Seedy Penpals February 2013 Update

Our second Seedy Penpal exchange has got off to a great start. we have lots of enthusiastic people who are making new friends and oo-ing and ahh-ing over new seeds and other presents.

My Seedy Parcel

I received a lovely parcel containing seeds and more from Suse from the beautiful west coast of Scotland. When Suse contacted me I asked her to “Surprise me…” She did that in a lovely way.

I received some carefully packaged and annotated seed packets. On one side Suse wrote the name and variety and on the other some sowing, planting & usage tips. The seeds are just what I was after: some new to me varieties to try out.

Also, Suse had very thoughtfully included some other plants for me as I had told her I was always keen to try out new cuttings. The first is a small plant of  Fuschia Magellanica Versicolour that I hope turns out this beautiful .

And Suse also included some lovely plugs of heather plants including two tree heathers. The fuschia and heathers are already in their alloted spots and I hope they feel at home this far south. Thanks very much Suse 🙂

I will blog about the progress of Suse’s generous gifts and also some of the seeds I received from Lucy in last August’s exchange.

Seedy Penpals Updates on other blogs

This time round, I’m not using a link widget. Instead, I’ll post a summary and a link to all the Seedy Parcel blog updates and progress reports that I’m told about.

10th February 2013
Lorraine makes a Seedy Confession and also gets chocolate confections in her parcel from Becca. This is a great example of the joy of Seedy Penpals…

My Seedy Penpal, Kate at Ty Hen Cottage, offers a lovely seasonal Marmalade and Fruit Cake along with a peek at the parcel I sent her. Seeds, some tubers, a plant and a card. I’m looking forward to seeing the results…

13th February 2013
The brilliantly titled Two Thirsty Gardeners received a great parcel of some more unusual edibles from Hayley and gave Seedy Penpals a good write up 🙂

16th February 2013
And see what became of Lorraine’s chocolate…

More to come, pop back again soon!

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