CLOSED: 2013 Fall Round Robin/Seed Swap -On the Wing (Round 1) P. 2

Greetings:

This is a continuation of the flight of the 2013 Fall Round Robin! Our first thread following the migration of the bird got to be a little lengthy. Participants can skip the following copy and paste from our prior threads (links to prior thread and Want and Have list pages are at the bottom of this post):

This swap is closed to new participants.

The following is a tentative flight path, subject to change. Please ensure that the HOST has your telephone number and that you check DG at least daily when the Robin is in your region.

If we don't hear from you - we won't ship to you. Your name will go to the end of the list, and you may receive the Robin on its return flight.

AmandaEsq - NC ------------------------Ship - 11/13 (2.5 lbs)
czimmerman00 - KY----------------------Receive - 11/15---------------Ship - 11/18
Poisondartfrog (Alana) - KY-------------Receive - 11/20---------------Ship - 11/21
Meadowyck (Jan) - FL-------------------Receive - 11/23---------------Ship - 11/26
LazLo-TX -----------------------------------Receive - 11/30 -------------- Ship - 12/5
CheerMom (Sue G) - AZ ---------------Receive - 12/7 --------------- Ship - 12/10 (6.0 lbs!)
Domehomedee - CA --------------------Receive - - - - - ----------------Ship 12/17
Evelyn_in_the_Garden - CA -----------Receive - 12/ ------------------Ship 12/23
warriorswisdomkathy - CO ------------Receive -12/27 ----------------Ship 12/30
Iowhen - IA --------------------------------- Receive 1/2 - - --- ----- - - - Ship
mipii - MI - - --- -- --- ----- ------- ------ Receive 1/8 --- ------------------Ship 1/10
deejay9 (Susie) - MI ------------------Receive 1/13 ----------------------Ship 1/14
obliqua (Judy) - PA -------------------Receive 1/17 ----------------------Ship
Carolyn22 - PA -------------------------Receive 1/16 ---------------------Ship
pfg (Pam) - NY
gardenseeder63 - NH
NisiNJ - NJ
Lanakila - NC
Mike1247 - NC

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RULZ:

In the interest of FAIRNESS to participants
and to maintain the INTEGRITY of the Round Robin tradition
we each agree to:

(1) Treat the Robin as an individual swap taking the same time and care with our contributions to the Robin as we would with an individual trade;
(2) Take what you want, give what you can, generous in contribution and modest in appropriation - particularly if the amount of seed in the Robin is scant;
(3) Contribute only seed of known origin (commercial seed, harvested from our own garden, etc.) not older than 2011;
(4) Package our seed contributions to the Robin in clear plastic zip lock bags and/or glassine envelopes so that contents are visible and easily accessible by other participants in the Robin;
(5) Properly label our seed contributions to the Robin with our DG Name, common and botanical name of species contributed, and date of origin (PREFERABLY ON PAPER LABEL INSIDE BAG/ENVELOPE);
(6) Respond within 24 hours to communications from other participants and HOST of the Robin by dmail, telephone, or other means deemed acceptable by the HOST;
(7) Post on the main thread the arrival and departure date(s) of the Robin into and out of each participant's possession;
(8) Maintain possession of the Robin not longer than 4 days including holidays and weekends;
(9) Ship the Robin to the next participant as directed by the HOST;
(10) Submit USPS tracking/confirmation information by dmail to the HOST only, not by public thread;
(11) Be a good sport; and/or
(12) Be hung in effigy and/or ostracized forever by participants and/or HOST for failure to follow these RULZ.

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We are a friendly bunch dedicated to seed swapping and hoarding.

Many of us have participated in this time honored tradition hosted in the past by Susie (deejay9). Some of us have not participated in the Robin before. Please feel free to ask any questions of the HOST or participants on this public thread or by dmail.

Thanks for playing and for unabashedly pointing out any flaws or errors inherent in the HOST's logic or lack thereof.

~Amanda

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We came from here:

2013 Fall Round Robin Seed Swap On the Wing (Round 1):

http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/1341445/
http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/1341445/
http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/1341445/

Our 2013 Fall Round Robin Seed Swap Interest thread:

http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/1336761/#top

Our 2013 Fall Round Robin Seed Swap "Haves and Wants" thread:

http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/1337395/

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American Robin image courtesy Gerry Sibell:

http://m2.i.pbase.com/o2/70/728970/1/145073112.xCB8pMlM.Robin62.jpgv

This message was edited Jan 25, 2014 1:14 PM

As the Robin tradition goes, our esteemed former hostess, Susie (deejay9) offered a prize to whomever could guess when the Robin would return to her possession.

