Sue,
your SPECIAL without a sig!!!
Blue skies!
Trish

Messages have gone out to Michelle, Jodi, Trish. Carol, Sue and Kelly. You are ALL special and I'm glad to have you in the swap. Kelly in FL will have an advantage weatherwise on gourd growing but we'll see what happens there. Mother Nature seems to have a knack for throwing the unexpected at us.
Go ahead and start mailing as soon as you are ready. Just, not later than April 1. I want to get the seeds back out in time for spring planting in most parts of the USA. THe gourds need a long season and starting indoors is a good idea.

hi Hope Im not to late would love to join in.Need to know the seed number per pack.Thanks Angela

I would love to join, I hope I am not too late. I am new to seed swapping so let me know any special details. I am excited to give it a try.
Kendra

Kendra, your email is blocked to replies here on GW. You can unblock it on your member preference page.

Interested- please send Addy. First timer so I'm curious about # of seeds per pack. Thanks. Joy

Hi, I'd love to join this and I am also curious about the number of seeds per pack to send.Please send me the address and seed # info. Thanks.
cbell

Joy, Cbell and any others needing the info... number of seeds per pack varies with the size and availability (rareness I guess) of the seeds. Details are listed in the seed exchange Frequently asked question section. Takea look and then give a holler if it still does not make sense.
Joy, your email is blocked to replies. You can change that on your member preference page. Then I can send you a mailing address.
Cbell the address is on it's way.
Thanks for signing up.BB

Mornin' Beth!!
Happy Spring to All !!
My seeds are in the mail to you today!
Blue Skies,

I hope my email is fixed now, please give it another go.
Kendra

I got your email Beth! Thanks for being patient with me. I am excited to get on the ball today and get stamps and envelopes ready (three small children permitting) I am so excited to participate in my first swap!!
Kendra

I would love to be a part of the swap. than ks clay_lady

Clay Lady, I sent you the address. Glad to have you joining in.
Seed pagkages arrived today from Trish and Michelle. You two are really on the ball.
Michelle, thanks for the cards. Sure not necessary but certainly sweet, thoughtful, and useful. I Do a lot of mailing and try to keep a suply on hand.
Some very interesting seeds in those packages too. This is looking like a good swap and I'm going to plant my gourd seed while I'm in MD in April. I never get them to get ripe here. Hope that works OK by long distance. It should unless the Squash vine borers are bad this year. We'll see.

Hi,

I mailed my seeds today.
Thank you for hosting the swap.

Kelly

Hi Beth,
I have a question about the bushel gourds that I hope you can advise me on. I have grown birdhoue and dipper's before but now I am more limited on space. I have a spot about 10x20 that I'd like to put the bushels in. I was wondering if I could plant them in large pots (10 gallon) and then let them sprawl where they want. The pots are about 30 inches deep. Do you think that would be deep enough for the roots? I'm thinking 2 plants per pot.
Thanks for any help you can provide.

Kelly

Ok I I got the pack of seeds in the mail today! But then OH NO! I got home and happened to glance at you address and OOPS! I spelled your street name wrong. I left the ia off of the end. I sure do hope it gets there! I would hate to screw up my first swap!

Kelly, I know absolutely nothing about gardening in Florida. I'm thinking that if you can water often enough, daily or maybe even more, it should work. I have grown all sorts of stuff in pots and tubs in tht years I've been traveling. Manure tea is great for stuff done that way. The bushel gourds will become large hungry, thirsty plants and will take more time and attention in buckets than if grown in the ground but I believe you can do it.
Joy, your seeds arrived. Nice fat generous packs. Thanks, I'm emailing you. Thanks for the worm too. He's a cutie.
BB

Sorry Beth, I don't have as many gourd seeds as I thought so I will have to drop out, sorry but my gourd seeds dissapeared. hugs carol

Oops. did I make it sound like you need to send gourds??? No need to send gourds in but I do hope you will grow the ones I send back to you. At least one vine...... like Jack's Beanstalk

Hello Beth,
My seeds are going out in tomorrow's mail. Hope I'm not too late. Please let me know...thanks.

