Welcome back to Reads Allotment Retreat. There's not much to report from the plot at the moment, as due to the recent bad weather and my recent illness (now - fully recovered- thanks for all your good wishes) I have not set foot on the plot in a couple of weeks.We have not been idle though, and recently we arranged a seed swap with a fellow blogger in Canada! Dan at "Urban Veggie Garden Blog" posted an update recently about "Vermont Cranberry Beans", and they sounded delicious. After making contact we were delighted when Dan agreed to send some seed in exchange for some of our seeds. We were delighted to receive these this morning, and were surprised also by some "extra" seeds which we had not expected: "Cherokee Purple Tomato". We are always keen to try new varieties, and are now eagerly awaiting the spring so we can get planting. The weather in that area of Canada seems similair to ours, and we hope the seed swap proves fruitful.
If any other readers would like to exchange some seeds, then please get in touch! We would love to try more varieties from around the world. In a recent posting, we listed the varieties / quantities we have in stock, so you can clearly see what we can afford to swap.
Thats all for now, but we hope you can pop back soon for more updates from the plot.
Take care all and enjoy your gardening / growing.
TTFN
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I have no seeds to swap but I am keen to try those tomatoes from canada so if you get on well with them next year and get some seeds from them...well maybe you could spare a few?!?!?!
How exciting to grow stuff that no-one else will be...I think I may be as excited for you as yourselves!!
Hi Tanya,
Yup, it's an exciting idea. We thought "why not ask" ? And it seems to have paid off. There are a lot of followers on our blogs, and so far we've asked quite a few people for seed swaps, but so far this is the only one we have agreed.
We are excited!
Why not try yourself ? The worst anyone can say is no!
Good luck.
TTFN
Hey Gary, I replied to your e-mail tonight. Thanks for the link. From the link below you will see a photo of some cherokee purples I harvested this season, they are in the round basket that is laying down:
http://veggiegardenblog.blogspot.com/2009/08/mondays-harvest-post_31.html
I think seed swaps are a great idea, you can get hold of seeds which you otherwise wouldn't be able to purchase. The Cherokee Purple Tomato sounds interesting.
Hi Jo,
Thanks for your comments!
Yes, it seems the seed swap thing has started people thinking!
It certainly opens up new varieties to grow, all we need now is more people to get involved. There's plenty of US based seed swap groups, and I've made contact with a few to try and set up some more seed swaps.
Watch this space, I'll let you know if we swap any more.
TTFN
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