EG,

Yes, fold the iner envelope into the outer envelope and everything will work out OK. I did this last year and it was fine.

gmom

Thanks, gmom. I figured it would be ok to do it that way.

EG

There is no need to send an envelope inside another envelope.
Just send stamps & address label inside a bubble envelope.
The person who offered seeds will reuse the bubble envelope to send seeds back to you.

I just sent mine for tomato seeds and folded it into thirds to get in inside. Hopefully it will arrive safely.

What pimimpinai says is true for seed trades and swaps, but wintersown specifically says to send an envelope inside an envelope.

Becky

Hi Pit,

I only take SASEs, not bubble envelopes. I place the seeds padded with bubblewrap inside a brochure which serves as the envelope liner. All envelopes that leave here are way over a 1/4 inch thick so there's no way they're going through a machine.

On a slow day I do just under twenty SASEs, in the thick of it my count will be double that or higher. I don't have the time for fun and games with labels and stamps and trying to fit a brochure inside a bubble mailer. This is a business and efficiency is king ;-)

People who don't put two stamps on the SASE get a default pack taped to a note saying they can resend their dated printout with a two-stamp SASE.

People who just send a printout without a SASE go to the shredder.

People who send s two-stamp SASE without the dated printout get a default pack taped to a note that I need the dated printout.

People who ignore/defy simple instructions and send a bubblemailer go to the end of the line--I get to it when I have time.

People who follow the simple and clearly stated instructions are very pleased with what they receive. A seed request gets here and it goes out in the very next mail. I can do that because of efficiency. When I have a lot of SASEs I stay up well past midnight to process them. The only time that SASE return time changes is when I take a few days for vacation.

My name or WinterSown.Org is on everything that leaves here. The buck stops here. When something goes wrong it's my fault and I fix it because my name is on the line.

T

trudi - Mine went out in today's mail, and was done exactly like you need it to be. What you do is a great thing for us gardeners, and I know there's alot of time and work involved. Thanks for your help with everything.

EG (zip code 35653)

I'll keep an eye out for it!

T

Printout!!!!???? I havent been there for a while! I dont know nothing about no printouts!!!

:)

Oops, sory, trudi. That ought to teach me to read your instruction first.
Sorry. Thanks for correcting me. Becky too. :-P

Don't worry Pit, you're aces in my eyes ;-)

Doris, long story short--I was being raided by freebie sites that were posting the address on their website and in magazines but no one was visiting WinterSown.

Now folks have to visit WinterSown.Org, go through and educational gateway which is a series of simple quizzes that teach about Winter Sowing and the website, then they get to a page with a calendar which they must printout and include with their SASE. If the calander date is a week older than the cancellation date on the mailing envelope the SASE is void.

It all works like a charm. More people are learning about WS, the hits on the website went way up, and I don't feel abused.

The gateway was built with software from University of Victoria--it's good stuff. I plan on putting a gateway in front of the tomatoes this year. It makes sense. People share their seeds with me so I can share them with the public. The folks getting the seeds should know how to grow them, care for the plants, keep the plants healthy and save their seeds too ;-)

Trudi, I received my seeds last week and was very impressed with the fast response. (I followed the instructions :)) I enjoyed the journey through the learning gateway too. You sent more seeds than I expected and there was postage due on one but it was well worth it. Would gladly pay more. Thank you so much for all the hard work you do to keep WS going strong. The world is a better place for having known you. This is my first year WS and I'm looking forward to seeing the results in the spring. Will it ever get here?
Thanks again.
Connie