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We Have Received
137 Participants
from 7 Websites.
Thank You Everyone
from 'Dave's Garden'
Who are Now Participating!
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"Hop on the Veggie Seed Swap Train"
OK...Here it is....For all you Vegetarians!
"THE SEED SWAP OF SEED SWAPS"!
~~"ZZ's"-'Annual'-'Veggie Seed Swap'~~
A Great Way to try those Vegetables you've always wanted.
First off...This Seed Trade is for "VEGETABLE SEEDS ONLY"
No other seeds will be accepted in "ZZ's"-Veggie Seed Swap'.
If your into Vegetables and planning to plant your own Vegetable Garden~Then "ZZ's"-Veggie Seed Swap' is for you. It has been developed to allow you the opportunity to try different Vegetables, from different areas. Many being of hard to find, unusual or 'Heirloom' Varieties.
*Another added Feature this year is that this 'Invitation' will be placed on Several Different Gardening Websites. So this years Vegetable Seed Packet count, will probably surpass our 2500 plus count of Vegetable Seed Packets that were sent in last year(2002).
If you want to Participate in "ZZ's"-Veggie Seed Swap' you need to make a 'Post' below, letting me know you wish to Participate along with the following Information; your 'Name', and your 'Dave's Garden Screen Name'.
If you wish to Participate, but do not want to 'Post' your Personal Information. You may E-Mail me directly.
After 'Posting' your request...You will be sent a complete, detailed, informative E-Mail in return, with all the Information concerning, Seed Packets/Labeling, Bubble Envelope/Contents, Mailing of Seeds, and Seed Distribution.
As the "Host" of "ZZ's"-Veggie Seed Swap', I will reserve the right to stop taking Participants at any given time, if the need arises.
Now....Take all those Vegetable Seeds you want to 'Trade' and package them up in packets of a Minimum of 20 seeds per Seed Packet, for Larger Seeded Varieties....And 1/2 Teaspoon for ALL Smaller/Fine Seeded Varieties. You can put as many seeds as you would like into each Seed Packet, but in "ZZ's"-Veggie Seed Swap', YOU MUST...have a Minimum of 20 seeds per Seed Packet for Larger Seeded Varieties...1/2 Teaspoon for Smaller/Fine Seeded Varieties. Commercial Vegetable Seed Packets are acceptable in "ZZ's"-Veggie Seed Swap. But...ALL Commersial Vegetable Seed Packets must be from the year 2001....to the Current Year 2003 ONLY. "ZZ's"-Veggie Seed Swap' is designed to allow you to 'SAMPLE' different Vegetable Varieties.
Random Checking of Seed Packets will take place to make sure of adequate seed counts.
DEADLINES for "ZZ's"-Veggie Seed Swap' are as follows;
Deadline for Registration/Sign-Up; Wednesday- February 26, 2003.
Deadline for Mailing-Seed Packets; Wednesday- February 26, 2003.
*An E-Mail/Post will be sent Saturday, March 8, 2002, with the Entire Seed Inventory/Seed Selections Available, that were sent in for "ZZ's"-Veggie Seed Swap'.
All of "ZZ's"-Veggie Seed Swap'Packages/Seed Packets Will be Mailed Back to Each Participant; NO LATER than, March 17, 2003.
THE BASIC RULES-
To Participate-
1. You MUST have Vegetable Seeds available for Trade.
2. You MUST have a Bubble-Mailer or BubbleWrap available for shipping.
3. You MUST have four(4) 37cent Postage Stamps enclosed/sent with your seeds, for the return mailing of your Vegetable Seed Package. If your Packages Weight is less than what the expected weight should be for your Return Mailing...ALL Extra Postage...Will be Returned to you.
4. You MUST supply a Return-Addressed Mailing Label, with all information completed and ready, for the return mailing of your selected Vegetable Seed Packets.
Seed Packets-
1. All seed packets MUST contain 'Vegetable Seeds Only'.
2. All Vegetable Seed Packets MUST contain at least a Minimum of 20 seeds per Seed Packet for Larger Seeded Varieties...1/2 Teaspoon for Smaller/Fine Seeded Varieties.
Random Checks will be made for adequate seed counts in Seed Packets.
3. You can send in as many Seed Packets as you would like, but...ONLY Five(5) Seed Packets per variety of each Vegetable.
For Example-
You can only send 5 Seed Packets of the 'Variety'-'Willamette' Tomato Seed.
