Oh good, Julie -- and you've got some good loot! So, how do people clean these seeds? What kind of equipment do you all have? Right now I am using 2 collanders and 2 strainers with different sized screens. To say my seed is chaffy is an understatement, but on a lot of them, I can't figure out what the seed even is (Filipendula for example). Others, like ageratum, I thought you were supposed to crumble the seed heads, but that would naturally include the browned petals. The heuchera is the same way, but in that case it's the short little stems of each individual flower that fall through the screens. On Victoria Salvia, I have to individually roll each seed pod between my fingers to get what appears to be a single seed out, and I have 1000s. On marigolds, not all the seeds are heavy and black -- some are light gray or white. I have 10,000s of those -- no way I am going to fish out the light gray ones and blowing on the plate was a disaster of the 1st magnitude, but thank goodness I did it outside! I can NOT be doing this right! It's hours and hours and hours just to clean & that's not including the packing & labeling. I heard some people are making their seed packs from scratch -- now how in the heck do you have time for that? All-in-all I would say I might get a bad reputation from my dirty seed. Lime P.S. Would a salad spinner do any good for anyof these seeds? I think I need to mechanize! LOL!

Last item I was waiting for came yesterday. It is all packaged and ready to tape (DH hid the shipping tape) so I will seal it tonight, and have him post it on Friday, the last day of the deadline! Whew. Sher

My box when North (duh!) today. FYI Ann, I just thought of this--eight of us will be at Pigeon Forge Pajama Party from Nov 3-9. I think only Karen, Peppi, Linda, and me are swap partners this go round and Linda has received her box. If my partner is waiting to mail until tomorrow, you have a reprieve...I won't be home until the evening of Nov 9. Cathy

Thanks for the heads up Grace - your email went to my "bulk folder" but I knew to go looking for it! For others sending emails, make sure to put Months of the Year swap in the subject line and I'll keep checking my bulk folder. I sent you my address, so let me know if you don't get my email. --Amy