Seeds Wanted

I’ve added this link to the “Stickies” list above.

-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a)

Next swap meaning next year? Or did I miss a summer swap idea?

-- Living on the square...Metro Detroit

Hi D,
No you did not miss a summer swap.

We jumped from:
“GONE FROM THE SEED RACKS”
Let’s try to make a “want list” so everybody gets an idea of which seeds are important to the group.

I suppose annuals are the best place to start.

Any other ideas?

Bob

And went “wild” with Bob’s idea!!!:-)

-- Eklectic, Follow my Bliss, South East Ontario 5a

with most of us living so far apart, different countries….........how does that work?

-- Central northish Ontario

greenthumb,
I think the same as the last seed exchange!It is just that we are planning ahead of time.
But, if any of you who have more experience in the process have different ideas…

As well, greenthumb, reading your post on “Gone from the seed racks” gave me the idea that we could post pictures of the plants that we have, when we have pictures, as well as the name as I believe a lot of us are visuals.

-- Eklectic, Follow my Bliss, South East Ontario 5a

and if we are really interested in our Earth I guess we need to be cautious about introducing plants from other areas of the world, so keeping it within one’s country is a good idea.

-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a)

very good point!!!!

-- Eklectic, Follow my Bliss, South East Ontario 5a

Agreed.

-- Living on the square...Metro Detroit

some one, some where, brought a plant here from Europe, its a vine called dog?..........the seeds float away and in the summer when you drive down the Don Valley Parkway in Toronto you see a green forestand river to the west. It was a forest and now its all that vine. The vine grows up the overpass walls, covers the trees it killed and without herbacide (which is illegal in Toronto)............it is impossible to stop. Kinda like purple leaf strife?............another bad one

That said and not being an expert….....I doubt seeds carry desease?

-- Central northish Ontario

GT, are you thinking of the wild cucumber vine ? very invasive and prolific.

Bob

-- I am a strong believer in luck and I find the harder I work the more I have of it. Alberta Canada Zone 3A or maybe 3B

How about dividing the list into :

1. Annuals Flowers – Veggies

2. Perennials Flowers – Veggies

Then set up a “sticky” for each zone that offers or wants something.

I’m pretty sure we will only need about 6-8 zones for this.

It would save each member from ploughing thru information they can’t use.

thoughts?

Bob

-- I am a strong believer in luck and I find the harder I work the more I have of it. Alberta Canada Zone 3A or maybe 3B

Like that suggestion Bob … probably the more specific we can make the listings, the better.

-- "A perfect garden is just a garden to be in-perfection. Mornings to work on it and evenings to pause and look at it." Southeast Michigan, Zone 5a/5b

greenthumb…yep, purple loosestrife=bad news. Beautiful, but killing the wetlands with its non-competitive method of crowding out everything else.

-- Living on the square...Metro Detroit

it would be nice to keep the request lists simple and without discussions…. maybe Buli & Martin can come up with something.
We can have discussions about the idea here (or elsewhere) but the lists are simply that: lists.

-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a)

That sounds like a great idea!

-- Eklectic, Follow my Bliss, South East Ontario 5a

Kudzu vine….covers everything in its path. PRetty invasive stuff here in US too. I can help with a little 5B invasive preview before we exchange. Native and invasives are my thing.

-- wjl - 5a Indiana

I have losts of cleome if anyone is interested.

-- Dahlitsa

I have my list in my profile. If you do a search for a seed you will get my profile. Perhaps for now until our ‘puter wizzes come up with something we could just add our list to our profile page. Click on my sunflower to see mine.

-- Xploreorganics, 5b Canada, LFD 06-20

Hi Dahlista,
I would be interested!

-- Eklectic, Follow my Bliss, South East Ontario 5a

CAN`T AGREE WITH DEBBIE ABOUT SEEDS TRAVELLING WE WOULD NOT HAVE HAD POTATOES UNLESS SIR WALTER RALEIGH BROUGHT THEM OVER FROM AMERICA THE DOWN SIDE WAS THE TOBACCO PLANT WHICH I WISH HE HAD NOT BOTHERED WITH ! REGARDS MIKE

-- MIKE MILTON COMMON U.K.

Too true Mike….You smoke??

-- Derbyshire------- English Countryside

no springwood i am a reformed smoker i hate it i gave up when we had kids to set a good healthy example now i wish i could get my 37 year old daughter to stop smoking it upsets me .

i tried glue sniffing once but the pva glue stuck my nose together!!!!!

regards mike

-- MIKE MILTON COMMON U.K.

“i tried glue sniffing once but the pva glue stuck my nose together!!!!!”

Great idea for swimming the channel Mike!

-- I am a strong believer in luck and I find the harder I work the more I have of it. Alberta Canada Zone 3A or maybe 3B

ooh Bob.. lol
ok everyone can you imagine if these two got together??? oh my sides.. the laughter!!

-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a)

ROTFL!!!! You two are quite the pair …

-- "A perfect garden is just a garden to be in-perfection. Mornings to work on it and evenings to pause and look at it." Southeast Michigan, Zone 5a/5b

Xplor; I would be interested in trading Siberian Pea Tree and Astilboides Tabularis for Dicentra Exima and Hollyhock mix.

-- horsetail, Fergus, Ontario