Come Join Us! 4th Annual Tomato & Pepper Seed Exchange - Page 17

Penny · December 4, 2011

Getting christmas cards and seeds in the mail......life's good!

Thanks for all the updates too, Heather.

Elizabeth · December 5, 2011

I got my seeds Friday

I was so excited to get the seeds and was so bummed I couldn't report in (and look them up on Tatiana's Tomatobase) right away. I had a bad computer meltdown Friday (my system disk and motherboard died) and have been computer-less until this evening. I just hate being without a computer! ARG!

I am really happy with the varieties I have looked up so far - I got some really neat ones I am looking forward to trying. Thanks everyone for your cool seeds, and especially to Heather for organizing this whole thing.

hmacdona · December 5, 2011

Thanks for the update Elizabeth. Very sorry to hear about your computer. That's a bummer.

Tomorrow (Dec 5) I will be mailing seeds to:

* ireilly

Thanks....Heather

debbiedrew · December 5, 2011

Got the seeds today. Thanks so much for all your hard work on this and for the bonus seeds. Can't wait til spring now

OneDahlia · December 6, 2011

Wow!!! Got the seeds, and they're amazing. I was especially thrilled to find some of the more unusual ones on my wish list ... plus some varieties that had sounded good and I'd considered adding but didn't even write down, lol. Thank you so much, Heather! And thanks also to everyone who shared these wonderful seeds.

-OneDahlia (1dahlia4me on GW)

Penny · December 6, 2011

Quote:

Originally Posted by debbiedrew

Got the seeds today. Thanks so much for all your hard work on this and for the bonus seeds. Can't wait til spring now

Thats the hard part, is getting all those cool seeds back in the mail, and having to wait!!

kenny_j · December 7, 2011

Here is my dilemma now, I have so many varieties, I won't possibly be able to plant even one of each !! In the scramble to get on board with the seed swap I spent countless hours researching which varieties to request. Being fairly new to the world of heirlooms and seed saving the huge amount of info out there gets to be mind boggling, especially when one is easily boggled in the first place,

. So once I got my package and requests mailed to heather, I took a nice break from thinking about tomatoes. When I recieved my package back with all the goodies, I spent 2 days once again researching maters, and realized I didn't request about 20 varieties that I really must have. Soooo, I went on line and bought them, and found more must haves, some that I had never looked at before, from several of the vendors that are fellow T-villers. I am now the proud owner of close to a hundered varieties, counting the ones I already had. My wife said she thinks I need help, not quite sure how she meant that !!!

SEAMSFASTER · December 7, 2011

Quote:

Originally Posted by kenny_j

Here is my dilemma now, I have so many varieties, I won't possibly be able to plant even one of each !! ... My wife said she thinks I need help, not quite sure how she meant that !!!

TV harbors endemic, contagious diseases, to which it looks like you're also susceptible! Alpinejs recently started a thread about facing these sorts of challenges:

http://www.tomatoville.com/showthread.php?t=20486

I'm not sure if it's the help you need, but at least it's commiseration.

Elizabeth · December 7, 2011

Kennyj, LOL Welcome to the wild world of heirloom seeds! The wonderful thing is, tomato seeds last a number of years if you store them in a cool dry place so those you cut from your 2012 list have a shot on 2013. I have way, way too many varieties to fit in my yard, but I'm still trying to see which varieties I like the best and which are outstanding performers in my area. I suspect this will be a lifelong effort, favorites subject to change each year!

BTW, Smartpots and other containers make wonderful garden space extenders, especially if some of the varieties you have are compact, dwarf or determinate ones - you may be able to fit quite a few more plants in here and there. Some of the stockier ones would look fine in a flower bed with an understated support...you will find ways to fit more in per year than you think. I have 12 growing on my bedroom balcony right now, in addition to a number in pots on the back patio. I'm eying a spot in the front yard for next year - I think maybe I can tuck a half dozen or so between the strawberry guavas .

