I do have some commons left over. The rare or unusual seeds are gone. If you need some seeds I would be more than happy to do an sasbe for you. Just note they are common seeds.

Anyone else that is new to winter sowing or you would like to get a hold of seeds just to try it out. Shoot me an email, I would be more than happy to do an sasbe. As of right now I can at least do 3 to 4 packages of a good abundance of common seeds.

Yay Carolyn!! So excited for my first wintersowing and to see what kind of seeds arrive. Thanks for being such a speed queen!

Ya are welcome, I really enjoyed it and I learned quite a bit also. So it was well worth doing, but I was also glad to get it done, and see those packages gone, lol.

I hope everyone is happy with the selection of seeds that you got. Some of you were quite difficult, so I really tried my best. One of you got something that I was eye balling the entire time. I really had a hard time coming off of it, I wanted it so bad it was even on my want list before the swap . Well I will be honest I did take about 5 seeds out of the package, and sent the rest. That same person got a gag package of flowers, LOL. Just as a harmless joke, it was probably about 2:00 am and I was tired and silly. I won't say who, but feel free to share it with us when you get it, it is clearly marked as a joke.

Anywho let me know what you think about the seeds you got cause granted not all wishes were met, but I can promise you this You guys were dealt first. I did score a few things that no one asked for or that were left over or in major abundance that I was extremely excited about getting. So I want to say thank you to all of you!!

As for the extra newbie seeds I have 3 people that have spoken for the seeds already. Billstickers, I received yours yesterday, and I will be filling it shortly. After I fill those 3, assuming they will send off a bubble mailer, I will post to let you guys know if I have enough seeds for any more. As for right now that offer is closed!!!

Thanks again everyone for making this what I hope to be a great swap, without all of ya it wouldn't of happened!!

I received my seeds today and was very happy. Thanks for your hard work, Carolyn, and thanks to everyone for the great seeds. Counting the days....

Hi, Carolyn - I posted on the exchange page - got my seeds today, thanks!

Hi Carolyn! Hi everyone! A very stuffed seed envelope arrived today. *happy dance* Thank you!

And where did you get seeds for carrion flower? :-D Yes, folks, this was the joke item. I laughed as soon as saw this, and I'm still giggling as I type.

There's more than one plant called carrion flower. I knew about two already. One is a succulent called stapelia; there are several species, all with cool-looking star-shaped flowers. Another is amorphophallus, with several species, all with flowers that are, um, phallic. Several other plants have earned the name "carrion flower" too. All of them smell like a well-ripened dead animal when in full bloom. The question is, which plant are these seeds from? Do I want to know?

This page has a great non-gardening partner photo. (Would you do this to your sweetheart?) Visiting a blooming amorphophallus titanum.
http://www.sarracenia.com/faq/faq5950.html

Houston's Museum of Natural Science had an amorphophallus titanum bloom this July. Photos at the link below.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/hmns/sets/72157624313053793/

What makes this particularly amusing is that I've already shown my boyfriend both of these links. Joked about planting "special" flowers in the front hell strip for pedestrians to enjoy. We live three blocks from the downtown shopping district, so there's lots of foot traffic. He immediately said no way, and I had to clarify that I was kidding. Well, of course I was. The back yard would be much safer. ;-) Now, I get to show him that I have seeds. "Look, honey, I don't know what these are exactly, I'll figure that out when they grow, but wow, they are going to reek!" LOL

On a serious note, I do have one suggestion for next time: it might be a good idea for us to include a "what I sent in" list on the same sheet of paper as the wish list. I sent in orange butterfly weed and cleome, and got both back in the swap. Not my own seed, but other gardener's. That's OK, I can just swap them again. :-)

Edie_h, I am so glad you got a good kick out of that!! I was wondering if you had got your seeds yet. While I was packing seeds it was extremely late and I was tired and extremely goofy. I had remembered your post earlier about searching high and low for flowers that had a great fragrance, so LOL..... LOL I thought ok this will be a perfect joke, LOL.

The one that sent them in was grdngramma, maybe she can tell us more about them.

I know I sure got a GREAT laugh over them!! I am still laughing!! LOL

Carolyn,received my seeds today,thankyou,now I am really Really REALLY excited for wintersowing to start,thanx everybody,thankyou velsgarden,
GREAT JOB hosting this swap,Carolyn

I posted without adding, I truly apologize about you getting the same seeds back!! I think that would be a great idea of adding a sent list in.

Also, I was in such laughter over here, that is even funnier that you showed your boyfriend pictures before of those plants and you ended up with the seeds. To funny!!

"Countrycarolyn" thank you so much for taking on the hosting of this swap. I received my seeds today and would like to thank all those who participated. THANK YOU to all. I am so excited to try all of these out!
I wish all of you a very Merry Christmas!
Tina

Hello Carolyn,
I got my seeds today. Thanks for hosting the swap and for your thoughtful selection! I'm posting on the exchanges too.
George

Hello,

Looks like this WS newbie missed out on the action. Any chance there will be another swap planned? Many thanks.

Hi Carolyn,got my seeds today and am very excited.Thank you so much for hosting this swap.You did a great job.

You all are welcome,hope you enjoy them.I just thought they would be a nice little gift,especially for seed lovers like ourselves.

I want to thank everyone that sent in seeds.I love everything I got.MERRY CHRISTMAS everyone and HAPPY WINTERSOWING

If anyone hasn't gotten their packages by friday besides billstickers and msrie PLEASE let me know!!

All but 2 were mailed thursday the 9th!! The last package was mailed on monday the 13th and I see she got hers!!

If I don't hear from you I will automatically assume you got it.

I got my seeds yesterday. Thank you.

Sue it sounds like I owe you some postage, I apologize about that mix up!!

I got my seeds yesterday. Great assortment - I'm so excited to get started on my wintersowing!

Thanks Carolyn!

Velsgarden - Oops, I didn't say thank you before, because I was laughing too hard over the stinky "fragrant" plant. Thank you, that was sweet.

Gardenunusual - I don't know whether there's another big swap planned, but if you really want to trade, why wait? Have you checked the Seed Exchange forum? There are always people there looking to trade seeds. Sometimes people trade seeds in exchange for non-seed items, such as plant labels. And some nice people give away seeds for postage. You can post there with your "haves" and "wants" and see who responds. I checked, and I don't have anything on your "want" list. Clearly I need to move, so I can have a bigger garden. :-D

And I am thrilled with my new seed collection. You wonderful people sent in some exciting and unusual seeds. I received some that have been on my want list for a long time. :-)

-Edie

Skywaitress..I rec'd Burgundy guaillaria in the WS swap from you and I'm so delighted. Wanted to say Thanks and ask if you will email me, so we can talk about another possible trading of seeds.