Happy Spring,
Jodi
'ThreeShyAcres'
: )

My seeds are in the mail. Thanks Beth for hosting!

Seeds arrived from Kelly in FL on Saturday. Seeds from Jodi and Sue are "in the mail".
Things are shaping up nicely on this swap. Anybody else want to get in???? WE are just about out of time. Hard to believe Easter is just two weeks away.

I want in! I could have my seeds out by Monday.
I need your address again, I have it somewhere in my computer desk! And my computer desk is a mess, LOL!
I'm looking forward to trying the bushel gourds! They sound very interesting! Can they be dried out like a birdhouse gourd?

My package was mailed out today as promised. It should arrive with in a few days! Thanks for letting me join!

Sorry
I had to have my package sent out-- because I fell last week and had to have a tetnus shot - x-rays of my leg and stitches in my leg. I still can't believe that I fell like I did. I was trying to put up a barrier to keep my dogs out of the flower beds and I fell on the cut off bronze fennel( from last season). I knew as soon as I felt the puncture that I had made a big mistake. I am able to get up today, but still have swelling and seepage. I hope the package makes it in time. Thanks alot clay_lady

I can get mine out tomorrow since they don't gotta be gourds
sorry for being so late. hugs carol

EeeeeOuch, Clay lady, that sounds awful. Puncture wounds are hard to heal and are likely to get infected. Sorry you needed stitches but at least that way the Docs get it cleaned out. Take care and keep us posted on how you are doing.
OK Veeja, You are good either way. Whatever wotks best for you.
Seeds arrived today from Cameron and
Not for the swap, but quite exciting
My first seeds purchased from the lily auction.
Whoopie.... another addiction. I can feel it in my bones already ;o))

A nice fat package of seeds arrived today from Sue S. Thanks Sue. I'm waiting for two more. If they arrive tomorrow I'll get them sorted and back out Saturday. Hope it works that way.
I'm getting excited about leaving for my Easter trip. I'll be meeting Carol Veeja for the first time but feel like I know her already. A very short visit, just a couple hours but sure better than not meeting at all ;o)
I met Jeanette,Number 1 Angel last fall and that was a real treat too. What a terrific bunch of gardeners we have here.

OH NO! My pack of seeds came back to me today! I mailed them a while back and when I got home from the PO I noticed I had left the ia off the end of the street name. I hoped for the best, but the worst has happened. They were returned to me today. :o(
I can mail it tomorrow if you would like, or if need be, I can opt out this time :( Let me know.
Kendra

Oh Kendra, sorry to hear that the P O was being typically "postal". I'm sure there is no other Concord... anything around here and they could have figured out where it belonged if they wanted to. Sometimes I think they make things difficult simply beacause they have the power to do that.
Unfortunately, I'll be gone before it would get here if you remailed it. I'll just finish the swap with the ones that are here now. So sorry about that. I could do a one for one blind swap if you want or send you some seeds for SASBE but it will be too late for the package to get here for this swap. I'll leave it up to you.
seeds that I have here now are from:
Trish
Sue,
Mickerey
Jodi
Cameron A
Angela S
Joy
Carol B
Kelly B
Beth B

Beth,
Hopefully, my seeds will be there tomorrow! USPS confirmation 0305 1720 0000 6251 8419.

I mailed them out on the 3rd, first class/parcel.