FilthyRich · December 7, 2011

Wow! What a surprise. I received my seeds today and it is just so much more than I could have ever expected. Of the sixteen tomato varieties I requested I received ten of them! Plus I received so many different bonus seeds. Its just mind blowing. Thankyou so much Heather, and a special thanks to all you Tomatovillians for sending in such a great variety of seeds. Heather are you able to send a special thanks to Smokemaster (must be from a pepper board) for the great variety of bonus seed that he donated. It was very much appreciated. I am one very happy Filthy! Merry Christmas everyone.

hmacdona · December 7, 2011

Thanks for the updates everyone. I'm so glad you're happy with the seeds. I'll be sure to pass along your thanks to Smokemaster. He has quite an amazing collection of pepper seeds.

I managed to get a few more envelopes out this morning. At this point I have to turn my attention back to last minute prep for my workshop this morning.

Sorry for the delay in getting these out everyone. This is taking me a bit longer than I had hoped as I've had a number of very late nights for work. I'm running workshops the remainder of this week as well, and tend to get home shortly before midnight, so thanks for your patience. Am striving to get the remaining envelopes out by this weekend.

Thanks....Heather

Penny · December 7, 2011

No worries Heather, this time of the year is busy for everyone!

nicky · December 7, 2011

Plus, the longer it takes for the package to get to me, the less seed I order before Christmas when I should be saving my money for Christmas presents for other people!

So, thank you Heather, for helping me with my Christmas shopping - in a round about way!

cheers,
Nicky

Boutique Tomatoes · December 7, 2011

Just wanted to let you know my package arrived yesterday. Unfortunately I'm out of town on business, so I haven't gotten to see what goodies I got!

lakelady · December 7, 2011

Heather, my seeds arrived safe and sound, and I wanted to thank you. Been under the weather for a few days and sleeping an awful lot so this is my first chance to post at TV. Thanks again from the heart, for doing this for all of us! Next year I will hopefully have a few more rare tomato seeds to trade

. Thanks again!

December 5, 2011	#242
Elizabeth Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: San Diego Coastal - Zone 10b Posts: 204	I got my seeds Friday I was so excited to get the seeds and was so bummed I couldn't report in (and look them up on Tatiana's Tomatobase) right away. I had a bad computer meltdown Friday (my system disk and motherboard died) and have been computer-less until this evening. I just hate being without a computer! ARG! I am really happy with the varieties I have looked up so far - I got some really neat ones I am looking forward to trying. Thanks everyone for your cool seeds, and especially to Heather for organizing this whole thing. __________________ Elizabeth If I'm going to water and care for a plant it had better give me food, flowers or shade.

December 5, 2011	#243
hmacdona Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Calgary, AB Canada (Zone 3A) Posts: 443	Thanks for the update Elizabeth. Very sorry to hear about your computer. That's a bummer. Tomorrow (Dec 5) I will be mailing seeds to: * ireilly Thanks....Heather Last edited by hmacdona; December 5, 2011 at 06:48 PM.

December 7, 2011	#249
Elizabeth Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: San Diego Coastal - Zone 10b Posts: 204	Kennyj, LOL Welcome to the wild world of heirloom seeds! The wonderful thing is, tomato seeds last a number of years if you store them in a cool dry place so those you cut from your 2012 list have a shot on 2013. I have way, way too many varieties to fit in my yard, but I'm still trying to see which varieties I like the best and which are outstanding performers in my area. I suspect this will be a lifelong effort, favorites subject to change each year! BTW, Smartpots and other containers make wonderful garden space extenders, especially if some of the varieties you have are compact, dwarf or determinate ones - you may be able to fit quite a few more plants in here and there. Some of the stockier ones would look fine in a flower bed with an understated support...you will find ways to fit more in per year than you think. I have 12 growing on my bedroom balcony right now, in addition to a number in pots on the back patio. I'm eying a spot in the front yard for next year - I think maybe I can tuck a half dozen or so between the strawberry guavas . __________________ Elizabeth If I'm going to water and care for a plant it had better give me food, flowers or shade.