We must continue and preserve tradition of course, so here are the guesses so far from our participants. I will keep these entries here at the top of our new thread so they are easy to find and so the winner can do a "superiority dance" (see below) when appropriate:

Guess When the Robin Will Return to AmandaEsq in Greensboro:

FEB
EVELYNINTHHEGARDEN ----14 TH
GardenSeeder ---------------------21st
WWK --------------22nd
PFG----24 TH
CHEERMOM-- 27th
DJ9----28 TH


MARCH
DEE-- 1 ST
CZ---3 RD
NISINJ ---- 5th
IOWHEN----6 TH
MIPII--7 TH
LazLo - 15th


Read more: http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/1341445/#ixzz2q8VJr0y3


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Image courtesy NBC - Dana Carvey (Church Lady) and Justin Bieber on SNL doing the Superiority Dance.

VIDEO: Courtesy Huffington post:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/02/06/snl-justin-bieber-church-lady_n_819193.html

This message was edited Jan 25, 2014 1:14 PM

Soup Nazi from Seinfeld:

"The main thing is to keep the line moving."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVqBzP0xdKk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVqBzP0xdKk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVqBzP0xdKk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVqBzP0xdKk

Seed Nazi:

"The main thing is to keep the Robin moving."

I'll guess 2/22/14. (I am thinking I included these in the box)

This message was edited Jan 12, 2014 8:37 AM

What pretty cosmos, Kathy. :)

Your guess is duly noted.

I'll guess March 5. Don't think that's taken yet. (Had to check to make sure it isn't a Sunday lol)

GM sitting here trying to be patient for i know the robin should land here today . I Hope she will make it up my drive it is a skating rink out there Zoey likes it for she can slide down it .
Wish I Had some salt to throw out there maybe it will melt before she gets here about 1-2 pm sure will let ya know when he arrives .

off to play in the seeds to make sure i have everything ready . ya all have a great morning BBL

Robin Has Landed off to play

This robin is very fat Going to take me all night to go through :) But i have nothing better to do :) HEHE Besides sleep Just 5 more Packs to go through , been trying to look up a few.
that I have not heard of .

want to thank
MIPPI
PFG
PDF & EVELYN_INTHEGARDEN FOR ALL THE SEEDS THAT THEY HAVE SHARED WITH ME .
well off to feed & water so i can get back to the seeds . BBL

I for one am very pleased that you get to PLAY with the seeds this time around.

Enjoy, Susie. You've earned it. ;)

xox

Well going over the list twice maybe 3-4 times just to make sure all is back in the box & I Have to go back to make sure all trades are filled :) then off to the post office , & then for my weekly poke :( ya all have a great day will be back later in the day with conf #

Make my WAG . . . March 15th - - "Beware the Ides of March."

Ahhhh LazLo!! Back in the land of the living - I do hope all is well with you. Your guess is duly noted.

A.

Thanks for the funnies LazLo, and thanks for relieving me for the last place in line. I now think I'm a contender...have a renewed hope to win!

Bird is flying out today & Will be landing Thu 1/16/14 sent conf to amanda

TY All for sharing many many great seeds I Hardly Put a dent into the robin took a scant here & There from many packs , Now I Hope That My Health will let me play in the Dirt this spring .

well now to get busy around here ya all have a great day .

Thanks for your contributions too Susie, I also tried to take a few from many packs. Thanks to all who participated (long list).

Hey Pam...how 'bout putting a link up to the germination thread for those newbies that might be interested in germination times and the differing methods we are using for starting our seeds.....?
(thankyou! lol)
Pix from last season....

Kathy, I didn't hit send on that request...are you clairvoyant? Doesn't matter, you're still incorrigible!

Here's the link to the germination thread:

http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/1344533/

We started it last year, and it was amazing how much information was shared about so many different kinds of seeds and methods. I learned a ton. This year we're already off to a good start. Come join us!

Pics from last year, 1, The city window setup. 2, At the house

Mippi..LOL...Not me!!!!! Come join in the fun! I'm going to try and figure out a way to add all that I start and days to germinate if I can figure out how to set up the info in my Journal.

