Hi everyone!

Any more mailers come in Abbey?

*bump bump offa page 2! :P

~Wendy

Hmmm.. where is everybody on here? lol

~Wendy

I picture Abbey at her dining room table totally surrounded by seeds, sorting, sorting, sorting...Thank you for everything you're doing, Abbey!

Susan

Hi Abbey,

Did you receive my seeds? I hope you got them!! Let me know!

Thanks,
Mandy

You didnt get mine??? I sent it like almost 2 weeks ago!!! But.....I might not of included my user name. I am Angela Billings from IL. Did you get it????

Abbey, there's an Angela in your Feb. 21 list of people whose seeds had been received -- could that be yotetrapper?

Is Abbey around? lol Abbeyyyy where are uuuuuuuuu?

~Wendy

The seeds must have gotten her!! OH NO!! LOL
Abbey are you there!!

Wake up Abbey, just say there is no place like home, no place like home!! LOL

Yep, I am sorting, sorting, sorting. This is my first day off in two weeks. Evenings have been busy since the last one came in Thursday (I hope), especially since I had a big festival at work to prepare for yesterday too. Last year it took about 4-5 days to get them all out. They will be trickling out all week so start watching mailboxes about Tuesday.

It took digging three times through mailers to find Angela's, yep, it is yotetrapper. Yes on Mandy too. Patty's and Patricia's came in this week - I think that is it. 31 total.
My biggest worry is being able to check weights\postage without any days off when PO is open. If they look good, and I can not find a way to check in small town Iowa, I will just send and cross my fingers. If I am leary, I may hold a few to take to a scale. Last year I worked at a place with a postage scale and could check them...I'm sure most will not be of concern.

Keep an eye out later this week.
Lots of great stuff, I hope you'll love them.

Happy sowing, I'll likely be up till midnight tonight, lol.
Abbey

Thanks for the hard work Abbey! I presumed you were busy sorting and sorting! I am sure we will love them!
Thanks for doing! Melinda

bump :)

Yeah! more seeds to anticipate! Thank you Abbey. Chris

Big HUG and THANKS to Abbey. This was a great swap idea. (Just may need to add a few extra beds for herbs)LOL

Thank again Abbey
Tammy:-)

Abbey you are the greatest!!!!

Thanks for taking the time out of your
busy schedule to host this swap.

Cindy

Well, the last of them are finally done and going out, I never seem to anticipate how much time this takes every single night. With all my work hours working 6-7 days a week, It was so much harder finding time when my 5 year olds weren't destroying my sorting piles, etc. LOL. I'm just glad I was able to finish and get some nice wishes filled. There were a couple manic moments "Ayhhh, the PO pick up is approaching too fast and I do not have these envies topped off! Here are the last few" - without double checking lists, so I hope those moments you didn't get your own back. It was usually from the unusuals pile so I was crossing my fingers those few times.

I hope you enjoy them and have fun planting.
Abbey

YAY ABBEY!! Thank you, thank you for all your hard work! As the mom of a 6-year-old myself, I can just imagine trying to sort that many seeds with my daughter disarranging my piles -- yikes! You are our hero!

I'll be watching my mailbox this week in anticipation -- thanks so much again!

Susan

Hello! Just wanted to let you all know we're having ourselves a "meeting" of fellow seed addicts in the Seed Traders Not-So-Anonymous Meeting thread. Stop on by for some fun! -Dan

hello
I got my seeds today
thanks for the great assortment everyone espessialy Abbey.
big hug to everyone
michelle

oh yayy! They're on their way! woohoo! Thankyou Abbey for all your hard work, I know it wasn't easy! We sure do appreciate it!

Hugs,
Wendy

Got my seeds today. Expected to see alot of things I already had, being this late in the season. And yes there were some. But WOW! What a nice selection. Many new ones for me. Yea, dames rocket. Thanks poisondartfrog. Catchfly silenearmeria, thanks diggingdirt. Wow, blackberry lilly orange, thanks lisam627. Agastache blue licorice, thanks? Rudbeckia irish eyes, thanks ramazz. Mexican flame vine, thanks? and so many more, thanks everyone.

