I too received an amazing package from Gary yesterday with so many varieties of beans, peas, melons, peppers, and even some greens! I'm really looking forward to spring now and trying to decide where I can steal a bit more space for the veggie garden. Thank you so much, Gary. (If the greens were intended for someone else, I will be happy to forward them.)

Holy seeds galore! Thank you Gary for all the wonderful seeds. My mom LOVES tomatoes and hasn't found one she didn't like and watermelons. My mom said to tell you she said thank you very much. She is looking forward to planting and trying the different tomatoes and watermelons.

I LOVE cucumbers and can't wait to get planting. Love love love the Zinnia seeds! Thank youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu Can you hear me squealing? LOL

Hey Gary

I’m jumping up and down with happiness, too. I’m so psyched to get such an amazing huge batch of seeds and such a great selection. I’ll be starting many of these tomorrow since our temps are back up in the 80’s. I’ll be up half the night googling a lot of the names especially the peppers - so many varieties that I have never heard of.

Your kindness is epic and I truly can’t thank you enough!

Hope your 2020 seasons are blessed and prosperous!

~Susie

Gary (tormato).....thanks so much! What a lovely surprise! Seeds...Seeds....Seeds! Fantastic selection!!

Okra...Burgandy, Hills Country Red and Eagle Pass

Peppers...Fattall Red, Fatall Yellow, Trinidad Scorpion Orange Pepper, Carolina Reaper, Chocolate Scorpian, Satan's Kiss, 7 pot Orange, 7 pot yellow, Black Cobra

I don't know all of these but I will certainly read about them. You are so generous!!

Thank you so much!! Happy New Year to you and yours!!

Annie

Thank you tormato/Gary for the seeds. All extras, I appreciate it. Will be looking some of these up. I’m excited about the Korean melon, been trying to get seeds for it to grow this summer, now I’m all set. Thank you again.

Gary, Thank you so much for the envelope with the marigold and peter pepper seeds. I'm looking forward to giving the peppers another try.

I can't believe it but I forgot to post a Thank you to primrose/Karen for the beautiful package of seeds sent me. Thank you Karen, you spoiled me!

I HEREBY NOMINATE GARY/TORMATO AS THIS YEAR'S OFFICIAL SANTA! Can I get a second to my motion?

I'll second that! He's also known as Captain & Chief Enabler- a man of many hats.

I just hope everything germinates.

And, any seeds received with less than 5 in a pack means that's the last of my stash. There's absolutely no obligation to grow them. But, if you want more, you'll have to save them.

Karol,

Please email me (dwcmuseum"at"yahoo.com) to discuss giant tomatoes and the county fair. Those seeds are not in you package, as I'm awaiting responses to my requests, and will then mail them later.

Gary Thank you for all the different kinds of tomato seeds. Can't wait to see them grow and taste them!!!

Four more to go. With a storm coming and a long holiday weekend, they should go out on Tuesday.

Yesterday - PawPaw (USPS Tracking #)

(9500 1124 3577 0016 4656 35)

Gary, I planted some micro tomatoes a few days ago in my mini greenhouse from park seed, and they're beginning to sprout! Yayyyy!!!

Dan -the micros are so much fun! Plus, you can do them all year long. Enjoy!

Email sent Gary! No worries! So very thankful for all you have done. You are a true seed keeper, and a gem!

Gary,

Thank you for the approximately 20 kinds of pepper and 7 kinds of flower seeds you sent in a Christmas card! I wouldn't have thought it possible! I have started all the peppers already. Thanks for your great generosity!

Susan

Going out today - Roll Tide Roll :)

You like.

But, I forgot your note on warty squash. Summer, winter, or both?

OMG Tormato! The envelope arrived today and wow! You have been so incredibly generous, and I can easily plant my garden many times over with the amount of seeds and variety you included in the envelope - beans, beets, tomatoes, flowers, greens, melons - the list goes on and on! Thank you so much! I already see so many in this package that I want to grow - I'll have to figure out where to start!

Mandy

Tomato

could you PLEASE remove the tracking number .. it shows the persons address and isn’t safe to post. Please email the info to the person

thanks for being so kind and generous to everyone !

Done. I had no idea it showed addresses.

Gary, I wouldn't worry about it. There are easier ways to get an address than data mining a thread on houzz.

Gary, you rock! Today I got your great gift. Captain, oh my captain, you sure do know how to give a gal flowers! Such an awesome array! I just spent the evening researching their germination needs and thinking about where I want to put them. And the single brassica, which I will tuck into the vegetable garden somewhere (looking for my shoe horn....). Thank you thank you!

Santa Santa Santa .... I mean ... Gary, Gary, Gary .... WOW ....THANK YOU ever so kindly ... You are the BEST ... just when I thought I had my 'plans' ready for what I was going to get started and here comes flying in THE MOST AMAZING PACKAGE ... welp ... there went my 'plans' flying out the window LOL! ... all I know is ... I need more real estate, LOL! THANK YOU VERY MUCH Gary! ROLL TIDE =)

One more going out today, Rocky Mountain high. ;)

Then, just one more to go.

