This thread will be used by you to post when you mail your seeds, by me to say I received them and when I mail your envelopes back to you, and again by you so you can let us know they have arrived. Feel free to chat about anything relating to the swap or ask questions. However, no side trading is allowed so please only send seeds for others that relate to the themes and do not arrange for side swaps among yourselves by sending the seeds through me.

Here is our list of participants and the name of each person's themes. You will have to look back at the original list (where we signed up) for a description of each theme. Maybe someone can post a link here so you can easily get to it.

sandlapper_rose: I'm Thirsty, The Dessert Menu, Spice of Life, Fall in Love, I Get Around

poisondartfrog: Grow Where You are Planted, Nicotine Fit, So? Sow Celosia!, Cream Supreme, Giganotosaurus and other Giant Creatures

flowergirl34: The Black Crows, Little Miss Matched, Heritage Garden, Happy Feet, Jurassic Park

jensyen: It's Pretty Cut-and-Dried, My Two-Faced Friends, Oh, What a life!, Sensational Show Stoppers, Gnome Sweet Home

alwaysagarden: Bright Smiling Faces, Oh So Popular, Big Bright Bloomers, Going Wild, On The Porch

clc70: Shady Ladies, Fall Fantasy, Cottage Collage, Annie Get Your Gun, Shrubmania

micyrey: Butterfly thru, Just Hanging Around, Annual Creek, Guinea Pig Salad Bar, Wild Thing

browneyedsusan: Buried treasures, Leave me alone, Little gems, Some like it hot, Woodland sprites

drippy: America the Beautiful, Appalachia

sassybutterfly_2008: It's not easy being GREEN, Summer's Bounty Buffet, Fruit Salad, Heaven, Rude Gals Raising Hel..

kay_in_pa: Forever and a Day, Peaches and Cream, Victorian Lady, Up Your Nose, Fernal Equinox

barefootgardner12: Children's Garden, Hot & Sweet (peppers), Tutti-Fruity, Veggie Blast, Chocolate & Vanilla Fantasy

onedaylily: On the edge, Heaven scent, Early Risers, The Great Race, Some kind of wonderful

ishareflowers: The red coats are coming, Follow the yellow brick road, Crazy for columbine, Rock the casba

jaynine: Tried & True, For the Birds, Between a Rock & a Hard Place, Hippie Chicks, Magic & Medicine

lorilynngardens: Tiger Garden, Cafe au Lait, Strawberry Fields, Garden Sings the Blues, Potager

twopinenuts: Don't be a SAP!, Primary Colors, Gigamungusoid, HummerButter Days, Not tonight Deer

apoppyfield: Heirloom heritage, Culinary delight, Salad Bowl, Throw & Grow, Easy & Shady Lady

moonphase: memorial garden, herb /butterfly garden, two toned friends, animal fun, nanny's food farm.

imabirdnut: Monarch Mania, Butterfly Bounty, Blues Brothers, Red Hot Mama, Meadow Madness

gagreenman:Ying/Yang, Celtic Knot, Fire & Ice, Twilight Fantasy, Mysterious Happenings

scratchits: Riley's Pride, Whispers in the wind, Grandmas back yard, Berries delight, Keep the doctor away

gardenerz: Squash Me, Short Cool Season, Heirloom, Pink and ?, Z - Things that start with a "z"

hibiscusfan: God Bless the USA, Pink Panthers, Rock and Roll, Wet and Wild, Stars and Stripes

LiznElizabeth: Good Buddies, Pining Away, Tuff Enough, Deer-be-gone, Buttterfly Diner

I'm so happy to have all of you participating. This swap is lots of fun!

I am sending an e-mail message with my mailing address and instructions about how to package your seeds, etc. If you do not receive it, contact me. It is being sent out today. Please do not share my mailing information here on the message board. I sent e-mail to each person so it would not be posted. Thanks so much...

and Happy New Year! I hope it is a wonderful year for each of you.

Jeanne

I created a spreadsheet with all the themes and descriptions but I don't think I can attach it to a message. If anyone wants a copy just send me an email. Happy New Year!

