This years seed trades

I have been doing a few seed trades so I thought I would round them all up and do a post about them. I recall the first time I received seed in the mail from a fellow gardener, it was many years ago (9 maybe) and was arranged through Gardenweb. I had posted a question about where to find seed for Hibiscus moscheutos (Rose Mallow) and a nice forum member sent some seed from their plant. It was pretty cool and I think the plant is still growing at the condo I used to live at.

Early this year I came across a few bloggers that had set up posts to organize seed trades so I started to partake. So far I have done eight seed trades and they have arrived from Canada, United States & England. Here are the varieties I received in alphabetical order and a link to the blogger I received them from:

• Bush Beans, True Red Cranberry and Tomato, Velvet Red from The Conservative Gardener
  
• Broad Bean, Crimson Flowered from Down on the Allotment
  
• Marigolds and Vinca from Skeeter at In The Garden
  
• Pepper, Purple Beauty from Annie's Kitchen Garden
  
• Squash, Delicata and Tomato, Purple Calabash from Skippy's Vegetable Garden
  
• Swiss Chard, Bright Lights and Tatsoi from Daphne's Dandelions
  
• Tomato, Beauty King and Tomato, Pink Berkeley Tie-Dye from Judy's SFG
  
• Tomato, Variegated from Veggie Patch Re-imagined

I will follow up with a seed trade plant post near the end of May once all the seeds are growing, that should be fun! Thanks again to all that sent seed.