Greetings!
My name is Amanda, and I will be your host for the 2015 Spring Round Robin Seed Swap!
Signup will close March 10 and Robin will ship on March 15.
As the thread name suggests, we collect seed from our garden and/or fresh commercial seed to share with each other. When the time comes I will prepare my own seed and whatever is left from the 2014 Fall Robin, pack and ship the box (the bird, the Robin, etc.) to the first participant. They will take some seed and add some seed and then ship to the next ready and waiting participant who will do the same. And so on!
You don't have to have a lot of seed to contribute to participate. Any DG subscribing member is welcome to participate as long as you will be a subscribing member thru the end of the Spring swap (date(s) to be determined), sometime in May or June, 2015.
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 unrepentantly pointing out any flaws or errors inherent in the HOST's logic or lack thereof.
~Amanda
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*Kindly review and refer to the RULZ established previously for the 2013 Fall Swap here:
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 2012;
(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 identified in the Flight Path established 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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Check out our 2014 Fall Round Robin Interest thread HERE:
http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/1336761/
Review our 2014 Fall Round Robin Haves and Wants list from participants HERE:
http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/1379160/
**Link to the 2014 Fall Round Robin Seed Swap, On the Wing HERE:
http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/1380966/
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Image Courtesy:
http://www.artinnaturephotography.com/photo/american-robin-singing-in-spring/
This message was edited Feb 16, 2015 2:13 PM
