Hey, anyone have any updates on the return of seeds?

@thomasjones2266, have all the seeds been received?

I was wondering too.

What was the original finished date for this? I recall we have a few more days yet, but it looks like that info was overwritten. Would our host @thomasjones2266 (perhaps the assistance of site guru @dave is needed here) restore previous entries and allow this still-active 2022 swap to eventually save under past swaps? Is this possible? BTW, as of this post, these 2023 swaps show the same trade and send dates and a deadline date difference of one day, as highlighted in screenshot below.

Just got one in try and get back in the mail to you guys tomorrow

Thank you Thomas! I appreciate all the time you spent hosting the swap. Dealing with USPS is probably the worst part!

Remember when " priority mail " was called two day mail or next day mail? Now it seems slower than regular mail sometimes. Gets frustrating.

mine arrived today! I forgot i had a swap coming back to me! It's like Christmas surprize. Thank you Tom

Thank you, Tom! Just got my HUGE package of seeds and yes, it's like Christmas here. So much work for you. And Tom, you packed so many extra veggie goodies, I am so appreciative. Wow! So many seeds that I have to re-plan my garden. Raccoons love corn (right? I never grew corn because of that) and 'Bodacious' fuchsia colored corn looks delightfully delish. I immediately planted some white icicle radishes in a pot.
Btw, what's in the unmarked baggie? A brassica, I think.

thomasjones2266 said: Just got one in try and get back in the mail to you guys tomorrow

Thank you for the lovely assortment of seeds that arrived in time for Easter! A basket full o' jelly beans and malted milk eggs got nothing on these babies. Happy gardening, All!

Thank you every one, and especially Thomas!
The first thing I did was took out my air plant. It's a tough cookie. It's fluffing out just fine after being flattened.

nofonan said:

Btw, what's in the unmarked baggie? A brassica, I think.

Looks like beet seeds to me. I got an unmarked bag of what I believe is cantaloupe seeds.

Thank you Thomas!

I agree with Diana, beet or Swiss chard seeds.

I soaked my air plant for 30 mins last night and you wouldn't even know it was recently stuffed, flattened, and shipped.

Yes those are beet and there were some cantaloupe seed sorry about not getting the labels on them I felt rushed this was a tough swap for me hope I got more right than wrong

No problem, Thomas. Thanks for verifying the beets and the cantaloupe seeds.

Got my seeds several days ago. Had to wait to go through them as I was having migraines. So many wonderful seeds, it's like a kid on Christmas morning!
Thanks so much, everyone, and especially @thomasjones2266 ! - love my 'Bodacious' Sweet Corn - man, it's pretty!
-Shannon

@thomasjones2266 Received my seed bag the other day with many thanks. Grateful for all of the extras Thomas. Better than christmas. Thank you to everyone in the swap for all of their awesome seeds! Cant wait till next swap season.

Thanks Tom, put a few rows in and can't wait.

thomasjones2266 said: Yes those are beet and there were some cantaloupe seed sorry about not getting the labels on them I felt rushed this was a tough swap for me hope I got more right than wrong

I got home last weekend from a month long trip away from home. I was gone when the package arrived but thanks to my lovely neighbor they were kept in a cool place. This was my first seed swap and WOW! I feel so lucky and excited by the plentitude of seeds. I've been planting madly for the past 3 days. I have a question about general seed swap etiquette... So many of the packets of seeds I received were so generous that I will not use them all. Is it kosher to use some of the extra on offer from me in a future seed swap? It feels a bit like cheating and I certainly don't want to claim someone else's work as my own but I hate to see them go to waste so would rather that they are shared with someone who wants them.

Thanks again everyone for your generosity and especially to Thomas for all your hard work AND the extra seeds. You are all very appreciated.

Seed "recycling" works best if one can find an unrelated swap, for example, a nearby garden club, and use the seeds where they are more likely to be new to that group of swappers. My package of extra goodies from Thomas was so big that I enlisted a friend to help distribute it. She lives over an hour away from me, so she has gardening friends and neighbors that I don't know. Also she just installed a high tunnel and enlarged her garden. I saw her today, and she was beaming as she praised the excellent germination rate of those seeds.
Other possibilities are donation to a garden club, community garden, school project, nursing homes that have garden space for their residents, etc.
It's okay to recycle them in the garden.org swaps, but there may be even better ways to give them homes.