Margie

Margie ~ I'll be emailing you for that! The descriptions are very helpful!

~Wendy

I was concerned that I wouldn't have seeds that fit anyone's themes, but I have lots of things to share. What fun!

Thanks for asking. If someone has one question, probably other players have that same question, so you heped out!

Any other questions, just ask.

Jeanne

I mailed my package out today..

Lisa

I pull my seeds every night after dinner in the cold nights. I have nothing else to do but watch tv and I don;t like tv..I have been packing seeds as players sing up.

Lisa

Jeanne, got me email. Thanks!

I'll be sorting and packing this weekend.

Some of you ladies are super fast!

Have a great weekend!
vina

Take care, Jeanne, and thank you!

Kim

ishareflowers
apoppyfield
poisondartfrog
jensyen
micyrey

I will look through the envelopes better this evening, but at first glance all of you did a great job packaging and including information to help me shuffle the seeds. Thanks so much!

Jeanne

Cindy

They are coming in a box - do not let that scare you! It was just easier to work with the mailing instructions that way.

Everyone is doing a great job on how you are packing the envelopes. Thanks so much. The seeds I ordered to use in the swap arrived today. Since they were so speedy I'll pass along the name of the place - Pinetree Seeds!

Jeanne

Jeanne

I just finished my packeting and enveloping, and all will go in the mail tomorrow.

NOW I can go open those catalogs that have started flooding my mailbox!

Kay

Thanks so much and have a great day!!
vina

Our temperatures are really dropping for the upcoming week and it's odd to say this, but I'm glad because I had not started winter sowing yet (because it seemed way too warm)so maybe now I can start my winter sowing! That is one of the reasons I really want to keep this swap moving along - anyone who winter sows will want their seeds as soon as possible.

Have a great weekend and be careful on this Friday the 13th!

Jeanne

Enjoy the weekend!

Jeanne

So, here is what I have on the list for already received or on their way:

sandlapper_rose: Here
poisondartfrog: Here
flowergirl34: On its way!
jensyen: Here
alwaysagarden: Here
clc70: Here
micyrey: Here
browneyedsusan:
drippy: Here
sassybutterfly_2008: Mailing on Tues.
kay_in_pa: Here
barefootgardner12:
onedaylily: Here
ishareflowers: Here
jaynine: Here
lorilynngardens:
twopinenuts: Here
apoppyfield: Here
moonphase:
imabirdnut:
gagreenman:
scratchits:
gardenerz:
hibiscusfan: Here
LiznElizabeth: Here

I hope quite a few envelopes arrive on Tuesday!
Jeanne

Jeanne, mailed out priority yesterday :). It was cheaper for me to use a flat rate bubble envie. I put a clean flat rate bubble envie inside to be mailed back, with postage moolah. Everyone has separate envies with all the themes listed on the front and a Master List is enclosed too. I believe I found something for everyone :0)...146 packs are their way to you :0)

Happy Saturday and thanks so much for hosting!!
vina

Cindy :)

Susan

Misty

If you send priority, it will likely be okay to mail over the weekend, but absoltely no later than that! I need to get the seeds completely sorted and back out again. If you won't be mailing by then, let me know anyway, but please don't send the seeds in.

If your envelope arrives after all the sorting has been done, it will just be returned to you "as is" because there is no way I am going to tear open envelopes to sort over again.

I'm sorry for being in such a hurry, but my life kind of gets put on hold so I can sort in a few days' time. People in the swap signed up a month ago so there was a lot of time in there for you to sort, label, and mail your seeds.Sorry to sound a bit harsh.

I am having fun with the hostessing and those who have mailed in so far have done a wonderful job bagging and sorting by theme and all of you make my job so much easier. Another reason why I don't want those who mailed on time to be delayed more than planned.

Let me hear from you if I haven't already.

Jeanne

I know there are more seeds on the way so please don't feel like the harsh wording was directed at anyone who sent on time - even on Tuesday, because that holiday popped in there. We can't control the number of days for mail delivery. I just wanted to remind those I hadn't heard from that time is running out. It was all being said with a smile on my face... just trying to keep things moving along.

