Heidi, I am thinking of you...be well...be safe.

Happy New Year!!

Annie

Sending packages out today to...

CA St A

IL Is J

MI Di M

MS Bi A

NC Ki K

NY Hu J

VA Ro L

WA Bo J

Linda (roper2008) ... thank you so much for the beautiful sparkly Happy Holidays wreath card, filled with a fantastic variety of things ...Red 4'oclocks, very interesting! I will definitely be planting these! peppers ... Aji Guyana (have not grown before), Aji Limo rojo (have not grown before) and Rezha Macedonian .. (have not grown) wow ... new fun varieties for this year and also strawberry fields gomphrena and dark purple opal basil ... love the selection you sent Linda! many many thanks .... wishing you and yours all the best and may you have many blooms to bring you many smiles! wishing you a very Happy New Year!

Many thanks to Linda (roper2008) for the beautiful Happy Holidays card and the wonderful gomphrena and two types of zinnia seeds! These really made my day when I received them in the mail yesterday and wanted to thank you so much Linda. My cutting flower garden this year is going to be amazing thanks to you!

Thank you Gary Fitz for the unbelievably generous package of seeds. I am overwhelmed and hope to include many in may garden plan this year.!!

Thank you to Karen (primrose 1x3) for the Dwarf Sweet William, salvia, and Clinopodium.

I think my butterfly’s and pollinators are going to be very happy this year.

Thanks, Karen (Bluespiral/Primrose) for my sweet cardinal card that I received today! I was so excited to receive it!!! Inside were Dianthus Chabaud Picotee, California White Poppies, and the last one was Glebionis Coronaria - a Chrysanthemum (which I had to look up).

Thank you so much for these goodies. I love daisy type flowers and Dianthus, too! The California Poppies are new to me as far as my growing experience goes.

I can't wait to plant these. Thanks for thinking of me and for extending my fun Christmas season. 🌿

Thank you so much Gary! I thought Christmas was over, but then I received your wonderful package! I appreciate the great seeds - and the lovely card! I hope everyone is staying warm and healthy!

Going out today...

CA Kr A

FL Ga S

KY Ha A

IL Se J

MS Ha D

OH NI S

TN Re R

TX Mc T

TX Ro P

Thanks Gary! I hope you are having a good start to your 2021!

Pinkiris, Jayeanne, thank you so much for the sparkly Santa card I received today filled with seed goodies from my wish list. I look forward to growing the 3 types of dwarf tomatoes (they all sound yummy), and the flower seeds, tall snapdragons and black eyed susan vine. What a great surprise! That was so nice of you!!!!

Thank you Gary for the goodies and the cute card. It’s like a Christmas/Birthday surprise since my birthday is in 5 days. I’m going to look through it tonigh. I have something to look forward to. Oh, and I love these stamps, so pretty. I want to save them.

Susan (happyohiogardener)

WOW ... incredible ... that card was mailed on Dec 16th ... today is Jan 19th ... Im just so glad to hear that it arrived and you got it ... was going to ask and then thought it might spoil the surprise ... it appears now that there are still (4) four cards left, that are 'still traveling' OR folks just have not posted that they have indeed received them. thanks so much for letting me know Susan, happy gardening!

And the cards keep coming! I got a card from Karen Barnett which had Browallia Blue Lady, Broken Colors 4 O'clocks, and Spring Celebrity HHs! Thanks Karen!

I also got a card from Ranegrow, that contained Marigolds and Cherokee Purple tomatoes! Thanks Iris!!

Today I got my card from Gary, and it had tons of beans and tomatoes, including my coveted Canadian Wild Goose beans. When I plant them this spring, they'll be in the center of Fort Knox, lol. Also very excited for the mirco tomatoes. I need to get started sowing seeds soon! Thanks so much Gary!!

I also got another card, and I apologize, because somehow that card and the seeds got mixed in with all the older cards and seeds and now I have no idea who sent them. So if you know you sent me a card, and I never mentioned it, it was probably yours. So sorry for losing track of it, and thank you so much for sending it.

I got a card from Yotetrapper!!! How exciting! Thanks so very much for taking the time to send me a card.

I know there were seeds inside at one point because there are indentations from them.

Alas, my package suffered some damage and was empty except for the card.

I'm sure whatever you sent was a great choice! Thanks so much for the cheery messages. I really appreciate it. 😊🌿

Geeeez I sent my cards the first week of December! I wonder where that poor card has been for 6 weeks?? Sorry the seeds got lost along the way. :(

This gives me hope because I sent my cards the first week in December and at least half seem not to have arrived :(

I was not expecting any cards this late but got seeds from Gary today. Wow what a package with more than 170 packets. I could not believe it. It had nice pretty snowman/house card with lots of tomato, pepper and lettuce seeds. Love everything. Thank you so much Gary. I am speechless. Will go thru all the packets and read about them online. Thank you so much for taking time and sending it.