But...you can send in other 'Varieties' of Tomato. Such as Sweet 100, Brandywine, Beefsteak, etc.(But only 5 Packets of each 'Variety', with a Minimum of 20 seeds per Seed Packet for Larger Seeded Varieties...1/2 Teaspoon for Smaller/Fine Seeded Varieties.
4. You will receive back the same number of Vegetable Seed Packets that you send in for 'Trade' in "ZZ's"-Veggie Seed Swap'.
Send in 12 Seed Packets....Get 12 Seed Packets back, in Return.
Send in 40 Seed Packets....Get 40 Seed Packets back, in Return.
There is NO LIMIT to the Number of Vegetable Seed Packets that may be sent in.
And....Any amount of Vegetable Seed Packets will be accepted for Trading!
No one in "ZZ's"-Veggie Seed Swap will receive back any of their own Vegetable Seed Packets.
5. A 'Detail' of 'Seed Packet' Information/Labeling will be included in the follow-up E-Mail.
6. A 'Detail' of 'Bubble-Mailer'(Bubble Wrap) Packaging Information will be included in the follow-up E-Mail.
When ALL the Vegetable Seed Packages are mailed in, and all Vegetable Seed Packets are put into the Seed Inventory, you will be E-Mailed a complete "ZZ's"-Veggie Seed Swap' 'INVENTORY LIST'/Post, with every Vegetable Seed Packet listed and accounted for, that was sent in for "ZZ's"-Veggie Seed Swap'.
Details for Vegetable Seed Distribution will be outlined in the follow-up Post.
*Along with the trading of your Vegetable Seeds there will be some very "SPECIAL SURPRISE POSTS...AND YES AGAIN...THE EVER POPULAR...VEGGIE GAMES" showing up throughout the Registration/Sign-up period of "ZZ's"-Veggie Seed Swap'.
It's Going to be alot of Fun!
So Don't Delay...Sign-up Today!
The First Seed Giveaway....
Could Happen Right Away!
Have Fun and Enjoy!
I Look Forward to Seeing some of you Participating
in this Wonderfully Fun Event!
Lelan Dixon
(ZZTOPSOIL)
"ZZ's"-'Veggie Seed Swap'-Host
This message was edited Thursday, Feb 27th 4:37 AM
"Welcome Aboard"-"ZZ's"-'Veggie Seed Swap' is Underway!(dg)
Ohhh this sounds like fun !!!
My name is Cheryl and of course my screen name is Smokymist.
I wanna play too!
You know me from the "Veggie Olympics" and I can't wait for the fun to begin again!!
Your the BEST "ZZ"!!!
Shirley1md (the 1st Shirley from Maryland)
Yay, I have been highly recommended by Shirley1md to join this RRobin!
I have a bounty of heirloom veggie seeds to trade. (Many of them European and some unknown in the US, so far as I can tell.) And please, don't get paranoid about trading with the UK. I've been sending seeds to the US almost every month since the January 2002 phytosanitation laws came in - and not one package was impounded.
(I've also grown street-wise on how to prevent that...)
So please sign me up!
PS: can't send usable postage stamps, of course, but I have a few dollar bills. (They grow, in my sock drawer, I find.) Would they suffice?
This message was edited Tuesday, Feb 4th 2:07 PM
Sounds like fun, count me in!
Caren
Oh Boy!
Donna
please count me in i would love to try new vegies.thanks for doing this moretz
moretz melissa
wuill this work like a round robin or how.
jcf-
No...this is NOT a Round-Robin. This is a Mega Vegetable Seed Swap/Exchange. Where you Package up Individual Seed Packets of Vegetable Seeds send them to one Address. They are Inventoried...And then a Mass Inventory is E-Mailed out. And Everyone gets a chance to Choose a Percentage/Number of Seed Packets from the Inventory. By the Number of Seed Packets you have sent in. You WILL NOT receive any of your own Seed Packets in the Return of your Package. And You Will Receive Back...The Same Amount of Seed Packets in Return as you Sent in.
When I did this Last Year, the simplest and fairest way to divide up Seed Packets was as follows...After all the Seed Packets are sent in. I publish a 'Complete Seed Inventory' to which you are allowed to choose a certain Number/Percentage of Seeds from the 'Seed Inventory List'. This is Determined by the Number of People Involved by the Number of Seed Packets sent in...By the Number of Seed Packets You Send in. It worked very well Last Year, and everyone was extremely happy with the results. It averaged out that everyone got 86% of what they wanted on their "Wish Lists". And over 50% of their Choices from the Inventory.