I stopped at the library today and checked out two books on native plants. My annual, perennial, and herb books were not covering all the specifics on some of the seeds that arrived. Now I should be in good shape deciding on what the colors are, sun or shade, etc. Keep in mind that I may slip up because I can't look up every type of seed, but I'll do my best!

I'll be back to let you know what arrives tomorrow.

Jeanne

I'm updating the list:

sandlapper_rose: Here
poisondartfrog: Here
flowergirl34: Here
jensyen: Here
alwaysagarden: Here
clc70: Here
micyrey: Here
browneyedsusan: Here
drippy: Here
sassybutterfly_2008: Mailed
kay_in_pa: Here
barefootgardner12: Here
onedaylily: Here
ishareflowers: Here
jaynine: Here
lorilynngardens:
twopinenuts: Here
apoppyfield: Here
moonphase:
imabirdnut: Here
gagreenman:
scratchits: Here
gardenerz: Mailed
hibiscusfan: Here
LiznElizabeth: Here

Over 1,700 packs of seeds are here now!

I've heard from at least two of the remaining people that seeds will be sent and they are probably on their way by now. I will send another e-mail message trying to confirm with the others that they have seeds on the way. Obviously I will wait until the end of this week for any seeds that I know are on the way. Then my plan is that once I have completed sorting, if I still haven't heard from someone, I will mail the seeds sent for them to whomever sent them. (I am trying to stay organized enough to do that, but there may be a few slip ups.) Envelopes arriving "after the fact" will be sent back to the original sender. If your seeds are not here yet and I haven't heard from you, let me know!

Jeanne

I thought some of you might like to see my set up. I blurred the picture a bit so no one could read the information I have on the front of the bags. Anyway, more and more sorting bags every day!

Heading back upstairs to sort for another hour or so...

Jeanne

I love your idea of sorting into paper bags. I remember sorting the winter sowing swap and trying to put things into the bubble envys and they would slip and slide... This would be so much easier! I'll try this method for the next big swap. :)

I use large manila envies, put player info on the envie and put their bubble envie behind it in a long bin. with the WLOMWLS I ended up with 4 bins, my most ever. I have been wondering how others do it.

started my winter sowing yesterday, on the winter sowing page there is the jug count going on, zone 5 is winning so far.

michelle

I'm getting excited, too!
Lila aka 'imabirdnut', 'seednut', & 'butterflynut'!!!

Let's not worry too much until after mail delivery tomorrow. I am hoping the last few will show up then. I am trying to make it so that Friday will be my last day to sort so they can all get mailed out on either Saturday or Monday. I will keep you informed of how it's going. I am over 50% finished with the sorting at this point.

Like many of you, I am eager to winter sow and that won't get done until after I finish sorting. I know we are all waiting for the seeds...

Yes, the paper bags are great for sorting. There is lots of room for the return envelopes, the seed packets, etc. I have the bags in alphabetical order by GardenWeb name. I put a list on the front of each bag with the five themes and the person's information. I have the list of what was sent and then I make a list of what is going to each person so I can compare the two. I check to make sure you are not receiving something you sent and check on the numbers, too. (I adjust if someone who sent 100+ seeds only has 30 and someone who sent 30 has 75. That gets a bit confusing since at that point I have to recheck the 3 lists! LOL)
So, that's my system and I'm sticking to it...

Updating the list:

sandlapper_rose: Here
poisondartfrog: Here
flowergirl34: Here
jensyen: Here
alwaysagarden: Here
clc70: Here
micyrey: Here
browneyedsusan: Here
drippy: Here
sassybutterfly_2008: Here
kay_in_pa: Here
barefootgardner12: Here
onedaylily: Here
ishareflowers: Here
jaynine: Here
lorilynngardens: Mailed
twopinenuts: Here
apoppyfield: Here
moonphase: ?
imabirdnut: Here
gagreenman: ?
scratchits: Here
gardenerz: Here
hibiscusfan: Here
LiznElizabeth: Here

Thanks to those who said the seeds could be redistributed if needed. I won't know how it will all pan out until closer to the end but it may help.