Well I've already got the package weighed and packed up, I may as well send it on. I appreciate your offer for a sasbe, I was so looking forward to the gourd seeds(and trying other new varieties). I grew birdhouse gourds for the first time last year and I think I am hooked! In fact if you don't have birdhouse gourd seeds already, I would be happy to send some along. Let me know, sorry and thank you!
Kendra

Kendra, I know what you mean about getting hooked on growing gourds.The first ones I grew were lufa sponge and I never saw anything grow so fast. I used them for shade on the sun porch and they got to be about 30 feet tall.
Here in AK they don't have enough time to ripen so I always trade for or buy new seeds. I'll get some planted in MD this year and hope to get some biggies from them.
I'll be sure to send you some gourd seeds.
Kendra, you are still coming through as having email blocked. If you will click on my name here and send an email with your address.... I'll get some seeds on the way to you.
Debbya, it's still too early for the mailman here but I'll let you know when he/she arrives.

No seeds yet from Debbya so it will be Tues or Wed when I get these mailed. Sorry about the delay. I do have the other seeds sorted and it looks like we will all have a lifetime supply of foxgloves. ( maybe some other stuff too) I sure don't mind as they are among my favorites and I will be planting lots in MD.
The Mid Atlantic branch of Garden Web has swaps for Spring and Fall and I can take surplus plants there. Looks like I'll be running out of space and energy before I run out of plants. LOL Thanks everyone for joining in and for your pateince with the delay. Actually, only a day or two so not bad at all.
Have you got a plan for how to grow the biggest gourd this summer??? I'm starting with compost and mulch. Wish I had some good old horse manure.

Seeds arrived today from Debby A and from Lynn N. Yippeee.
Now I'm scrambling to get them sorted and packed before time to go to work. If I can't get done, I'll finish in the morning before I go to sleep.
Just wanted to let you know.... now, back to the seed piles.
BB

I'm so glad they arrived!

Thanks Beth for putting this together for us, and giving us an opportunity to try bushel gourds!

Angela it looks like I got your last initial wrong when I listed the players in this swap back there on the 8th of April. Sorry for the error and confusion. Angela should be Angela J not "S"
All seed packets including Kendra's should be in the PO by this afternoon.

Hi Everyone,
I was out in my yard this morning admiring my gourd babies when I noticed I was being watched just a few feet away. I ran to get my camera to show you who was stalking me! No worries, I have a fence between he and I so I think I am safe until he gets as big as his Mother who is 10 and 1/2 feet long! I am always amazed at the wild life living just a few feet away from me, everyday is a new bird or turtle or even gator joining me in my yard. This guy is about 3 to 4 feet long.

I received my seeds today. Great selection and I'm very excited about my bushel gourds. There are several seeds I used to grow before I moved-- now I can try them again. Thanks for hosting-- Joy

hello
I got my seed today and they are great. thank you for hosting.
michelle

Beth,
My seeds arrived today!

Thanks!

I got my seeds today and thanks for the great variety! But Beth, you also sent me back my stamps! Will you be home to get them if I send them back?

Hi Beth!!
got my seeds today!! Yippie! such a treat!! And such great seeds :) I started my Bushel gourds today (inside) also !
Thanks for hosting this swap it was a great one!!..
Trish

Hi Beth,
I got my seeds yesterday, Thank you for hosting!

Kelly

Oh MY Gosh, KELLY, what a big Gator. Guess I better quit complaining about the squirrels, rabbits , deer and mosquitoes that are hanging out in my new garden.
Carol I still have your pack of seeds. I forgot to give them to you. Thanks for everything it was s great visit. So nice to visit with you and Pooch and Greg.
I'm at the library and limited to one hour so I'm just being brief.

Hi Beth,
I received my seeds a few days back. What great variety! Thanks so much for hosting this swap...and thanks to everyone for sharing!
Happy Spring,
Jodi
'ThreeShyAcres'
: )

Hi Beth, I received my seeds today, great variety. thankyou for another great swap.
thankyou hugs carol

i WOULD LOVE TO BE IN ON THIS ALSO, PLEASE SEND E AN ADDRESS ALONG WITH INSTRUCTIONS OR RULES.... THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!

JINA

Jina...be careful of the dates..this is a thread from 2006.

I was a lil confused, didn't remember sending seeds in next week. Beth how is this swap going? hugs carol