Anyone having info on how to use the Journal feature....please share..or do I need to put into my Diary here at Dave's? ie. Alcea r. Black Beauty, 4-6ft S.1/12/14, G 1/16/14., and any other notes I might need to add. Want to do columns so will be easier to read.. Mostly will be for my record keeping but others might find the info useful too.

Pix from 2013

Kathy - I've used the journal feature for a few seasons now. It's the hierarchy you have to figure out, but after that it's pretty intuitive (sort of) though I could see room for improvement. You know how it is getting improvements around here. ack.

Kathy, what about using an Excel spreadsheet, do you know Excel?

I use a spread sheet but I don't have a perfect system. It's hard to get all the details in, especially as I change some things every season. Also, I start out OK, then taper off when things really get going. Some things from later on last year i only have the date i started the seeds, not what happened. So I also have a journal where I can put in some of the fine points, and I look back to that if I need more info about previous years.

Pam, some time this weekend I'll provide some screenshots to better your system (when I don't have to go to work). Tapering off sounds like human error not software/program issues...lol! Perhaps I'll start its own thread and call it 'Record Keeping'.

Sorry..don't know what Excel is. Nor how to do a spread sheet. You would think Dave's would have something set up for us, or should I say it would be nice if they did.

And Mipii that would be great!

excel is a wonderful and after you play around with it, very easy. The best way to learn a program is to have something you want to create, then that desire really provides to fuel for learning.

I do most everything on the iPad now. It's great when I wake up in the middle of the night, I catch up on a lot of stuff then. But Excel and Word, etc, don't have all the features. Still I'm able to do a lot.

Pics are 2013 and this year. You can see how the followup diminished as the season progressed, lol.

pam that is the same spread as an excel sheet but I can see how it is easier to use, as I don't believe you can open a word or excel spreadsheet on iPads. Now when you can open and use those programs on the iPads then I'll maybe be finding a way to have an iPad.

great sheet you got going.

Is this info avail on dave's within our diary (journal) or blog. And if not how would you transfer the info. If not avail on Dave's how and where to go on the puter?

feb. 21st

Kathy - some of what you are looking for is on DG although nowhere as extensive as Pam's journaling. This what I have if I click on my alliums tab in my journal. I could have added more information, but did not. I believe the number of fields that DG makes available cannot be added. Not sure if this helps.

I'm glad you think my spreadsheet is extensive... I add to it every year when I can't find some detail from a previous year. It drives me crazy that I think I'm covering everything, then the next year there I am again, trying to find the answer to some really specific question, and it's not there. Grrrrrr... ;-)

Carolyn...is that available here at Dave's? How do I access it? Looks good enough to be able to add all the info I would need..

Pam, yours in wonderful too but not available here huh... Darn..lol. And did you buy that plant of indigo spires or grow from seed (ever), info here at Dave's says is sterile or may not come true from seed, my reason for wondering.. Where did you get origonal plant? And I noticed someone from Denver had it listed as growing here...yeah!!!!

More seeding today and a few of the things already started are starting to pop their little heads up..yeah!

Kathy it is warm enough were you live for them to be sprouting already????? If so then maybe CO isn't too bad (weather wise) to live in during the winter....LOL

Kathy

Yes, that is on DG. I entered a number of different things into my DG Journal and have them listed by type of plant. When I click on my 'alliums' tab, then all of the alliums I entered under that category come up.

Yes, Pam, your journaling is extensive. I love what you are doing with your journaling. There is so much information right at your fingertips. I don't have an ipad though, nor do I have an iphone.

I have used excel spreadsheets myself for journaling. What I like about excel is that I can color code the journal. I haven't kept that journal in a number of years, but the thing I like about excel is that you can color code different line items. I used to have the color coding set up by what flowered in what season. Hmmm..... Sounds like a good way to get through the rest of the winter. This winter seems like forever.

I received an email from Judy. Apparently I am next for the robin. I can't wait! Wish I was out in the backyard now.

Color coding sounds great! I'm too lazy to use the PC... I can be on the iPad anywhere, not pinned to one spot. It weighs very little so I always have it in my bag-- dr's offices, the bus, etc. Otherwise I don't think I'd have the patience to sit and write all that stuff. My best time is in the wee hours. I usually wake up for an hour or two, and I can lie in bed and be on it without disturbing DH.

Oh wow, I'm next after you, Carolyn. The robin is just whizzing along! Yay!

Hey Carolyn - thanks for not making me call to track you down. :D