I'd love to join in. Please notify me with the mailing address. Thanks, Jen

Welcome to the swap Jensyen! I'll be sending you an email.

I love this swap, count me in!

Welcome to our swap, SubruralGirl! I'll send you an email.

Here's our current list:

Socalgardengal
Veganruthie - Received
Julia42
Dem_pa
Clay_lady
sassybutterfly_2008
borge99
Blingbrown
happygardener23
garden_love
skyblue52
HelenB1949
Jensyen
SubruralGirl

Veganruthie, I received your seeds this weekend - Thanks!

-Julia

would love to join! Please count me in if not too late =)

Mailed my seeds yesterday.

Don

Welcome, Pinkiris! I'll send you an email. Here's our list now:

Socalgardengal
Veganruthie - Received
Julia42
Dem_pa
Clay_lady
sassybutterfly_2008
borge99
Blingbrown
happygardener23
garden_love
skyblue52
HelenB1949
Jensyen
SubruralGirl
Pinkiris

I'll be looking for your envelope Don - thanks!

-Julia

I'm in! I just emailed you Julia.

My seeds are going out today. Thank you!

Sounds good! Here's our current list - I've received a few more packages.

Socalgardengal - Received
Veganruthie - Received
Julia42 - Me
Dem_pa
Clay_lady - Received
sassybutterfly_2008
borge99
Blingbrown
happygardener23
garden_love
skyblue52
HelenB1949
Jensyen
SubruralGirl
Pinkiris
Scorpioangel

We have 5 more days to sign up, for any of you lurkers out there!

Have a great weekend!
Julia

I mailed my seeds out today and forgot to put the return address label and stamps in! I will get them out into the mail tomorrow!

My seeds are on their way! Julia, Thanks for hosting. It looks like you're going to be busy. We should all post our favorite salad recipes while we are waiting. What do you think?

That's a nice idea! What's your favorite? It's kind of hard to pick, but it seems like my favorite is always the salad from the season that's not quite here yet... Right now I'm looking forward to :

1 sliced cucumber
3 sliced tomatoes
chopped fresh basil
fresh goat cheese
salt
squeeze of lemon

However, what I'm currently eating is this type of salad (which is really good, too):

Fresh picked lettuce
Chickweed
topped with a sliced radish
shredded carrots
4 sliced strawberries
fresh goat cheese
pecans
homemade grapefruit/vanilla dressing

Yum! I'll be missing the lettuce salads later on while I'm eating my cucumber/tomato salads. The grass is always greener, right?

I grow about 5-10 varieties of lettuce every year. My new favorites this year are "Grandpa Admire's" and "Crisp Mint", which really takes the warmer days around here well.

-Julia

My favorite.
MANDARIN ORANGE AND ALMOND SALAD
1/2 c. chopped Almonds, toasted with 1 Tbsp Sugar *
6-8 c. Romaine Lettuce or Lettuce of choice
1/2 cup sliced Celery
2-4 sliced Green Onions
1 lg can Mandarin Oranges, drained
DRESSING: Shake in a jar
1/3 c. Vegetable Oil
3 Tbsp. Sweetener of choice
1/4 c. chopped Parsley
3 Tbsp. Vinegar
1/2 tsp. Salt
Dash of Back Pepper
Toss the dressing and salad just before serving. Sprinkle with toasted almonds.
* Carefully toast almonds in a skillet til golden. With wooden spoon, carefully spread out on foil to cool. Break apart when cooled.
I take this sweet and nutty salad to parties and it's always a hit. I always keep a can or two of mandarin oranges in my pantry. Sometimes I add thinly sliced red onions instead of scallions. For an asian twist I substitute chow mein noodles, peanuts, red pepper, sesame seeds and grilled chicken. You can add a teaspoon of peanut butter and soy or fish sauce to the dressing and omit the salt. I wish I were having this for lunch today. But alas, I'll probably make a PB&J sandwich.

Just a reminder that today is the last day to sign up for our Salad Swap! Anyone else want to join?

Please let me know if your name is on the list of participants, but you haven't received an email from me.

I've received a few more envelopes, so here's an updated list:

Socalgardengal - Received
Veganruthie - Received
Julia42 - Me
Dem_pa -Received
Clay_lady - Received
sassybutterfly_2008
borge99
Blingbrown
happygardener23
garden_love
skyblue52
HelenB1949
Jensyen - received
SubruralGirl
Pinkiris
Scorpioangel

Thanks!
Julia

Julia ~ I apologize but I am going to have to drop from the swap. I just haven't got the time yet to put my package together and the rest of the week and weekend are overloaded with work and school. *sigh* I am very sorry but it looks like you have a lovely bunch and I'm sure it'll be a great outcome. Happy Gardening everyone!

mailed my seeds out today.

Mailed mine today

Mailed my seeds today. Tried emailing you with my wish list, but it wouldnt allow me to email you back, said it came from GW.

I mailed my seeds on Friday

Hi Pinkiris,

I thought I already had posted a reply to you but now it isn't here - strange. I wanted to ask you if you included a wish list in your package. If so, that should be fine - I don't need it in email form. However, if you didn't include one in the package, let me know and I'll email you from my regular email so you can send a reply with your wish list in it.

Thanks!
Julai

Julia

I forgot to include the wish list in my package, lol. Please email me so I can send it to you, or I can send through the mail. Thanks. =)

PinkIris, I sent you an email with my email address.

