I received a cute snowman penguin and reindeer card from Jodie today! She sent three new to me seeds. Thank you Jodie, it will be fun looking them up! 😃👍

Thank you Coleen for your wonderful assortment of peppers and the Christmas card you sent! Very excited to look each one up and try them out. Many thanks! 🥰

Dorothy, thank you for all the awesome tomato and pepper seeds!

Sara, thank you for tomato, pepper, flower, and all the herbs!

Four cards today!! Wow!

Coleen, thank you for your card full of flower seeds!

Jodie, Thanks for liatris, daylilies, and purple coneflower

Priti, thank you for the savina pepper, chinese eggplant, persian basil, and red onions~!

and Iris, thank you for the Lemon Cucks, melons, and lettuce

I'm back in action, with a new Chromebook, as the old one is basically finished.

First, it's thanking Dorothy, Heide, Jodie, JQ, Nicole, Renea and Sharon for the cards and all of the seeds. I wish that I could go into detail, but I'm far behind on this swap, and the other one. Speaking of the other swap (the MMMM), I have updated the inventory of tomatoes and peppers available to any of you.

Lists are here...

https://www.tomatojunction.com/viewtopic.php?t=2996

and...

https://www.tomatojunction.com/viewtopic.php?t=3014

(hopefully those links work)

I currently cannot access the address list email from Iris. So, I may have to send her an email for the list.

I'm also requesting a list of the newbies to the Secret Santa swap. Newbies for this year, and newbies from last year, if any.

Priti and Iris, thank you for the beautiful cards and lovely seeds! My greenhouse is overflowing and I love it! Many thanks! -Heidi

I've been slacking a bit and have several thankyous!

Audrey - thank you for the pretty card with the Christmas Eve poem (very nice). I'll enjoy growing the Nigella, Penstemen and Coleus! Thank you!

Jodie -- That Yeti for Christmas is just adorable! Made my day! And thank you for the nice variety of seeds!

Priti -- thank you so much for the card and all the seeds! I haven't heard of Indische Fleish tomato. Will be fun to look it up!

Iris -- thank you for the Cleome and more tomatoes to look up! Adding to the fun!

Dorothy -- Oh my goodness! You certainly Wowed me! Thank you for such a gift of the tomatoes --what a variety! I think you put in something of everything! The red Drummond Native Fhlox is such a delight! and I'm so curious about the Rudbeckia Maxima Native Giant!!

Looking forward to growing what all I have space for! :)

HU-854065002 I am going to have to see some ID lol Is this a new name ? send me an email please and I will be happy to send the address list to you :-)

Thank you, Priti, for the lovely wreath card with the personal note and seeds for red savina pepper, Chinese string eggplant, Beit alpha cucumber, little fingers carrots, and Thai basil. Looking forward to a tasty growing season. Thank you!

Thank you, Jodie, for the pretty Christmas tree card and seeds for blue eryngo, pink smartweed, and yellow daylily. What a thoughtfully put together colorful collection and thanks for introducing me to two new plants that I had not heard of before! Thank you!

Hi Gary, sent you a message via tomato junction. I couldn’t find your email on here. Thank you! -Heidi

I received an envie from Priti today! Thank you for variety of seeds you sent, all new to me! Looking forward to trying them out 😃👍

Iris,

I have no idea what is going on with this new Chromebook, and my access to House. That previous message was initially rejected, as far as submitting, because Houzz wanted my email address and a password, which it also rejected. A day later the comment showed up, and I'm somehow now HU-854065002.

Now that I can post, I think, (we'll see if this one goes through) I'll email you for the address list.

Gary

Heidi, I cannot find your message at Tomato Junction. If you sent it to Tormato (yes, me), I currently cannot access that account. I'm using Tormahto as an emergency backup username, until I fix, and go back to being Tormato.

Many thanks to....

Heidi (wife2denizmoi) for the cute gingerbread house Christmas card with the Pickling Cukes seeds.

Jodie for the glittery ho ho ho Christmas Card (red is my fav color!) with the Ornamental Onion, Pink Smartweed, and Purple Coneflower.

