seeds exchanging. etc.

[michaeljohnson]

To-all those people who asked me recently for various seeds etc -to date, I have great pleasure in announcing that all your seeds are posted and en-route to you all as of yesterday, by Air mail post , the norm is around seven to ten days to reach the USA and canada- and about three weeks or so to reach Australia - england and europe approx 3-4 days.

Any new people wanting seeds from me- it will be a great pleasure for me to send them to you-no probs, the only thing I ask is that you always include your full postal mailing address along with your address-so that I can get them to you pronto ;D

[Alan]

Just wanted to take a minuite to say thanks for the seeds buddy! They arrived here safe and sound on Friday! I'm very anxious to give them a go!

[johno]

I recieved the seeds from you (MJ) a few days ago - Thank you! It's been a long time since I saw one of those 'par avion' blue and red envelopes, brought back memories...

[michaeljohnson]

So glad you got the seeds Johno -I always worry no end until after I know people have got them all ok,

Incidentally - at this stage I would like to add- for most people to see and read, that if ever a batch of seeds goes astray and is lost in the post after about 3-4 weeks and no seeds etc, I will do a replacement batch for them, especially if it is close to seed sowing time in the spring- just so that no one is left disappointed , except of course if it is an exceptionally rare variety where I myself only have about three or four seeds to start with.

My most memorable similar incident of this that always amazes me- is that a good friend of mine who lives in Canada only had five seeds of a very rare variety himself ( Lincoln Adams) which are like half size Brandywines and taste good,- but being a real trooper he sent me only two of those seeds to try my luck with- my luck was in as both seeds germinated fine- I nursed them along all season long and (Prayed a little) and they finally produced many hundreds of seeds for me and cropped heavily.

I was terrified when the two solitary seeds arrived in the envelope from Canada- my hands were shaking as I tried to get them out of the packet without dropping one or both of them on the floor- but they made it with flying colours ;D