Also, I've received a package with no GardenWeb name in it (that I've found). It's from a "Susan", and has a lot of full seed packages. Let me know who you are so I can add your info to my spreadsheet!

Thanks,
Julia

I think also in my missing post was my reply to SassyButterfly_2008 where I said that it's no problem! These things happen and sometimes the business of life sneaks up on us... I hope you have a great gardening year - best of luck in 2013!

Also, it contained an updated list. Here it is:

Socalgardengal - Received
Veganruthie - Received
Julia42 - Me
Dem_pa -Received
Clay_lady - Received
borge99
Blindingbrown - Received
happygardener23 - Received
garden_love - Received
skyblue52 - Received (I think you're Susan?)
HelenB1949
Jensyen - received
SubruralGirl
Pinkiris
Scorpioangel

I'm now waiting on 5 packages. 3 days left!

Happy gardening everyone!

-Julia

Today I received 3 more packages, so here is our list:

Socalgardengal - Received
Veganruthie - Received
Julia42 - Me
Dem_pa -Received
Clay_lady - Received
borge99 - Received
Blindingbrown - Received
happygardener23 - Received
garden_love - Received
skyblue52 - Received (I think you're Susan?)
HelenB1949 - Received
Jensyen - received
SubruralGirl
Pinkiris - Received
Scorpioangel

So now I'm just waiting on Subruralgirl and Scorpioangel. The sorting will begin soon - I have quite a variety of seeds here!

-Julia

I received Scopioangel's envelope today, so now I'm just waiting on SubruralGirl's - let me know if your envelope is on the way! Tomorrow's the deadline for seeds to be in.

Thanks,
Julia

Sorting lots of little packages of seeds! Subruralgirl, I still haven't received your envelope or heard from you, so I'm assuming you dropped the swap...

Hopefully I'll have these sorted and mailed by tomorrow or Saturday.

Happy Gardening!
-Julia

that is fast!!!

Well, we'll see. I'm sort of regretting posting that - now I'm starting to think Monday may be more reasonable!

-Julia

that is still really fast. thank you for hosting this swap

Mailing out four packages today:

Veganruthie
Jensyen
Scorpioangel
Pinkiris

More to come!

Okay! Today I mailed out:

Socalgardengal
Dem_pa
Clay_lady
borge99
Blindingbrown
happygardener23
garden_love
skyblue52
HelenB1949

So that takes care of all our participants. Let me know as you guys receive your packages so I know the seeds all made it home all right. I hope everybody enjoys what I sent!

Now I just need to get my own package together for the cucumber & melon swap...

-Julia

Thank you Julia for hosting and Thank you everyone for sharing seeds! Will let you know when I receive my package :) ~ Christine

Is anyone else having issues with getting a pantene ad whenever you try to click on a post? very frustrating. took me 10 mins to finally get here.

I received my package today, THANK YOU EVERYONE!!! I'm going to have one of the best salads I've ever had real soon! Thank you for the wonderful choices Julia :)

I received my package today =) Thank you so much for everything, cant wait to get my garden going again!

received mine today-Thank you Julia for hosting and all who shared some really great seeds !

received mine today-Thank you Julia for hosting and all who shared some really great seeds !

I received my seeds today. A big thank you to Julia for being a great host and selecting wonderful seeds for me. And a thank you to everyone who shared their seeds. Hope your gardens grow well this year.

I received my package today. Wow, I was blown away by the variety and generosity of everyone. This was my year swapping non-tomato group swaps, and the first package that I've received. I had no idea what to expect. Seeing how generous everyone was I wish that I had known to be a bit more heavy-handed when shaking out my seed packages. Please forgive me, I'll know better next time. I am so excited to look up all of the plants that I received. Thank you all again and a very special thank you to Julia for all of your work.

I received my seeds today. Thanks to all who contributed to my seed addiction. Thanks also to a great hostess.

Don

Hi everybody! I'm glad you're all happy with your seeds! It's always a lot of fun hosting these things and seeing all the different varieties that people send in, so thanks to all of you for participating!

Garden_love, I got your package sent back to my address today. It looks like the label with your address came off, so the envelope had my address on it again (it was under the label). Anyhow, I'll send it back out tomorrow.

Happy Gardening!

-Julia

That no problem! You should get those stamps soon too if you havnt already!

I'm a bit late to post, but I did receive my seeds. Thank you to all participants as I now have a few unknown-to-me varieties to plant for my household! This was the 2nd seed swap I've ever participated in and I'm hooked (and more aware of how everything works). Thank you to our gracious hostess as well!

I have not received my package yet, can you tell me when it was sent? Thanks!

Monica in New Rochelle, NY

Hi Monica,

I mailed your package out on March 2, which would have been a full week ago... Boy, I hope it gets to you - I haven't had a package get lost in the mail before. :(

I'm sorry - give it a little longer to see if it shows up. Maybe I can pull some seed together for you if it doesn't...

-Julia

I got mine yesterday and thank you very much! What a great job!

Hello received my seeds. great Thank you for hosting

Julia,

I received my seeds today. I could not be happier with the selections, the variety, and the number of seeds. Not sure why it was delayed, but I'm very grateful they've arrived.

Thank you,

Monica a.k.a. BlindingBrown

Hi Monica! I'm so happy your seeds showed up! I was just thinking I show go through my stash today to see how many extra packets I could pull out for you if they never made it. I'm really glad you liked the variety, too.

There's still a few people I haven't heard from. I hope everyone else has received their seeds too...

Thanks,
Julia