If you, or anyone here at Dave's Garden would like the 'Information Packet' sent to them...I would be happy to E-Mail one to anyone who would like to request one.
I need you to send me your First Name and your E-Mail Address in a Private E-Mail. DO NOT Post your Name or E-Mail here.
I may not be able to get right back to you immediately. But you will receive the 'Information Packet' within the very same day you request it. I am starting to get a Heavy Sign-Up now from all the other Websites that are involved.....And, As I stated...Last Year, was My First Year doing "ZZ's"~'Veggie Seed Swap', and I had over 2500 Seed Packets involved, with 51 Individuals Signed-Up from 1(one) Website. Plus in MY Seed Swap, I include many Seed Packets as giveaways, which are given as Prizes to the replies in the 'Veggie Games'. So as I said above This is NOT...Just your Ordinary Seed Swap!
I Hope this explains some of what "ZZ's"~'Veggie Seed Swap' is all about, jcf. Send me an E-Mail with your First Name, and Your E-Mail Address...if you would like to See/Receive an 'Information Packet'.
Thanks for Asking...We will never learn...If We don't ask!
Lelan Dixon-Host
"ZZ's"~'Veggie Seed Swap'
YUP, Yup, yup!!! It's a Vegetable Happenin'! NOT TO BE MISSED!!!!!
Wow, 'tis awesome!
2500 seed packets? Chapeau! (as they say in France.)
Well, I'm just now bundling up some 1250 seed packets for members of my little UK seed share club The Village Guild. It's hard work!
(Well, difference is, I grew, dried and packaged every seed myself. But that's not work - it's slavery...)
So I respect enormously what you're doing. A first of its kind. And it ain't work, if it's fun.
Okay, Count me in too. I am printing out the info above to see the details of what is required.
Esther
Everyone above should have received their E-Mail 'Information Packets'...or received an E-Mail from me.
Can I remind People when they Sign-Up...I Do Not Have Your E-Mail Address, to Send your 'Information Packet' to you when you Sign-Up. So you Need to also Send me a Personal E-Mail...with your E-Mail Address..."Thanks"!
Those of you who have E-Mailed me Directly to Sign-Up...That is Fine. Everyone is Welcome to Sign-Up, whichever way you feel more comfortable...And I have Plenty of Room for the time being for Everyone!
I also should say tho...that I will probably close this Vegetable Seed Swap Offering down sooner than the above Deadline, and Registration/Sign-Up Dates. Because I am Receiving a Much Bigger Response/Postings, of Sign-Ups from all of the other Websites, than I ever expected to Receive...Signing up this Early.
Lelan Dixon - Host
"ZZ's"~'Veggie Seed Swap'
YEAH "ZZ"! Great response!! The others better HURRY UP OR THEY WILL MISS OUT!!!
John, you got that right, 'tis FUN!!!
"Chapeau"! (as they say in France.) Are you throwing your "hat" into the ring or hoping to catch packets of veggie seeds that will "rain" from ALL OVER THE WORLD???? :~)
OK,you scared me...I'm in on time I hope.......
Well, my old French teacher used to say 'chapeau!' whenever I did anything right.
Needless to say, it only happened once.
But then I suspect he was mad as a... hatter.
Incidentally... ZZ, thanks for e-mailing me the info pack. Alas, each time I tried to print it - or copy it to Clipboard to print from eg. Wordpad, it threw up a Dial-up Connection Box - which was irremovable. Then it crashed my computer (Blue Screen of Death) - three times.
Do I just have a buggy computer - or have any other folk experienced this?
From what I was able to see of the info pack, it looked great! Just wonder if the e-mail message contains a bug.
This message was edited Thursday, Feb 6th 12:43 PM
ZZ, you have mail
John, do you have slugs in your computer garden? I've heard that UK slugs are nasty creatures that get just about anywhere they want to be!
Question: would it be alright to share seeds that I've received in trade from others if I so identify them? I have a tiny garden, so never need quite so many seeds as I receive.
NO BUGS HERE JOHN!
I HAVE RAID IN ONE HAND...
AND LYSOL IN THE OTHER.
RIGHT AT HAND BY THE SCREEN...lol.
I AM AN ORGANIC GARDENER BUT...
WHEN IT COMES TO A VIRUS BUG.
THEY IS NO CHANCE THAT THEY GET IN HERE.
I will send you another Packet without all the Wonderful Color and HTML. Your Computer or Browser settings are probably not enabled or set to Download alot of it.....It will be so bland tho John..
So dump that other one.
I am working on one with NO HTML Codes.