Priti for the pretty Poinsettia Christmas card with Red Savina pepper, alpha cuc (coulnd't read the first word), Eggplant Chinese String, and Thai Basil (my mom asked if I would share the basil seed with her LOL) seeds!

JQ Sen for the miracle of Christmas card with Hibiscus Mix, Larkspur, and Purple Foxglove seeds!

Renea for the Merry Christmas card with Tabasco Pepper, Rush Springs Ok Watermelon, Candy Cane Choc Cherry Pepper, and Trick you Pepper seeds!

Coleen for the pretty Christmas card with Red Blanket Flower, Obedient plant, Hungarian Blue Breadseed Poppy, Red Coneflower, Anise Hyssop, Delphinium Light Blue, Dwarf Red Coneflower, Mexican Hat, and Coreopsis seeds!

Phillip & Sharon for the cool fold out card with Blue Hubbard Winter Squash, Rajasthan Honey Melon vine, Feher Ozon paprika peppers, and the French Marigold seeds!

Sara for the shell wreath Christmas card with Yellow/Orange Giardia, Blue Mist Flower, and Plains Coreopsis Victory seeds!

You all have no idea how much I loved and appreciate your gifts(seeds & cards). I lost quite a bit after the back to back hurricane. Our house was unharmed thankfully.... The yard well, let's just say I won't be bored. The seeds will definitely be put to good use! Thank you!!!! Merry Christmas!!!

@HU-854065002

No worries! I emailed you. Yes, I used Tormato. I worked in IT many years and lately Tech is a nightmare!

Thank you, Dorothy, for the Rockefeller Center card and the seeds for cherry brown micro dwarf tomato, 7 pot white pepper, Jay's Pink, Bohica Flamingo Nougat, Carolina reaper, black mamp, big o farms seaquake of fire, spaghetti squash, and lovage. I have not heard about many of the peppers so will be doing some research. Thank you!

Sara ~ thank you for the assortment of seeds you shared, so many!!! plus the very beautiful seashell wreath card.

Iris ~ thank you for the snowman card and seeds of cosmos/zinnia/tomato.

Thank you Sara for the card stuff full of seeds and the recommendation to contact the ag. ext. office.

Thank you Leann for your card and note. Love the little micro bag of clover and everything else you sent.

What a fun swap to look forward to!

I received two cards today. Priti's included a variety of interesting seeds, including cucumber 'Straight 8,' marigold 'Gypsy Sunshine,' Thai basil, eggplant 'Chinese String,' and tomato 'Tigarella.' Iris also sent some great stuff including bronze fennel, cucumber 'Marketmore,' and Rudbeckia 'Indian Summer.' Many thanks to both of you! You brightened a day that otherwise was spent in the drudgery of last-minute cleaning and shopping.

Thank you, Iris for the tomatoes and carrots!

Jodie, thank you for the seeds! I can't wait to look them!

Leann, thank you for the carrots, cucumber, and all the tomatoes!

Thank you to everyone below that sent me a Santa Seed Christmas Card! they were all so beautiful. This was my first year ever joining a seed swap and I had so much fun looking forward to the mail man every day. I told my hubby he needs to make me more garden beds so I can plant everything! super excited for 2025 garden. lots of new plants I have never heard of and going to enjoy growing and trying out.

Thank You again to:

The Virs

Phillip & Sharon

Iris

Sara

Poppy

Priti

Nicole

Emily

Jodic

Heidi

Coleen

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

Renea

I received a cute snowman card from Dorothy filled with a wonderful assortment of pepper seeds! Thank you Dorothy! I didn't even know about the yellow Nadello pepper, what a nice surprise! Looking forward to trying them all 🥰

A special thank you to Iris for hosting our Secret Santa Christmas swap!! Iris, I received your Christmas card! Thank you so much for sending the Japanese Black Truffle tomato seeds and spaghetti squash seeds! I have been wanting to try both! Storming Norman is new to me and will look it up, thank you! 🤗

Renea,

When your package eventually gets there, I recommend that you open it in front of your husband (while he is sitting down).

