Come Join Us! 5th Annual Tomato & Pepper Seed Exchange

[OddBall]

Congrats Pants, take good care of the little one

[goodwin]

My seeds arrived. It is a wonderful assortment and I want to plant them all out. Thanks again to everyone and especially to Heather!

Lee

[ireilly]

Heather, thanks for the hard work and Merry Christmas.

[sicily]

Thanks for the update Heather and all your efforts to facilitate this wonderful, exciting exchange. I was sad to have missed it last year, it's my first time doing this and participating has been so much fun. If you take this on again, I will be sending you more seeds for your bonus packs. It's so exciting to be getting other vegetables to try, thanks again for your efforts and have a happy holiday and joyous new year.

[saltmarsh]

My seeds arrived today and I am just blown away. If the rest of you feel like I do, this must be one happy bunch of people.

Heather, you have outdone yourself again. And thanks to all the seed packeteers that participated in the swap.

Now I have to try to grow all of these out so I can do unto others as you've done unto me. Hope everyone has a happy 2013. Claud

[st3v3]

My seed packet arrived in the mail today, and i was really surprised at the number of new varieties that i got. I think i got most all of the ones which were on my wish list. Thanks to everyone who participated, and a very special thanks to Heather for hosting this!

Heather, you are awesome!!!. I wish my garden was about five times as big as it is

Merry Christmas to all!!!

--st3v3

[huntoften]

My seeds arrived today! Sent in 39...got back 55! WOW! There were only a handful of varieties I've ever heard of...the rest will be researched! Thanks so much for the best seed exchange on the planet!!!!!

[rocco641]

My seeds arrived today! Thank you! Awesome variety!

[Penny]

My seeds arrived yesturday too!!

Thank you so much Heather, and thank you for taking the time to host this again

[Rideau Rambler]

Grrrr, I`ve been stalking my post box for a week now. Alas, still empty

My question is this: how do you magically make more space available in the garden so you can plant out all these amazing varieties that have arrived in our packages? Seriously though, it's like an evil level Suduko where you move the numbers around and hope they will fit. Any tips for finding or better utilizing space?

[lurley]

My seeds arrived today! Thank you!

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[Redbaron]

Originally Posted by Rideau Rambler

Grrrr, I`ve been stalking my post box for a week now. Alas, still empty

My question is this: how do you magically make more space available in the garden so you can plant out all these amazing varieties that have arrived in our packages? Seriously though, it's like an evil level Suduko where you move the numbers around and hope they will fit. Any tips for finding or better utilizing space?

Sure! Wide row gardening, block planting, square foot gardening, certain types of companion planting like the three sisters method, same year rotations....all of these save space. Don't need a pole bean section in your garden if it is growing in your sweet corn that is already harvested! Don't need a basil bed if basil is planted all through your tomatoes!

Or just buy a commercial size roll of cardboard and roll it out on any remaining lawn you may have, mulch it, and just like magic your garden grew!

[SEAMSFASTER]

Originally Posted by Rideau Rambler

Grrrr, I`ve been stalking my post box for a week now. Alas, still empty

My question is this: how do you magically make more space available in the garden so you can plant out all these amazing varieties that have arrived in our packages? Seriously though, it's like an evil level Suduko where you move the numbers around and hope they will fit. Any tips for finding or better utilizing space?

I can tell you how NOT to do it! Two years ago I squeezed 66 plants of 66 indeterminate varieties in a 4'X30' bed, thinking I would be clever, keep them pruned and growing straight up. NOT!! Production was terrible and shade from the neighbors' HUGE shade trees didn't help. Worst of all were the aphids - by the millions and hundreds of millions...

So in 2011 I borrowed some space (1/8 acre) in my sister's backyard in exchange for all the fresh veggies they wanted. And in 2012 I leased some county property (almost 1 acre). And in 2013???

That's how I feed my tomato addiction - as fueled by so many knowledgeable, experienced and generous Tomatovillians!

[saltmarsh]

Originally Posted by Rideau Rambler

Grrrr, I`ve been stalking my post box for a week now. Alas, still empty

My question is this: how do you magically make more space available in the garden so you can plant out all these amazing varieties that have arrived in our packages? Seriously though, it's like an evil level Suduko where you move the numbers around and hope they will fit. Any tips for finding or better utilizing space?

Do you have a flat roof on your house?

[Redbaron]

Originally Posted by SEAMSFASTER

I can tell you how NOT to do it! Two years ago I squeezed 66 plants of 66 indeterminate varieties in a 4'X30' bed, thinking I would be clever, keep them pruned and growing straight up. NOT!!

I am laughing because my neighbor did the exact same thing last year! What a mess he had!!!!!!!

I would maybe try to fit 20 comfortably there in a pinch! 2 staggered rows of 10. With a lot of careful management! I suppose if you were completely insane 32....11 down both edges and 10 down the middle. BUT 66?

Thanks for the chuckle Seamsfaster. I think all of us have done something like that at least once!