I rec'd mine today. Thank yo so much for the seeds and all your hard work. Have any of you rec'd your enve's in swaps before open. My enve looks like the tape was ripped off. Abby, if you would, could you email me and let me know about how many you mailed me if you have any idea. I am sorry. I am not accusing you and hope you understand that. I really think that my mail person is b/c a couple weeks ago I rec'd an enve clearly marked seeds the way this one was, and it was open too. I don't want to accuse or be mad at the mail person unless I know for sure or reasonably sure, but this is twice now.

I do thank you Abby for all your hard work. I really appreciate it. And with all the above, I still rec'd some nice seeds. I appreciate it. Thanks soooo much.

Nichol

I have read about ripped open packets on this thread and the surprise swap thread as well! I think maybe even on Fran's too... Must be something weird going on w/ the post offices?? I would def take it to the post office and complain, that is NOT right! If something is torn they are supposed to at least bag it and put an apology letter in it. I rec'd that once.. hmmm

Still peekin in the mailbox for mine..lol So happy to see people so excited over their seeds!! :)

Hugs,
Wendy

My seeds arrived today -- I'm so excited to get them -- thank you so much everyone for doing the swap and especially thank you to Abbey for working so hard to make it happen!

Susan

Thanks Wendy. I really think in my gut that my mail lady has been pilfering. ( I like that word). This is the second time it has happened and both were clearly labeled "Hand cancel, Seeds", Do Not Bend-Seeds." The ay it was put in my mailbox makes me wonder too. It was stood up with he end out when sh usually lays it as flat as will allow. No bag or anything about getting ripped open. It just upsets me that I can't trust her with my SEEDS> Who cares about paychecks, insurance/credit card stmts, etc. But not my seeds. You know??????? LOL

Nichol/gardenmom2,

I'm so sorry that happened to you! It happened to me a couple of years ago too -- not with seeds, but with a GameBoy cartridge that I bought for my son on eBay. The envelope from the seller arrived empty, with a slit down the side -- someone in the postal system had taken it. I'm sure most postal employees are totally honest but it's a shame that there are a few dishonest ones -- and whoever did it is taking a big risk, isn't tampering with the mail a federal offense?

I'm sorry about your seeds!!

Susan

Thanks Susan. That i it exactly. The enve was slit just up the side. I don't really care as far as valuable or anything, but its just that they did it.

Thank you.

Nichol

If I were you Nichol I'd be standing at your mailbox tomorrow waving that envy right at her as she pulls up! :P I'd straight out ask her and threaten to make a complaint..
*mutterin.. NOBODY's gonna mess with my SEEDS!!! lol :P
Got me all riled up now... LOL

~Wendy

Better than that, I work at the school just up the road and she comes in there. I will be speaking with her there about "my concern with the last couple envelopes I have rec'd and the fact that I may need to get a PO box at the Postal Service's Expense so that I can be sure I am getting ALL ofmy mail." I have to work tomorrow, but I am calling to complain in the morning. I will be nice, as I have no PROOF, but I will let it be known that this is the second time it has happened and I will do what it takes to be sure it does not happen again.

I think I was just shocked at first, ya know?? I never would have thought about it. It'sthe mail for pete's sake. If she is that hard up all she has to do is ask andI would help her nd her family out, but to steal, MY MAIL ?????? I guess it goes to show the state of the economy. I think I may start putting a note inside my enve's with the packet count and asking that othes maybe start doing the same that way we can all be sure we are getting them all. Write it on the inside of the enve that way it can't be removed, ya know???? Sad state of our economy and our country when you can't even mail a few packets of seeds without a security escort, KWIM ??????

LOL Nichol

I recieved my envelope today! Yeah! getting ready to go through it :-)

Nichold - I can't believe that! OMG. I am lucky my mail lady is super nice and even walks the stuff up to my door. She is always commenting on the new stuff I am adding etc.

