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butterfly seeds swap

Michelle Reynolds

17 years ago

hello

would anyone be interested in doing a seed swap? for those that have not done one before, here is some info

- you save and package your seeds from nector and host

plants, be sure to mark them with what they are.

- you then pack them(in a bubble envelope) and send them

all to me, with return postage.

- I will sort all the seeds and send each person back the

same number of seed packets as they sent (if you send 2

packs each of 10 diffrent plants, you will get back 20

diffrent kinds of seeds)

please let me know if anyone is interested, I'm doing a swap for sept already on the round robin page, so we would be swaping in oct.

thanks michelle

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Comments (14)

aggscott
17 years ago
I would love to be in this swap, I have quite a lot of seeds already from most of my flowers. Count me in!

Aggie
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docmom_gw
17 years ago
Count me in, also. Could you send us all a reminder when it gets close? I'll be in the throws of SoccerMom Season and starting a new job. But, I'll need a break by then. I'll send you an e-mail so you have my address.

Martha
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mechelle_m
17 years ago
This is a great idea! Count me in.

Would we need to send a return bubble mailer (with postage and return address) in with the seeds? Or can the original mailer be recycled?

Mechelle
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myrna1221
17 years ago
Count me in, awesome idea.
Thanks
Myrna
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tracey_nj6
17 years ago
Oooh, count me in too. October is perfect; I'll be swamped and more braindead than usual until then ;)
Thanks,
Tracey
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kek19
17 years ago
LOL I missed the part about starting in Oct until Tracey said something. I wanted to join, but my seeds aren't ready yet. But I'm sure they will be by then!

Is there gonna be a min. or max. amount of seed packs to be involved?

I think that any host plant seeds involved, should include what butterflies use it, written on it for us newbies. Nevermind I suppose I could just look it up, huh? LOL

Count me in!
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shellfreak
17 years ago
Hi Michelle:

Count me in.

Myrna- got your beautiful card. Thanks.

Beverly
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ghoghunter
17 years ago
I would like to participate. How do I get your address?
Joann
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butterflymomok
17 years ago
Michelle,

I'm also interested. I think I can find enough varieties to participate.

Thanks for doing this.

OKSandy
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Michelle Reynolds
Original Author
17 years ago
hello

there is no need to send another bubble envie, I will re-use the old one. please don't forget return postage.

don't send me your address I will send you mine, put your address in the envie

send as many as you have, but please no more than 3 packets of each kind. if you have lots of extras and want to send bonus seeds for me to hand out, just write *BONUS* on the packet.

there is no minnumun, if all you have are one kind of seed send three packets of them and you will get three or more (depending on how many send bonus seeds) kinds of seed back.

I will send everyone my address about midway through Sept.

please let me know if there are any other questions.
thanks
michelle
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chelty2
17 years ago
Thanks, Michelle.

Please sign me up.

chelty2
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susanlynne48
17 years ago
Sounds like fun and an easy way to do it. You're so generous with your time, Michele!

Susan
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kek19
17 years ago
ooh! ooh! It's Ocotber!! Are we still doing this?
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susanlynne48
17 years ago
I hope so. I think I'm going to have lots of curassavica seeds to share.

Susan
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