I've got several different spreadsheets going trying to organize the flowers I got from this swap (and a few I bought for myself- who could resist?) Thanks again to all who contributed; you are still bringing much joy daily to my life, and will be throughout the coming year. (Longer, if you gave me perennials ;-) )

Thank you to Tormato for THE BEST overstuffed envelope ever. An incredible ho ho ho was waiting in my mailbox after returning home from a weekend away . Gary, you are an enabler extraordinaire. My garden is getting bigger and bigger....

I'm still waiting to hear from upcountrygirl, if you're reading. Please pick varieties from my posted lists starting on December 26th. Meanwhile, I'll try to contact you through a couple of other sites.

Gary, could you send me an email with your address in it? My email is danthewhitewolfe@aol.com. I'd like to send you some money for postage, etc. Thanks! -Dan

Karol, KgTg, You sent me a tomato labeled Rose-something; rosedalp? Do you recall the name of that tomato?

Sorry about my writing! Yes it’s Rosedale. A huge beautiful prolific deep maroon tomato. It’s a Bill Jeffers creation.

Thank you!

Very welcome!

Gary, I thought you might like to see the tomatoes I have growing. Here are some pics...

I hope you can make them out. I also have some morning glories growing, as well as some pothos and african violet cuttings I'm rooting out. THIS is my winter garden!

Not sure if anyone will see this but here goes... someone sent me tomato seeds labeled BLT ... but I cannot find any info on this variety ? Help ? Hope everyone's garden is growing good with all the fabulous seeds we received ! I just planted almost everything and I can hardly wait to see it grow !

Happy growing! I think that was Tormato’s own variety called Bacon, Lettuce and this. It is a red beefsteak. I am growing it too!

Thank you hl260 ! Excellent ! I can hardly wait to see how it grows ! we love tomatoes and look forward to a home grown one straight out of the garden ! Tormato if you see this, thank you again for all the wonderful seeds !

I am growing it too! It looks fantastic! Yes thank you all again! Just wonderful!

I am growing it also! 😂 I grew out a lot of the seeds that Tormato sent! They are all doing well. I had to restart my seedlings due to a tornado recently.

Thanks, Gary! 🍅👍👩‍🌾

Gary, when you are back I hope you do see all the love people have for your seeds. I am growing Swoon, Bacon Lettuce and This , our Japanese white cherry x 4, your Viridus cukes, seek no further love apple and maybe a few others that aren’t at the top of my tongue. It’s a Tormato tribute here!!
Heide

I'm growing a Tormato tribute myself!

I am also growing Swoon, Bacon Lettuce and This , Japanese White Cherry, Blueberries, German Queen, Berkley Tie Dye, etc. I think about 15 different varieties. They're looking great! 🍅👩‍🌾🌻

I am growing the Japanese Pink cherry. Did not know there was a white! That’s wonderful!

I’m growing Japanese Pink Cherry in a big container this year. I grew it last year in a small pot. I received my seeds from Gary’s swap 2018 I believe. No user name on seed packet. It did say yummy.

Was it a neon green label? If so those were from me so you could get a white/yellow too! Surprises are fun. The good news is both pink and white/ yellow are terrific tasting. Hopefully it will be a nice surprise for you!

Yes, it is neon green. Last year they were pink. I only grow 1 plant of each variety. That’s why I’m growing it again. It was very good.

A few Japanese pink cherries are starting to ripen. I noticed they looked different from last year because these are a little bigger, different shape, and have little ridges. Looks like they might be yellow.

I hope you will love them! The white/yellows discovered last year are super pale and some appear to be mini beefsteak looking while others are large rounded orbs. This year I have 4 yellows( next generation) going and 3 plants show the beefsteak shape and 1 has more grape shape! No plain round cherry types yet. I also have 6 regular Japanese pink cherries going from all different years. Let’s see if they throw pink! The fun is in the discovery.

Back online. I hope to participate in the 2020 version of the Secret Santa swap, if it's happening. Meanwhile, I'm also back to running a swap that I've hosted for about a decade.

As for the Japanese "White" Cherry, so far I've heard mostly about people getting red boat-shaped beefsteaks. I got those on a couple of plants. And, I also got a round white cherry on another plant. Hopefully more plants next year from 2019 and 2020 seed, in an attempt to match the Japanese White Cherry of 2019.

Gary, what swap is that?

The MMMM swap.

It's either the Mostly Mystery 'Mater Mailing, or the Mostly Mystery 'Mater Maelstrom. It can be found in the Round Robin Exchange at "Tomato seed swap" . A few posts down will supply a link to the current info. Mostly tomatoes, with peppers, beans, other veggie/fruit, and some flowers, hopefully.