Tammy

No envy today.. pout pout lol

How's everyone's weather these days? We've been in shorts and t-shirts since last Friday, but it's gonna get chilly again by this weekend. All over the place temp wise here in Ga..lol

~Wendy

Kim sez (in her best "Three Bears" voice):

"Somebody's been looking at my wish list!"

Thank you, Abbey, and swap participants, for the LOVELY selection of seeds I received today. Another winning swap - egad, you've been doing this for 6 years already? You're a trooper!

Thanks again, all,

Kim, who is off to play with seeds...

Wendy, it turned cold here today. It has been in the 70's but that is not right for here. We should nothave that warm of weather yet though. But now it makes the 40 degree weather seem REALLY REALLY cold. It is supposed o warm up to 60 again Fri and Sat. (fingers crossed).

Nichol,
It had been beautiful and warm here too...out of season..BUT I took advantage of it and cleaned out all my beds. You just KNOW it's going to snow again before March is ended...we haven't gotten the "onion snow" yet!

I know what you both mean.. it was very odd to be WS'ing in 75 degree weather! lol But I know it won't last.. just lotsa teasers here til May... :)

~Wendy

That was a question I had Wendy. As a newby to WS'ing, I was not sure if it was too late to winter sow since we were warming up. I know it won't last, but I don't think it will be mid may, either, as we are warming up a lot quicker this year, it seems. So should I still keep WS'ing then???? How about something that needs a few weeks in cold like KMOGG??? Is it too late for that????

I WS'ed last year up thru the first week of April. There's so many variations in temps that it will still work just wonderfully. Just keep an eye on them and the moisture level on the sprouted jugs. They'll be fine :) Can't really give any advice on the KMOTGG as I've never tried growing it.. I've heard it's super finicky tho. If it needs cold you might toss the seeds in the fridge for 1-2 wks and see if that'll do the trick. You oughta post a thread on the Ws'ing forum and just ask, I'm sure someone will have the answer!

~Wendy

Hello everyone I recieved my envelope today! Yeah! getting ready to go through it now.

Thanks you
There were some wonderful item in there ..

Abbey,
I received my seeds today and was extremely happy! Thanks to all who sent in. I'm one happy gardener!.."dancing all around"...

Received my package today. Great selection!! Still waiting for spring to get here. Thank you for doing the work on this swap, its greatly appreciated.

Received my seeds today as well, ty so very much!! I'll be googling several of them tonight! lol I do love surprises :)

Thanks for your sorting efforts !! We all appreciate it so much!

~Wendy

I received my seeds too and I am quite pleased. I am planting some out TODAY.

Thanks again for all of your hard work.

Nancy

I got mine, too! Thanks so much! There was an awesome mix!

I finally got mine today! Yeah! Thanks for the hard work in fixing them for everyone. A nice mix. Melinda

Yea!!!! I got my seeds today...Thank You Abbey!!!! And thanks to all who sent the wonderful seeds. Bev

I got my seeds and love them! Thanks so much. Planted some already. Good work and looking forward to next year....

Sue G.

I received mine yesterday! They were all great, but I was especially pleased to see the Soapwort. I had planted some Soapwort, and it sprouted, and then a squirrel or bird dug up all the sprouts. Now I can plant more this weekend. I want to try making soap with it - supposedly it makes a nice shampoo.

Becky

I received my seeds today. Thanks to everybody. I hope there will be a 7th Annual Seed Addicts Swap next year. Thanks Abbey for all your hard work.

Don (dem_pa)

I got my seeds today. Thank you so much! I was delighted to find Nicotiana rustica in my envelope, among other things.
Alana

Got my seeds-it made my day!!! Guess what I'm doing this weekend! Thanks so much-hope to do it again next year!

Hey, my seeds finally arrived! I was beginning to get worried about them. Thank you so much Abbey for a great seed surprise and all of your hard work. This was a great swap. Linda