Just a reminder to everyone, the seed swap deadline is Friday the 27th. If you haven't mailed out your seeds yet, please do so by Monday so I can have everyone's seeds by the deadline. I will most likely be using the weekend to prepare everyone's packages and will be sending them on their way back hopefully by Monday, if not Tuesday by the latest! I'll post again. I received one more packet of seeds today! If you would like more time to send out your package or cannot mail it out by Tuesday, please LMK or else I will go ahead and fill everyone elses' packages and won't be able to swap!

Hi, I have been thinking about this thread. I think it was the spring swap that got confusing because we had about 5 threads going at the same time about it and you had to check all of them to figure out what information was posted where. I also noticed that the NH swap tried switching to the Exchange and only had about 3 posts to that thread since opening it and people kept posting to the Discussions thread. None of the other swap threads have 90+ threads, so they can continue to use the Discussion threads to talk about who is bringing what and what time it is and how to get there etc. and leave the exchange thread just for wants and haves. I don't have the patience either to copy/paste all the relevant information to a new post. So since I started the thread, I will open a new thread, on the Discussion list this morning. It will simply say Eastern MA Fall Swap 2005 Continued. If people want to continue to post everything to this thread that is fine, if someone would prefer seperating out the wants/haves to an Exchange thread feel free to start a thread there. At least we will then have only two threads going basically. Ready, set, go.. :-)

Hey there Moonphase- I wanted to let you know that you are not alone in not receiving seeds from Willy yet- I too am patiently waiting for their arrival in my mail box. I sent in a bunch of seeds and asked for far less back- and I hope he reads this here post cuz I really do not want as many back as I sent in!! It is a HUGE swap and a HUGE amount of time is spent sorting seeds! I hosted a much smaller swap- and it took about 50 man hours of sorting to get through it all! I know how much work it is- and am hoping Willi is taking some time to enjoying himself- even with working so hard to get through them all! I am choosing to look at this way- as with most things in life- the best things are worth waiting for! Hope it helps to know- you are not waiting all alone.... Julie

Let's do it then. I'd love to stop buying big packets of heirloom tomato seeds to just use a couple. I have various peppers (mostly hot or heirloom frying varieties), different Asian eggplants, Thai basils, and a zillion others. I try to chiefly organically grow what I can't Buy around here. When do you think would be a good time to do it? Too late for this season, except for cool weather things