Chad and others. this is what I was reffering to. folks jump in but no one takes the lead. it does take someone to volunteer this. in addition, not all folks have what they want and what they have to offer may not be appealing to others. this is why I feel one-on-one exchange doesnt work that well unless there are more than few varities available to exchange. I suggest other people to bring on ideas. I suggest that whoever is interested sign-up at http://groups.google.com/group/veggieseedexchange and we go from there. Gardenweb is great site and will continue to post our things here, for specific exchange, communication on googlegroup would be very helpful. Thoughts?

The guidelines-here are my ideas: 1st-go ahead and post your wish list here, (rank it too). Keep checking back to see if you have anything from others wish lists. 2nd-Deadline for registering will be Sunday Jan 28TH. Participants can then look at everyone's wish lists and mail their seeds that week, I will organize and return seeds the week after that or as soon as all seeds arrive. 3rd-You can mark who the seeds are for (optional) but we may get duplicates or too many for one. Duplicates and surplus will be passed on to other participants to keep things fair and so one person doesn't get 20 wishes but only sent 8 trades. 4th-You will get back as many packs as you send 5th-Please package & lable seeds well. Include as much info as possible so I can match people to seeds. Of course the cross is important, but more descriptions would be ideal to help me out, especially color family (even if on a a separate paper). 6th-You can include up to 2 completely unknown crosses, more can be included as bonuses-(if you have a guess-include that too.) Anyone wanting to donate "Bonus" seeds please label them as "Bonus" or separate them and I will distribute them to other swappers. Thanks for joining, Abbey Please include: * Return postage -same or more than it took you to mail (Minimum .63 for small). * Address Label of some kind (doesn't have to be adhesive)-I will re-use the bubble mailer you send your seeds to me in. * Garden web name * LISTS of what seeds you sent (with descriptions) and also your wish list (hopefully you'll get a wish or two?)- The lists are very important to help me organize seeds

I am looking for tasty, short season, easy care, and productive vegetables. Also I am particularly interested in seeds of ornamental cabbages and seeds of plants that are suitable for greenhouses. http://members.gardenweb.com/members/exch/ada_pun Thank you.

I'm hoping to see a bit more interest in doing this exchange. I may post a note on Dave's garden as well to see if we can get any international gardeners would be interested in participating. Mayeeta, you're right, we will likely need to limit the number of packets sent and amount of the same type sent to ensure variety. I'll wait a couple more weeks after posting a note on dave's garden before finalizing. Once we have a good indiation of how many are interested in swapping, we'll know what guidelines need to be put in place. Thanks...Heather