Back to the seeds...
Jeanne

Jeanne, redistribute away :)
vina

Cindy

If your seeds made it to me for this swap, when I post the list tomorrow you can list up to 10 seeds that you would like from what remains. Please do that by the end of the day Saturday by posting your list here. Then I can finish packing them up and get them out on Monday. If more people want what is listed than the number of packets I have, I will just draw names for some of them and try to even it out.

Please don't feel bad if you sent something that appears on the list! Wonderful varieties were sent in, but sometimes several people decide to send the same thing.

I hoped everything would go smoothly and all would be accounted for but the way it looks now, I don't see it happening. There will be some seeds still looking for their proper home. Please be understanding if 75% of your seeds fit your themes well and the other 25% are a bit "iffy." I am doing my best. Perhaps you can share some with a friend or do a later trade and exchange them for something else. The first round of sorting was going really well, but the process has slowed down today - I really don't want to handle each person's envelope more than 4 or 5 times so if it hasn't clicked with me yet on how to sort the remaining seeds, I'll leave it up to you. Okay?

The last time I was hostess I had many seeds on hand and supplemented a lot of what was needed from my stash. I haven't been saving as many seeds this time so I just couldn't do that again.
Sorry your hostess's brain is beginning to turn to mush at this point... LOL
Jeanne

Will be waiting for your list of extras to be posted.

Cindy

I will recheck the envelopes before sealing them up but I just finished and I think anyone who sent 100 or more now has at least 100 and everyone who sent under 100 has the number they sent in (with maybe a few extras.) It seems like there should be more left over than there is, but this is all. I tried to pull out the ones for lorilynn and gagreenman unless you told me to just leave them in the swap so some of you may find a few "returns." I want to let you know that I heard from gagreenman and he has been ill so that was why we didn't hear from him. Lorilynn had some weather issues at the time she mailed so we are uncertain what happened there, but still no arrival or word about her envelope so something happened to delay it (or perhaps it made its way back to her.) We missed having the two of you in the swap. Maybe next year...

Anyway, here are the leftover seeds if anyone wants to claim some. If more ask for them than what I have, I will just draw a name.

California Poppy (2)
Mystery Flower (2)
Cosmos Sensation (1)
Marigold (4)
Neem Marigold (2)
Dill (2)
Penstemon tenius (2)
Bachelor Button Blue (1)
Pink Hollyhock (1)
Balloon Flower - Blue/Purple (1)
Ratibida - Mexican Hat (1)
Sweet Basil (1)
Larkspur (1)

Please post your list here by the end of the day Saturday if you want some of those on the list. Then I can finish packing them up and get them out on Monday.

Thanks for your participation and your patience. Whew, time to get these seeds moving along and get some things done here at home. I know I will be winter sowing some next week. It has been so warm this winter that I don't know how that will go.

Jeanne

Have a good weekend!

Jeanne

Later this week I will past some of the cute seed names that were used for some of the themes. You are great at this!

Jeanne

06076 is 03080660000087396855
01876 is 03080660000087396879
13166 is 03082040000097149195
14437 is 03111660000054653265
17236 is 03082040000097149270
21620 is 03111660000054653258
30533 is 03111660000054653241
30127 is 03080660000087301484
35242 is 03080660000087301491
35749 is 03111660000054653234
40906 is 03082040000097149263
43026 is 03082040000097149201
45844 is 03111660000054653289
63471 is 03111660000054653302
76087 is 03111660000054653272
80107 is 03082040000097149218
84741 is 03082040000097149232
95370 is 03082040000097149225
95969 is 03080660000087396862
97015 is 03111660000054653296
98148 is 03082040000097149249
98596 is 03082040000097149256

I think I got all the numbers typed in correctly, but if not just ask and I will look it up again and e-mail it to you. I wonder where the first ones will arrive...

I plan to do some winter sowing tomorrow - I think for today I will take a break from looking at seeds! Thanks again for participating and all the great seeds you shared with the others. Please post when you receive so we will know everything makes it out safely.

Sending the new self-addressed envelopes was a big help to me in sending the seeds back out so thanks so much for doing that. I added extra tape to most of the envelopes. I sure didn't want any to tear and spill out their contents.