Priti ~ thank you for the christmas card and variety of seeds. Merry Christmas!!

Priti, thank you for the gourd, tomatoes, eggplant, and flower seeds!

Merry Christmas everyone ! I finally have time to myself to sit down and give more thanks for the cards and seeds I have received these past few days.

Thank you Coleen ! wow ! a beautiful card and so many fabulous pepper, tomato and broccoli seeds ! many new to me too !

Thank you Priti for lovely card and the cucumber, zinnia, bell pepper, basil and aster seeds ! All favorites of mine !

Thank you Dorothy for the sweet Cardinal card and all the wonderful flower seeds ! my bees and butterflies will be so happy !

Thank you Leann for all the fabulous seeds , many new to me - Bridge to Paris pepper ! love the name , will be looking this one up tonight !

Thank you Mandy for the pretty Lighthouse card, pepper and cuke seeds ( 2 of my fave veggies to grow every year ) !

Thank you Jodie for the beautiful gold mailbox card and pollinator seeds !

Thank you Emily for the Rudbeckia, pepper, dill and cosmos seeds !

And a thank you to who sent me a cute little snowman card stickers and seeds, unfortunately the card isn't signed and I misplaced the envelope so I am unsure who sent it ? so sorry but thank you so much !

I hope everyone is enjoying a happy and healthy Christmas with family, friends and loved ones and you have had fun exchanging cards and seeds. Thank you all for joining in and giving thanks to your fellow gardeners who have sent cards and shared seeds. Iris

I received a cute 3-D card today from Jodie which included blue eryngo, ornamental onion, and pink smartweed. I'll probably have to skip the smartweed as it grows prolifically enough here in PA to be an actual weed but was very happy to get the other two items. Many thanks, Jodie!

Thank you Iris for the Snowman Christmas card with Sunny coreopsis & Spacemaster cucumber seeds. I can't wait for Spring to come so I can plant them!! Merry Christmas!

Thank you Iris for hosting this event as well as the Christmas card with quite the assortment of seeds. I have to research how to grow these. There were even some natives

Thank you Priti for the lovely card with an ornament that has a pointsetta on it. She sent me an assortment of seeds including lemon basil, Chinese String Eggplant, Little Fingers Carrots, Jantar Radish, and China Asters. I can't wait to plant these.

Sara wow! You really filled that card with many seeds. I know exactly where I am going to plant these. I made a little campsite near a willow tree down in a valley. The purple clover will be beautiful there along with the Salvia, Yellow Columbine, Blue Bedder Salvia, Blue mist flowers, Cowpeas and Purple Queens Ann's Lace as well as a few more lovely seeds. I am excited to plant these by my campsite. I also have a garden there which will love the pollinators from these plants. Thank you so much.

Thank you Jodie

For the 3 dimensional card. I used it to stiffen up my seed packets which I make to look like scrap book pages. You did the work for me with that cute card.

It is a lovely assortment of seeds. I will have to look the Liatris Spicata and Pink Smartweed to learn how to grow these. Merry Christmas.

Audrey,

Thank You for the card with a beautiful winter scene and a poem called Christmas Eve. I am so excited to grow the Limelight Cosmos, Cuphea 'Sweet Talk Lavender, and Trachelium caeruleum 'Black Knight'. I have never had any of these and can't wait to look them up to plant them appropriately.

Dear Dorothy,

I just love the surprise pack you sent me. Of course it included a test which I proudly passed. The Celandine Poppy looks beautiful. I can not wait to try this Red Cosmos, Soulmate Swamp Milkweed, Tropical Milkweed, Hairy Balls, and 3-6' tall Rudbeckia. I was thinking about making the front of my home more natural with natives. I have to look up the Citrus Sunflowers. I bet they are beautiful. I have just the spot for the Rock Cress Cascade Blue. Thank you for the Lovage and Dean's Salty Balls Tomato (LOL). I had previously grown these and did not collect seed at the time. Now I know better. You know I love tomatoes and you sent Black and Yellow Bumblebee, Cherry Brown Microdwarf as I like sweet and tangy tomatos. I can't wait to try Millwood's Inspiration (Mega Bloom) Tomato. You are a dear friend and are a blessing to me. Thank you.

