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Alot of people didn't save seeds, or don't save seeds - so this is a circle that is a little different to usual.
This circle is available to anyone - saver, non-saver, newbie, oldie - all and sundry.
What you do is:
Collect together all the seeds that you have left over [save some for yourself for next year] that you didn't get round to sowing this year or even last years [stuff from older shouldn't really be swapped]. Or stuff that you have saved yourself if you didn't get into a circle.
Bag the seeds up into equivalent packs [see below for equivalents]. There should be at least 5 packs of each type but the more the merrier. Moneymaker tomatoes will not be accepted. Sorry.
Send to me with a large letter [ideally A4 or A5] SAE. SAE means an envelope with your address on it, with a large letter stamp AFFIXED [don't leave it to me, fix it yourself, otherwise they get lost and paperclipping a stamp to an envelope takes more time].
I'll bung ALL the seeds sent in into a big hat [well, trug]
At the end of November, I'll just do an all round split, and divvy the whole lot up to share between everyone.
I'll start by putting the same number of packs into your SAE that you sent in - but excesses will be shared out between everyone.
I'll pop them into the SAEs and send them back to you.
Equivalents:
6-10 tomato/pepper/aubreys/squashes
10-15 beans/peas
30 brassicas/lettuces
50 mustard/radish
100 carrots/onions
Example - if you have 20 tom seeds, 8 squash seeds and 111 onion seeds left over; pack the toms into 2 bags, the squashes into 1 bag and the onions into 2 and send 5 bags in. The you will get 5 random bags back. If you have 200 tomato seeds, and 500 carrot seeds, pack the toms into 20 bags, and the carrots into 5, send all 25 bags in and you will get 25 random bags back.
You get the gist.
I will not be recording who sent what in, [just how many bags came with each SAE] so you might get back a bag that you sent in; but if you put your Grape name on your SAE AND on your submitted bags, I'll try and check that you don't get the same ones back.
Please put on your bags:
Veg type/variety/date saved or bought/expiry date from original bag if you have it/your Grape name
____________
If you are interested - you have until the middle of November to submit; please post on here that you are interested, get bagging up, PM me when you are ready to send and also WHEN YOU HAVE SENT so that I can track parcels.
When we have over 15 people interested, then we will proceed.
Grapes interested:
If in green then I've received your envelope
Zaz
Thelma [random 1]
broadripple [random 2]
Reet [random 3]
piggle [random 4]
Vicky [random 5]
breninpots [random 6]
hamamelis [random 7]
perkin - sent [random 8]
Newbie [random 9]
Barleysugar [random 10]
Gear [random 11]
Rabidbun Random 12
Aileen Random 13
scarlet random 14
Binbags random 15
Frosty F [Random and P&B]
SammieB [random 16]
sbeneli Random 17
veggiechicken Random 18
Taff Random 19
Thea Random 20
VirginVeg
colser
gillian
singlebilingual
This circle is available to anyone - saver, non-saver, newbie, oldie - all and sundry.
What you do is:
Collect together all the seeds that you have left over [save some for yourself for next year] that you didn't get round to sowing this year or even last years [stuff from older shouldn't really be swapped]. Or stuff that you have saved yourself if you didn't get into a circle.
Bag the seeds up into equivalent packs [see below for equivalents]. There should be at least 5 packs of each type but the more the merrier. Moneymaker tomatoes will not be accepted. Sorry.
Send to me with a large letter [ideally A4 or A5] SAE. SAE means an envelope with your address on it, with a large letter stamp AFFIXED [don't leave it to me, fix it yourself, otherwise they get lost and paperclipping a stamp to an envelope takes more time].
I'll bung ALL the seeds sent in into a big hat [well, trug]
At the end of November, I'll just do an all round split, and divvy the whole lot up to share between everyone.
I'll start by putting the same number of packs into your SAE that you sent in - but excesses will be shared out between everyone.
I'll pop them into the SAEs and send them back to you.
Equivalents:
6-10 tomato/pepper/aubreys/squashes
10-15 beans/peas
30 brassicas/lettuces
50 mustard/radish
100 carrots/onions
Example - if you have 20 tom seeds, 8 squash seeds and 111 onion seeds left over; pack the toms into 2 bags, the squashes into 1 bag and the onions into 2 and send 5 bags in. The you will get 5 random bags back. If you have 200 tomato seeds, and 500 carrot seeds, pack the toms into 20 bags, and the carrots into 5, send all 25 bags in and you will get 25 random bags back.
You get the gist.
I will not be recording who sent what in, [just how many bags came with each SAE] so you might get back a bag that you sent in; but if you put your Grape name on your SAE AND on your submitted bags, I'll try and check that you don't get the same ones back.
Please put on your bags:
Veg type/variety/date saved or bought/expiry date from original bag if you have it/your Grape name
____________
If you are interested - you have until the middle of November to submit; please post on here that you are interested, get bagging up, PM me when you are ready to send and also WHEN YOU HAVE SENT so that I can track parcels.
When we have over 15 people interested, then we will proceed.
Grapes interested:
If in green then I've received your envelope
Zaz
Thelma [random 1]
broadripple [random 2]
Reet [random 3]
piggle [random 4]
Vicky [random 5]
breninpots [random 6]
hamamelis [random 7]
perkin - sent [random 8]
Newbie [random 9]
Barleysugar [random 10]
Gear [random 11]
Rabidbun Random 12
Aileen Random 13
scarlet random 14
Binbags random 15
Frosty F [Random and P&B]
SammieB [random 16]
sbeneli Random 17
veggiechicken Random 18
Taff Random 19
Thea Random 20
VirginVeg
colser
gillian
singlebilingual
Don't know what I'll put in all I know is I've got too many seeds. Question can I pop in 1000 year old Tobacco plant seeds, if not can I put them in the Seed Library (I've only room for a couple of plants)
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