Enjoy... enjoy... enjoy!!!

Jeanne

Jeanne

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!
vina

ps...Jeanne, my snickers is already gone...HAPPY VALENTINES! :)

Everyone's themes were so great and I just wanted to share with you a few of the great selections I received for my themes. Others were equally creative - just can't type the whole list.

I'm Thirsty: I received two types of White Milkshakes, Melting Sugar Peas, and a Cup Plant to hold my beverages... also Petunia 'Rainmaster', Dianthus 'Rainbow Loveliness', Cleome 'Color Fountain', and Rain Lily 'Prarie Sunset'
The Dessert Menu: All I can say is "yum!" I received 4 o'clocks 'Custard and Cream', Dianthus 'Raspberry Parfait', and Digitalis 'Milk Chocolate'
Spice of Life: Marigold 'Sugar & Spice' and lots of great herbs to add to my herb garden
Fall in Love: Yarrow 'Love Parade', ROS 'Red Heart' and Japanese Maple for the fall color aspect
I Get Around: Sunflower 'Magic Roundabout', Queen Anne's Pocket Melon (have been interested in growing this one... small and round and said to have been carried in people's pockets long ago), Allium 'Purple Ball'and Globe Amaranth.

Some could have been in two categories like Zinnia 'Candy Cane' - it has a round part and could also be a dessert!

I hope a few of you will post some of the creative and interesting ones that you received. This group must have had almost every seed in existence. I just don't know how you meet so many themes so well. Thanks again for your wonderful participation.

Jeanne

Thank you to everyone that sent in seeds for me,I got a kick out of some of the thoughtful selections.

Jeanne, thank you for the candy and all the hard work you must have put into sending out such great packages..

Lisa

Jeanne I thought you did a great job at hosting and thanks for the candy.

Jeanne sent a copy of the lyrics to America The Beautiful along (along with some additional poetry written to be sung to the tune on July 4). Here's how some of the choices fit:

O beautiful, for spacious skies - Aster, October Skies;
For amber waves of grain - lots of ornamental grasses, nice!
For purple mountain majesties - Amaranthus, Intense Purple; Purple Majesty Millet
May God thy gold refine - Agastache, Golden Jubilee; Bean, Gold of Bacau
Confirm thy soul in self control - Astilbe, Heart & Soul;
And crown thy good with brotherhood - Canna, King City Gold;

And for my Appalachia theme: Broom corn, wildflowers from the Pennsylvania conservation department, oenethera biennis, aquilegias (esp canadensis) - columbines are beautiful here!, asclepias incarnata, callicarpa americana

Some of them could easily cross over, and there were just too many treasures to name them all. Thank you all so much! I will have a beautiful Appalachian, American garden this summer! :)

I received my seeds yesterday and am so excited! There were a lot of seeds that I did not know about. I cannot wait to get started.

Thank you Jeanne for hosting and for the milk bone (chocolate too)! This was the first time I had joined the theme swap and it was a lot of fun.

Thank you!

Misty (scratchits)

Jeanne

Cindy

I just wanted to say that I got a chuckle when I looked up sea holly, lion's ear, and when I saw what the goat beard seeds looked like. They really reminded me of Riley.

Children's Garden: Morning Glory 'Flying Saucers', 'Cobra', 'Dinosaur' and 'Snake' Gourds, 'Fairytale' Eggplant, 'Monkey Flower'.
Hot & Sweet: 'Marble', "Arbol', "Sweet Pimento' Peppers.
Tutti-Frutti: Kiwi, Dianthus 'Raspberry Parfait', Scabiosa 'Summer Berries', Lantana 'Tangerine'.
Veggie Blast: Thelma Sanders Sweet Potato Squash, Fantastic Filet Beans.
Chocolate and Vanilla Fantasy: Canna 'Vanilla Ice', 'Blue Coco Pole Snap Beans, Antirrhinum (vanilla scented).

Thanks again everyone and Jeanne!

Thanks to all of you for sending in your seeds as well. Time to start planning!! :)

~Wendy