Sincerely,

Wendy Loomans

Ok everyone I’ll try this again! I can’t find most of the notes I wrote. I think I am technology challenged this year!

Thank you for all the lovely cards and seeds! I really appreciate all of you and your efforts so much!

Renea
Sharon
Mandy
Coleen
Nicole
Priti
Wendy
Belinda
Jodie
Iris
Dorothy
Leann
Sara

A big thank you to Iris for hosting!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Today I received a lovely assortment of seeds from Sara which included carrot 'Dara Dara,' caryopteris, giant coneflower, hibiscus 'Cranberry Crush,' orange tithonia, showy primrose, and a white with pink stripes hollyhock. Many thanks, Sara! They all sound very attractive.

I received a few cards right before and right after Christmas. It was a lovely surprise.

Thank you to Colleen /colcol for the golden tree card filled with so many fun goodies! I can't wait to see how they all turn out - hollyhocks, tomatoes, spinach, bok choi.

Thank you Priti for the poinsettia card with basils, carrots, and fun tomatoes. I'm super excited!

Iris sent a lovely tree card with new to me tomato variety, and some awesome lettuce and watermelon. I appreciate it so much!

Jodie sent a fun gingerbread house card with new to me flowers. Thank you!

And last but not least, Audrey sent a witr scene card filled with flower seed treasures. Thank you. They will be lovely in my 2025 garden!

Hi Wendy! Thank you so much for the lovely card and all the seeds! So many! I’m going to have fun looking everything up! Thank you so much!

Wendy sent me 20 packets of seeds in a lovely church card, including a wide variety of herbs and flowers. Many thanks, Wendy! I'd never heard of Navajo tea and will have to do some reading on that one!

HU-854065002 - i have not received a package yet. just wondering where it is being sent from? is it a card or a box? just wanted to check to make sure mail man didn't drop it off somewhere else?

Wendy, thank you for the flower seeds! I've never tried to grow those and can't wait to see how they do!

Sharon, thank you for all the seeds! Those all just got added to my grow list

Received a cool sparkly snowman card from Wendy today! So pretty! Thank you for the rare heart tomato seeds! Ones I didn't have! Some more varieties I really want in my garden! Thank you

Audrey ~ thank you for your beautiful snowy card with some awesome cosmos and zinnia seeds. thank u!!!

Coleen ~ i thought i had posted a thank you but i dont see it. Thank U for the beautiful christmas card with variety of seeds of peppers/tomatoes/prairie clover. Thank YOU!!!

I received an adorable Christmas card from Wendy! Thank you for the beautiful flower seeds! 😃👍

Thank you Wendy Loomans for the O Come Let Us Adore Christmas card along with Masa Red Blanket flower seeds and the Burpee Bachelors Buttons seeds. I am so looking forward to planting them when Spring comes (78 days)! :)

Happy New Year!!!!!

Thank you Sara for the puppy card filled with fun seeds. It arrived just yesterday. Thank you Wendy for the Adore Him card with the Zinnias. Thank you both very much.

Happy New Year to all!

Hello everyone ! I received 2 more cards ! what a nice surprise in the New Year when I was a bit sad that the Christmas holidays had come to an end for another year. Thank you so much Wendy for the flower seeds. Thank you also to Sara for the flower and pepper seeds ! my butterflies will be so happy this year ! I hope everyone is keeping warm and already planning their 2025 garden , I sure am. its the best way I know to get thru these long cold winter months.

Thank you all so very much for joining. With all these fabulous seeds we have shared with each other I know we will all have wonderful gardens this year , save those seeds this summer and fall and I hope to see you all back again in November for another Secret Santa Swap :-)

I received a beautiful card from Sara filled with a variety of seeds today! Thank you so much, looking forward to trying them all out. 😊👍