Thanks for letting me know.
Lelan.
ZZ, my computer liked the email so well that it tried to print it 4 times. I finally had to turn the printer off to get it to stop!
I'm in. I will send you my personal info via e-mail.
Ah, you sent me HTML!
That explains it...
Some browsers just ain't equipped for it, and their printers do funny things - like seize up entirely or carry on forever.
Best keep to the plain vanilla version, I think. I'm sure I don't have a virus. My McAffee scan denied all knowledge of one...
Time for a Pep Talk...............
Come On...ALL You Veggie Gardener's!
You're lagging behind...ALL the other Websites!
The other Websites are knocking you dead!
I thought for sure there were some
'Veggie Gardeners' at Dave's Gardens!
Maybe I was wrong.
Don't wait too long...
'The Veggie Games' are about to begin!
Now that we've been "properly" scolded "ZZ", I'll send mine out this week. Thanks for the "nudge"! :~)
If theres still an opening count me in will e-mail THAnks
Wow, ZZ... how DO you do those clever text enhancements in this Forum - those compelling emboldments, underlinings and italics?
I've always wanted to do the same, but dem good ole Microsoft text enhancement keys don't work here...
So I have to do _this_. Or even *this*. Which is very ~boring~. :-)> (The emoticon of a bearded, frustrated, John Yeoman.)
John,
If you remember any of the embelishments from using DOS, once upon a time, you can highlight the word and then add your DOS codes. It will do some of the creative changes such as, "bold", "underline", & "italics", come immediately to my mind.
DOS? What's dat? I bet - like me - you remember VisiCalc, LocoScript and Space Invaders too, Shirley! :-)>
Gotcha Bon-
Your Registered...Signed-In...
And Your Information Packet
has been sent!
Now get those Seed Packets sent in because....
You Won't have time to be packing No Seeds
during the Veggie games.
You'll be running to the Computer all day long...
to get lots of Free Seed Packets.
'The Veggie Games'...are about to Begin!
This message was edited Thursday, Feb 27th 4:27 AM
I have all of my seeds ready to go, just need to lable them and get them sent to you.
belledonna
donna bell
donna@shopbottools.com
Ok Donna.
You have until Wednesday, February 26th, to get them in the Mail.
Thanks for letting me know Donna.
The Seed Packages are Starting to Roll In!
ZZ.
Mine are going out tomorrow......
"Thanks" for letting me know crestedchik.
'The Veggie Games' are about to begin!
Mine went out in todays mail!
Eventhough, it's snowing...with several inches on the ground...and the majority of snow will hit us tomorrow & Monday!! Talk about a "1-2 PUNCH"!!! BUT, I'm thinking about ALL the wonderful seeds that we all will receive through your incredible MEGA swap! Here's wishin' I could grow vine ripened tomatoes year 'round...LOL! :~)
Mine went out Friday, February 14.
"Thanks Everyone..!!!...
Now if Everyone Sends in their Seed Packages...
We are going to have the Biggest Seed Swap in History!
~"ZZ's"~'Veggie Seed Swap'~Train...
is startin to Roll...
"LET THE GAMES BEGIN"!
ZZ, mine went out today, being pretty much the whole way across the country, they should get to you by the end of the week or early next week. Me thinks this is going to be an intriguing way to wait out March! Spring never really gets here until May, but at least April usually gives us some hope!
Hi ZZ hope I'm not too late. I'd love to participate. I always have more than I need and have bunches left from last year. Just found this today. I'm turning third base and starting a slide.....
Oh yay, I'd love to be part of this RR. But I'm too late, I suspect.
Not least, because all my rare heirloom seeds - grown in my paddock personally last year - are already packeted and labelled. No way can I sit down and label them again, per the strict needs of this RR!
ZZ, will you accept - late - a bundle of some 20 packs of rare tomato seeds, simply labelled with their name and latin names? In exchange (solely) for rare legumes?
It can be with you in five days...
John
John-
You can send in Whatever Seed Packets
you have to send in John.
The Guidelines for Seed Packet Labeling...
Was used Just as an Example.
Send whatever amount of Seed Packets that you wish.
Lelan Dixon - Host
"ZZ's"~'Veggie Seed Swap'
Wow - I'm not in on this round as I am a newbie and only have a few tomato seeds that have been donated to me and nothing to trade this year, but I'm watching this thread and happily cheering you all along. Hopefully you'll do this again next year!
Sounds like Shirley and Crestedchik will have some fun things to bring to the NE roundup *hint hint*