The mail person delivered an impossibly stuffed mailer to me today. How did you do that, Lisa? You are a much better packer than I am.

How cool is that? I wasn't expecting this for at least a few more days.

Thank you, one and all, for your contributions to my garden. Although I haven't gone through the package yet, I started a list of my "bought" seeds and this year noted who I bought them from, so if I lose the papers that came with the baggies, I will still know where they came from - and I will try to take some photos this year to share.

Special thanks to you, Lisa, for your hard work despite all the ups and downs of life. I hope you have a wonderful Christmas and New Year, and that you get to spend time with your new grand baby!

Mine just arrived too--and what a stuffed package! Many thanks to everybody, especially to Lisa who should qualify for sainthood for doing all this during the Christmas season! As always, this is my absolutely favorite Christmas gift, even though I did receive a set of garden tools with bright sunflowers painted on them, probably in the vain hope that I wouldn't lose those ones.

Wow! I've never had a seed swap package quite like this one. It's a good thing snacks were included, I might have starved going through it all.
Extra seeds, all right up my garden row, and nice little touches from the hostess and the swappers. You've really made my day.

I've just put what I hope was lip balm on my lips. If it was something else, speak up, but it smells and feels nice.

Having high standards really pays off in a swap. I'm really going to have to up my game next year.

@Poisondartfrog You can use it as lip balm or as salve for your hands:)

said: Wow! I've never had a seed swap package quite like this one. It's a good thing snacks were included, I might have starved going through it all.
Extra seeds, all right up my garden row, and nice little touches from the hostess and the swappers. You've really made my day.

I've just put what I hope was lip balm on my lips. If it was something else, speak up, but it smells and feels nice.

Having high standards really pays off in a swap. I'm really going to have to up my game next year.

Yay, I just got my package! I haven't even opened it yet, but wanted to let you know I got it after the address label mishap. Thank you!

It took me TWO DAYS to go through the package I received! Thank you, one and all, for the great variety to begin with, for all the extra seeds, the various goodies - wow! Happy New Year! @Jlee160, recently I sent a package up north - I live in Florida - to my family in MA, and it went via Colorado! Ultimately it arrived only a couple of days after I expected it to - hang in there, and let us know when you get it!

"Houston, Tranquility Base Here. The Eagle has Landed."

My Seedy Friends!
Lisa!

All packages have the seeds sent for gardenquilts enclosed.

It took me at least an hour to go through everything, my favorite thing to do on a rainy evening, and I honestly don't even know how to thank you all properly.

The generosity of everyone, the amazing surprise bonuses—not only from Lisa and Karen—plus the goodies… I'm going to be checking so much more off my wanted list than I thought I would and this year's planting decisions are going to be so difficult in the best way with so many varieties and so little time and space.

Thank you all again so much for participating and thank you again Lisa for your generosity to us all time-wise and your personal efforts to fulfill our outlandish seed greed this year even during your own difficult time. I deeply appreciate it all.

Mine's not delivered yet, but it has been in my city, Waco, TX, since early on the 23rd. I think it is riding around and going back through the post office occasionally. I'm not worried. There was a tremendous amount of mail to be delivered and a long week-end. I'm guessing it will arrive tomorrow.

I got my package! Yippee! I just want to thank everyone for all the seeds, especially Karen for all the extras! Lisa, this was a great swap. Thanks for all that you do!

Now to figure out what to plant & when. I wanted to start wintersowing but the temps keep flip flopping from the 30s to the 60s in the space of a few days. I wish it would just get cold and stay cold!

I've been having Christmas today! Besides lipgloss and candy, there's 87 EXTRA seed packets including lots of things for hummingbirds! Then there's the stuff I'll have to look up, because I don't have a clue what it might be. Same Old Brand New's generous package of very fresh Dill made my whole package smell delicious!
Thank you, everyone!!

I still haven't gotten through my whole bag of loot! Thanks again everybody. I'm excited to start sowing.

Thank you so much everyone! My seeds arrived last evening. I just went through them all today. I am so blessed to have such a bounty to grow and enjoy this coming year.

I appreciate all of the extra seeds included. The candy really elevated the package even though my kids made me share. This was the best belated Christmas present and will be a great start for the New Year!

Although tracking informed Lisa that my seeds were delivered December 23, I did not find them in my mailbox until Tuesday, 8:00 am December 26 - maybe they were mistakenly delivered elsewhere in the meantime?

My plan was to announce that I had wintersown some of the seeds at the same time I yodeled a big thank you to everyone for the seeds on this thread, but I must confess that the only thing I've accomplished to that end so far is to clear a 4"x12" area of space on my kitchen table upon which to sow them.

But I can't tell you how wonderful it is to have the adventure of opening the package and sowing the seeds to look forward to. Not much has happened here since I lost dh November 2019, but my love of gardening and nature are all because of him, and I would be capable of viewing this package of swap seeds with the same cold, indifferent interest of a robot designed with Artificial Intelligence - if not for him.

Y'all are a huge help to my feeling human again - your companionship in our swap and the forthcoming year of seedy serendipity is more welcome than I can say.
Karen

Karen! I'm really excited about all the varieties of Salvias and Nasturtiums I have to try out on the hummingbirds this year, thanks to your seedy gifts (and Lisa's). Clearing table space counts as starting Wintersowing in my book. I haven't gotten that far yet.

Got my seeds today

Thank you Lisa for all of your hosting efforts. This swap is one of my favorites. Even though the membership is small the diverse bounty of everyone's efforts is always so interesting. Thank you everyone for all of the wonderful seeds. This was the best present of the holiday season.

I hope 2024 turns out to be an awesomw year for everybody.

My package finally arrived yesterday. I found it in my mailbox last night, safe and sound, in spite of several extra days passing from when it was first out for delivery. The USPS app still shows it awaiting delivery!

Thank you all for your generosity, and you, Lisa and Alana, for the time and effort to make this swap so special.

I hope everyone has a Happy New Year!

Got my seeds today!! Thank you so much for the wonderful seeds and the generous extras!! I am planning to start winter sowing tomorrow:)

@ishareflowers, would you mind adding a wish list thread for Mile High 4? I know we have 11 months to go, but the next swap is already over half full, and I'm ready to start listing new wishes as I recognize them. 🌼🌼🌼🍅🍅🍅