I received a packed package of seeds from Gary with 154 (!) tomato varieties plus some beans and beets! I have just started reading about these varieties, some of which I know and am excited to grow and many which are new to me that I look forward to trying and sharing with some friends and neighbors. I had fully planned the garden, but may need to do some revisions! I do not mind at all. Thank you so much!

GOT MAIL....

Gary, Gary, Gary......OH MY GOODNESS. I just opened a very HAPPY snowman card packed with seeds galore. There are cucumbers, peppers....lots of peppers and Micro Dwarf tomatoes. I can not thank you enough. You are far to generous. I have plenty of reading to do. I am always amazed at how many varieties I have never heard of. And I so enjoy planting new varieties. Thank you....Thank you...Thank you!

Gary, wishing you and yours a happy and healthy 2021. Cheers to an outstanding garden this coming Summer.

Thank you again to all of you fabulous Secret Santa's. If you sent to me and I did not post.....that 100% means I did not receive. I have triple checked all cards that I received and have posted accordingly.

Thank you Santa Kym.......

Happy weekend to all!

Annie

Gary

i feel so blessed this year to get a beautiful snowman card and good wishes and TONS and TONS of amazingly packaged seeds from you! THANK YOU SOO MUCH!

i truly appreciate your kind gesture of sharing beans, tomatoes, lettuce, peppers, okra and eggplants along with other vegetables varieties!

I truly cannot wait to grow them this summer! I am going to be a super busy and happy girl this summer!

Hope you and your family have a wonderful 2021!

Sen

Gary, thank you so much for your lovely holiday card filled with wonderful micro tomato seed varieties. Words cannot express my gratitude for your generosity. Thank you soooo much from the bottom of my heart for sending me all of these great varieties. I have been researching the most popular and flavorful ones online and have been wishing for many of the ones you sent. I am excited to grow all of them! You have made my whole outlook for the 2021 gardening season brighter. I hope your year is filled with many blessings and good fortune. You truly are a gardener's Santa, for sure!

Gary, thank you ever so much for my beautiful Christmas card! My card was a Christmas house with a cardinal, snowman and sweet little picket fence. Love it! ❤

It was filled with 13 kinds of Pole Beans, tons of New-To-Me Tomato seeds, all types and many, many varieties. Dwarf, Slicers, Paste, cherry, etc.

AND Taped to my front door on my house was Candy Roaster Squash!!! 😍 Thanks as I really wanted to try it this year.

I love the old bean varieties and will be trying ALL of those that you sent along with Flamingo (from last year), Uzice, and a Runner Bean this year.

I will have a blast growing and sharing the tomato seeds as well.

Two of my 3 children, and their families, and my hubby and I are buying 22 acres together and will be "homesteading" as much as possible. Growing lots of our food, having chickens, and maybe a horse.

Having cook outs, weenie roasts, and more with my 3 grandchildren. More on the way... Our other son lives close by and can move onto the property when he's ready. Family, gardening & sewing/quilting, and painting are ''A Few of my Favorite Things"! I'm very domesticated. 😂

Warm thoughts, blessings and prayers heading your way. May God bless your family with happiness this year.

Garden Hugs,

Renée

Renee,

I'm hoping that you can multiply the Flamingo bean. I've given away nearly all I have, and with back-to-back crop failures with beans, I'm down to my last few.

And Christmas continues...thanks to our U S Postal Service! Ruthz, thank you so much for the lovely sparkly poinsettia Christmas card filled with Benary mixed and purple giant zinnias! I was so happy to receive these and look forward to growing them in my garden this year. Your envelope was postmarked December 9th and it just arrived today. Well, better late than never I always say. I am very grateful and wish you a wonderful 2021 gardening season filled with many beautiful blooms and bountiful harvests!

Take care.

Gary,

Let me look and see how many I have left. I'm sure that I have some to share with you.

Also Uzice Speckled Wax bean did a fantastic job here! I was pretty impressed with its abundance of pretty, kind of flat, and tender beans. I have some extra if you'd like them.

I also bought that heirloom bean from Baker's Creek - Zebra something. It's kind of purple.

I'll check it out and let you know what I have. The pretty pink Flamingo were a big hit. They were such a pretty color!

Thanks again, Gary.

Flamingo Bean ⬇️

Susan, so glad you finally got them. I actually never checked to see if all I sent out got delivered.

