I'm in Markham, this one is like the ones we had in the winter and in the fall...lemme dig up the last post with rules: RULES 1. Please try to put at least 20 seeds per pack. Send a pack of seeds that you would be happy receiving! 2. Mail your seeds no later than May 15th. 3. Send a wishlist of the seed you would like with the understanding that I'll do my best but can't guarantee that you will get what you hope for. 4. Send a SASBE (self-addressed stamped bubble envelope) with your seeds. Please make sure you have enough return postage on the envelope. 5. Please limit the maximum number of seed packs per envelope to 100. Multiple mailings are ok! 6. Send a wish list, I will try to give you what you have listed on your wish list but please let me make clear to you that I will TRY my best to fill your wish list but CANNOT GAURENTEE THAT YOU WILL GET EVERYTRHING YOU WISHED FOR Here are the rule this swap, basically, you send as many packets of seeds as you'd like and I will send you back the number of packets that you sent, but different seeds from different people. You are allowed to send more than one packet of the same seed, though I'd prefer if you don't send more than THREE packets of the same thing. For rarer seeds or larger seeds, 10-15 seeds is an acceptable number to send. For the SASE, you can just send the postage and I will reuse your envelope. If I can't reuse your envelope, I have my own stash of used bubble envelopes that I will use so no need to go get another envelope. Please E-mail me if you intend to participate and don't forget to send me your wish list! Kenny kennyso25@gmail.com I moved and the address is different, you can send it to the old one and I'll still get it, but if you don't have my address, I'll give you my new one

Hi Kenny I received the seed package today and 99% of the seeds I received are the ones I do not have. What a variety. I cant wait till summer. thank you so very much for your time and effort and wonderful job. Latha

Tony, No I did not. Last year, I picked up the Seneca Speckled Egg (waiting on seeds right now) and the October Beans you had. So I figured I would get over there and see what you had after awhile. Well by the time I went over, only the October Beans were left, lol. I also wanted to make sure I talked to you to put your face with your seeds in my brain, and that didn't happen either, lol. I know I obviously saw you last year and this year, and I know your forum name, but I am not making the connection to your seeds. Next year! Dean, You would really enjoy it. So many nice people. There are people who come every year and of course there's always new people. Many people bring their family seeds or their favorite heirloom seeds to trade which is neat. I got one bean from a younger guy called 'Cranberry Bush', and it is a smaller bean than the normal cranberry types. Another I got is 'Bruce' with the description of dark fall bean. Another I got was 'Lewis Morgan' a fall bean which the dry bean sort of looks like a smaller 'Jembo Polish'. I asked a few people who were set up at tables with lots of varieties to give me their favorite so I got 'Alma Whitaker Cornfield' and 'White Hastings' pole. I also got a couple cowpeas 'Peking Black' and 'Blue Goose'. I came home with a few other veggies too like peppers and tomatoes. This year, was neat too since some of the swappers from last year came back and told me how much they liked what they tried from me last year. In particular my 'Stump of the World' tomato was a hit. Remy

Shirley (sjc48)and I will soon be welcoming you to the first swap for this group. She will be coordinating the group along with me! I will set up a new heading later this week introducing this group and giving people a chance to sign up for the first swap, so watch for a different heading soon. The full name will be Friends of the Earth Simple Swaps, but look for FOTE being used as an abbreviation in the heading. You will be signing up with the coordinators by sending your real name, mailing address, GardenWeb name, and e-mail address. You can do that by e-mail as soon as the new heading is posted and post to the thread, too, if you want to join in on the first swap. The reason for the request for information is that we need to know who is part of the group. Nothing other than the GardenWeb name or the first name of the person should ever be posted on the forum. The information will not be used for any other purpose. All who sign up need to be adults. Okay, so much for all of that. There will be very simple guildelines for membership and these should not impact you unless you had swaps that were not sent in the past or if you are a total newcomer to GardenWeb. The new members will be able to join if someone who is a known member agrees to be their sponsor. If we need sponsors, they will be requested on the forum. Once the new thread is started, I think the easiest thing will be if you contact either me or Shirley (the other coordinator) about membership by sending the necessary information. If you are a "newbie" tell us that. I am excited that others are sharing in this interest. My garden is doing so poorly in all this heat and lack of rain that I have missed being able to swap this year and I know many have had to cut back on swapping because of the high cost of sending packages. Maybe this will help members who have those issues and be "Earth Friendly" also. Jeanne