December 7, 2011	#255
lakelady Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: northern NJ zone 6b Posts: 1,862	Heather, my seeds arrived safe and sound, and I wanted to thank you. Been under the weather for a few days and sleeping an awful lot so this is my first chance to post at TV. Thanks again from the heart, for doing this for all of us! Next year I will hopefully have a few more rare tomato seeds to trade . Thanks again! __________________ Antoniette

December 4, 2011	#241
Penny Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 948	Getting christmas cards and seeds in the mail......life's good! Thanks for all the updates too, Heather.

December 5, 2011	#244
debbiedrew Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: zone 7 Ola, Arkansas Posts: 21	Got the seeds today. Thanks so much for all your hard work on this and for the bonus seeds. Can't wait til spring now

December 6, 2011	#245
OneDahlia Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: 7a NO. VA. Posts: 202	Wow!!! Got the seeds, and they're amazing. I was especially thrilled to find some of the more unusual ones on my wish list ... plus some varieties that had sounded good and I'd considered adding but didn't even write down, lol. Thank you so much, Heather! And thanks also to everyone who shared these wonderful seeds. -OneDahlia (1dahlia4me on GW)

December 7, 2011	#247
kenny_j Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: holly michigan Posts: 380	Here is my dilemma now, I have so many varieties, I won't possibly be able to plant even one of each !! In the scramble to get on board with the seed swap I spent countless hours researching which varieties to request. Being fairly new to the world of heirlooms and seed saving the huge amount of info out there gets to be mind boggling, especially when one is easily boggled in the first place, . So once I got my package and requests mailed to heather, I took a nice break from thinking about tomatoes. When I recieved my package back with all the goodies, I spent 2 days once again researching maters, and realized I didn't request about 20 varieties that I really must have. Soooo, I went on line and bought them, and found more must haves, some that I had never looked at before, from several of the vendors that are fellow T-villers. I am now the proud owner of close to a hundered varieties, counting the ones I already had. My wife said she thinks I need help, not quite sure how she meant that !!!

December 7, 2011	#250
FilthyRich Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 26	Wow! What a surprise. I received my seeds today and it is just so much more than I could have ever expected. Of the sixteen tomato varieties I requested I received ten of them! Plus I received so many different bonus seeds. Its just mind blowing. Thankyou so much Heather, and a special thanks to all you Tomatovillians for sending in such a great variety of seeds. Heather are you able to send a special thanks to Smokemaster (must be from a pepper board) for the great variety of bonus seed that he donated. It was very much appreciated. I am one very happy Filthy! Merry Christmas everyone.

December 7, 2011	#251
hmacdona Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Calgary, AB Canada (Zone 3A) Posts: 443	Thanks for the updates everyone. I'm so glad you're happy with the seeds. I'll be sure to pass along your thanks to Smokemaster. He has quite an amazing collection of pepper seeds. I managed to get a few more envelopes out this morning. At this point I have to turn my attention back to last minute prep for my workshop this morning. Sorry for the delay in getting these out everyone. This is taking me a bit longer than I had hoped as I've had a number of very late nights for work. I'm running workshops the remainder of this week as well, and tend to get home shortly before midnight, so thanks for your patience. Am striving to get the remaining envelopes out by this weekend. Thanks....Heather

December 7, 2011	#252
Penny Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 948	No worries Heather, this time of the year is busy for everyone!

December 7, 2011	#253
nicky Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Ontario Posts: 600	Plus, the longer it takes for the package to get to me, the less seed I order before Christmas when I should be saving my money for Christmas presents for other people! So, thank you Heather, for helping me with my Christmas shopping - in a round about way! cheers, Nicky

December 7, 2011	#254
Boutique Tomatoes Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Northeast Wisconsin, Zone 5a Posts: 1,109	Just wanted to let you know my package arrived yesterday. Unfortunately I'm out of town on business, so I haven't gotten to see what goodies I got!