A couple of late arrivals. Primrose 1x2 sent several great packs, including one I was eyeing in particular, Snapdragon Madame Butterfly Bronze and White. Thank you Karen.

Gary sent me a plethora of Dwarf Tomato Project seeds so numerous that I am reworking my tomato planting plan entirely. You are very generous, Gary! Thank you.

OH how the FUN continues! I think I posted to the wrong group a few weeks back ... SO SORRY Alana (poisondartfrog!) this was my posting - many thanks Alana!

Alana (pdf) ... Thank you for the absolutely adorable sparkly flamingo card! Love it! and the Begonia 'fiona white' ... and the sunflower 'procut white nite' seeds ... excited to try both these! wishing you and yours all the best and may you have many blooms that bring you many smiles!

@tormato, Thank you for the amazing package of seeds you sent me! Tomatoes, peppers, salad fixins, flowers (including zinnias!), even gourds and peas! I want to make use of everything I can, so now it's time for some careful planning...

Tormato

Thank you for the beautiful seeds! So excited for these! Will feed several families.

Boys are super excited for the large tomatoes to beat the older farmer At the local grocery and county fair! We are ready!

Thank you for everything you do!

Karol

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Jas_IL you have one more card coming. It wandered around a while and returned to me yesterday, undeliverable due to a typo. Hope the second mailing gets there quickly!

Nan

Karol,

Domingo, Domingo, Domingo! The person that I received seeds from says it's the ONLY one that has the best chance of producing a 5+ pounder (the seed you received was from a 5.4 lb tomato). If you have any of last year's seed, throw it out because it might be crossed..

Wow got another card this late.

Thank you so much nan6b for Christmas card and 4 types of tomato seeds. Love tomatoes. I really appreciate that you took time to resend it. Thanks again.

Karol-- I have a question about the White Hungarian pepper seeds I received from you. I haven't found info online and was wondering if you have further info on this variety. Thanks!

Gary, Tormato, Tomato Guru, Garden Santa, I'm trying to contact you to send you the Flamingo seeds you had mentioned. 😂

I have a few other beans that you might be interested in having.

Please contact me through my messaging so we can discuss. I'd like you to have them in time to plant for this summer. 🍅

~Renée

Renee, did you receive my message?

Sorry Habitat! Somehow missed this! I received the seeds several years ago in a trade.Been growing ever since. It’s a creamy white that does ripen to almost red. It’s very sweet and can be eaten at any stage.

Oh thanks Gary! Such a shame! Would that be the seeds you sent me for The 2019 swap or the 2020?.

2020

I have a request for the swap host.

Would it be possible to have wish lists posted earlier, say about November 1st? That's the only change I'd like to see, as it would be a big help for me to set aside seeds that otherwise might go to a different swap.

👍🏻👍🏻

Gary Fitzgerald,

I feel like the rudest toad on this planet earth! I am so sorry I didn't thank you back when I got the seeds from you. Thank you ever so much for the white hyacinth bean vine! I was literally doing the happy dance! I really honestly appreciate it! Again, sorry I took forever to remember my manners.

Thanks.

You make me feel like an even ruder toad, as I'm unable to individually thank those for the cards and seeds. The last few months have been a whirlwind of envelopes, bubble mailers, seeds, packets, addresses, cards, wish lists, etc... scattered about, lost, found, misplaced again, under piles and piles of the above. I haven't been able to sort things out here, I can only somewhat organize what goes out the door. ;)

Forgot to add, I hope that somewhat old seed germinates. :)

Oh, Gary, my love, you've done it again. An entire package of ZINNIAS!!! I'm decorating heavily with zinnias this year, and even more so now. I fell yesterday & hurt my back, but then DH came up with the mail and all those zinnias perked me right up! Thank you, thank you, thank you!

Gary, yes I did get your message and I see that my package to you was delivered. Yay!

I'm sorry that I forgot to slide in your card. I was doing 3 mailings that day and yours got away from me. I hope you are able to enjoy the seeds and get them planted though. The bean seeds should just about be perfect timing for .

❤ Happy gardening! ❤ 🌱

Your package went out the next day.

Hi everyone, hope you are enjoying warm Spring weather wherever you are ;-) So guess what I got in the mail today ? .... yep, a Secret Santa card from Angela ! This is a new record for the USPS in my world LOL Dec 7 - Apr 12 We got several Christmas items super late in January but wow , this is brings new meaning to Christmas in April ! Thank you for the card and seeds Angela !

FYI - 2021 Secret Santa Exchange is posted in case others are interested in signing up. flwrs4ever62 hope you are doing well. We didn't see your posting so someone is helping to host this year unless you are available.