Weedwhacker said:Andi, unfortunately I don't have seeds of it to share at the moment -- but consider trying "King Arthur" (formerly called Fat n' Sassy -- which was maybe not politically correct?? ); that variety is a consistently great producer for me!

Edited to say: Christine, I don't see any Rudbeckias in your list, either??

Lol! I think if they can have a tomato called "monkey's ass", fat n' sassy should be okay.

I can't disagree with that, DND ! I really wonder why they had to change the name of that pepper??

At any rate, it's a really nice big bell, green turning to red.

@gardenquilts the teatime were a dark pink color.

I'll look to see what happened with the rudbeckias.

I see the rudbeckias on my list...they are under black eyed susan.

Still can not see them
Did you check the little green check to enable them for this swap?

Not to mention those naughty hot peter peppers

I wouldn't even think of trying King Arthur peppers because I don't have an English type climate.

Is anyone interested in plain rudbeckia hirta or echinacea purpurea? I'll list them if you want. I figured people were interested in the fancy hybrids instead of the old faithfuls.

LOL, Andi -- I'm pretty sure i don't have an "English type climate" either (maybe more like a North Pole type climate)

I'd be happy to have any sort of Rudbeckia!

GardenQuilts said:
Is anyone interested in plain rudbeckia hirta or echinacea purpurea? I'll list them if you want. I figured people were interested in the fancy hybrids instead of the old faithfuls.

It's funny you should ask that. I was debating today whether to pull seeds from mine (the precious one or two that I have) or enjoy the winter interest of the seedy flower heads. If you have seeds harvested already, I would probably snatch a pack up.

Thanks Cinda for the tip! I didn't have it checked

That is ok, I did that when I added seeds also!

OK. Now that I am caught up with the packs and labels, I am digging into the seed box. They are from my old garden in 2013, but they winter sowed this year but didn't flower.

I had a big stand in my old garden. I saved seeds when I moved. I had the echinacea, rudbeckia and Shasta Daisy Alaska planted together. I am repeating the combo here. The seeds are under B for black eyed susan and P for purple coneflower.

I am making generous packs because they older. I have lots of echinacea so they are extra generous, but they do have a bit of chaff.

Laugh of the day spell checker suggests machete for echinacea. I need to check around for better spell checker add-ons.

bxncbx said:Just added some violet seeds since I noticed they were on @RickCorey wish list. If they don't suit you I could open a pack of Blue Perfection.

Thank you! I now have your


Horned Violet (Viola Sorbet™ Mix)

Thanks very much!

I set out two more packets of

'Meraviglia Di Venezia'
Yellow Roma-type POLE bean.
Phaseolus vulgaris

Listed as Common Bean now, but I think alphabetizing under "B for Bean".

The system is working great - amazingly smooth for a beta! Alphabetizing by latin names would an improvement to the swap.

GardenQuilts said:I had a big stand in my old garden. I saved seeds when I moved. I had the echinacea, rudbeckia and Shasta Daisy Alaska planted together. I am repeating the combo here. The seeds are under B for black eyed susan and P for purple coneflower.

I am making generous packs because they older. I have lots of echinacea so they are extra generous, but they do have a bit of chaff.

Laugh of the day spell checker suggests machete for echinacea. I need to check around for better spell checker add-ons.

Thank you for posting them! I'm excited I get to leave my echinacea alone for the winter. (We just got 10 inches of snow and it highlighted how neat echinacea looks in the winter compared to everything else. )

Weedwhacker said:
Edited to say: Christine, I don't see any Rudbeckias in your list, either??

Did you mean Luvsgreatdanes? She said she added a mix of rust color and yellow rudbeckias.

I haven't looked for them.

LOL, maybe that's why I didn't see them!

I put out a few more pkts each of these greens that ran out:

- Spinach (Spinacia oleracea 'Monstrueux De Viroflay')
- Butterhead Lettuce (Lactuca sativa 'May Queen')
- Bok Choy (Brassica rapa "Sweet") F1
- Holland Greens (Brassica rapa 'Tyfon')
- Amaranth, Red, edible leaves

I'd also like to "pimp" this Italian Swiss chard. 16 pkts offered.
Reviewers seemed to think it was half way between spinach and chard, but would grow all summer, so I bought the BIG packet!

Swiss Chard (Beta vulgaris subsp. cicla 'Liscia Verde da Taglio')
"will overwinter in zone 5 ... with some protection"
Franchi Seeds, for 2014
1.5 tsp = more than 150 seeds = ~ 2.5 gram

drat I missed the bell peppers.