YGG Canadian Round Robin Seed Exchange 2009

April 1, 2009
By Amy

Earlier this month I received the package I look forward to each spring with great anticipation: The You Grow Girl Canadian Round Robin Seed Exchange package!

I noticed that this year the vegetable seeds by far outnumbered the flower seeds that were in the package.  Since I’ll be growing from seed only those vegetables I can sow directly in the ground or start outdoors, I grabbed from the package the following varieties:

  • Romaine lettuce
  • Tuscan Kale
  • Detroit Dark Red Beets
  • Cherokee Trail of Tears pole bean
  • Salad Scallions “Delicious Duo” (purple and white salad onions)
  • Radish “Rudolf”

The following three I’ll be able to start in pots outside in my little greenhouse:

  • Cucumber “Muncher”
  • Small Pie Pumpkin
  • Golden Zucchini

I also picked out Large Seeded Tall Sunflowers.  I hope to get an annual cutting garden going at one end of the vegetable garden this summer.

Do you participate in any seed exchanges?

Related Article:  Attending a Gardeners’ Seed Swap: A Guide to Trading Annual and Perennial Flower and Vegetable Seeds, by Amy Urquhart

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5 Responses to “ YGG Canadian Round Robin Seed Exchange 2009 ”

  1. Nancy Bond on April 1, 2009 at 12:28 pm

    I’ve never participated because I simply don’t have the room to grow many things, but I think it’s a wonderful idea…and look at all those lovely seed packets! Just like Christmas! ;)

  2. Craig on April 2, 2009 at 3:54 pm

    Exciting, I love getting new seeds in the mail. I am just starting up a similar Round Robin seed swap for trees. If anyone is interested they can visit http://www.earlyforest.com/2009/03/tree-seed-exchange.html

  3. Melamalie on April 6, 2009 at 12:59 pm

    The package is on its way to me next… hopefully it will be there when I get home! I can’t wait to poke through it. What did you put in the package this time around?

  4. Crafty Gardener on April 12, 2009 at 6:15 pm

    I used to organize seed swaps at Garden Web (Canadian site) and I participated in lots of seeds swaps. I found that lots of similar types of seeds were always turning up in the seed swaps. So lately I rely on seeds that I have saved myself and those I can swap individually for so that I get the ones I want.

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