Tuesday evening the swap will close and you will need to get your seeds ready and mailed by the deadlines in the instructions. Print out your packing slip if possible. You will see the link once the swap is over. The sooner I have them all the sooner I can get them back out.
Everyone offered up wonderful seeds and I tried not to be a 🐷, but I have a nice collection of seeds in my 'bought' list. I hope everyone has something they really wanted.
At this point 1375 dibs were spent and there are over 400 still out there. The highest number of seeds claimed to date is 107, the lowest is 17. Most people got more seeds than they offered, but thanks to generous traders there were enough seedy riches to make that possible and it is perfectly acceptable. As stated in the rules this is not a one for one swap and many are delighted to find homes for embryonic plants while finding a few good species in return.
Ornamentals were the overwhelming favorite, but vegetables although less popular, got a lot of traffic also.
It's been great meeting different traders and also interesting to see what kind of seeds different people target when they approach a swap.
Another positive aspect is that a good number of veteran swap hosts and people who thought about hosting a swap but dreaded the tedium involved have had a chance to be involved in Dave's swap system and can see just how flexible it can be as hosts tweak their own rules to personalize every swap, and how much of the work is automated. Each swap can be better than the last.