Parsley pea showing its leaf tips which are picked for salads

Inspired by the Blogger Seed Network idea by Patrick from Bifurcated Carrots I’m going to try sharing my excess saved seed here this year – last year I gave away a lot through some forums but as I have even less time these days to really get involved I thought it would be more appropriate to concentrate on my blog.

Find out more about the Seed Network idea.

Notes on my seeds – they are all home saved so I can’t guarantee purity but I do follow the guidelines in good faith. People with restricted space might want to be more careful of the tomatoes as I do grow those in a mixed greenhouse; however to the best of my knowledge they are not the type where the male part protrudes and seem to come true for me.  Beans and peas tend to be separated from each other but I think isolation is less important there anyway.  The peppers were all grown away from other flowering peppers/chillis so should be pure.

Practicalities – Contact me and let me know how many you want and of which types.

I will let you know if I have enough and then I’ll get you to tell me where to send it.

I’ll consider requests from the EU as well as the UK and will update this post as things are used up.

I don’t have huge quantities but I have more than I can reasonably grow – this means I don’t need anything in return so I make two requests:

- if you like what you grow it would be great if you could save seed and pass it on again to keep good varieties growing

- if you really really must make a gesture in return for the cost of postage, it would be easier on my conscience if you pop some change in to the next collection box you come across.  If you do choose to do this I’d love to hear which charity you choose – I have asked in the past for people to favour Lifeboats, Guide Dogs or Age Concern but it’s really up to you!  This way I don’t feel I’m “selling” seeds and it’s less hassle and waste for my recipients too.

OK – on with the seeds (just names at this point but feel free to ask questions as I have made notes on most of them and will be posting them here another time):

Climbing French Bean:

Kew Blue

Pea Bean

Poletschka

Dwarf French Bean:

Black Valentine

May Bean

Peas:

Victorian Purple Podded

Parsley Pea

Golden Sweet

Kent Blue

Tomato:

Purple Ukraine

My Girl

Brooks’ Special

Koenig Humbert

Veeroma

Lima Korai

Salt Spring Sunrise

Peremoga

Peppers:

Kaibi Round

Dedo de Mocha (can occasionally have a little heat but I haven’t noticed it)

Chillis:

Rotoco

Czechoslovakian Black

Trifetti

I’ve just noticed that all but one of my peppers originate from Real Seeds – please, if you were already going to buy from them, do so, rather than take these. You’ll get reliable quality from a good company who deserves your custom and I don’t want to do them out of any buyers!

Patrick has kindly let me participate in the seed network – there’s lots more about it on his page here: http://www.patnsteph.net/weblog/?page_id=65 but many other bloggers are involved, so take a look at these sites too (list copied from Bifurcated Carrots 01/02/2009).

Ewa in the Garden (Poland)

Spade Work (UK)

Mas Du Diable (France)

Alternative Kitchen Garden Podcast or Fluffius Muppetus (UK)

MustardPlaster (UK)

Lusthof (Garden of Eden) (Belgium)

A Thinking Stomach (USA)

The Veggie Patch Re-imagined (Canada)

The Cats Tripe (UK)

Soilman (Leeks, trumpet lily hybrids and pure regale species) (UK)

CityGarden (Greece)

Bishop’s Homegrown (USA)

Braamekraal Farm (South Africa)

Bifurcated Carrots (Netherlands)

Urban Food Gardening (Ireland)

Worldwide Seed Trader (USA)

Grunt and Grungy’s Garden (Canada)

The Seed Ambassadors Project (USA)

Jardim com Gatos (Portugal)

Lowarth Brogh — Offering round courgette, anna schwarz winter squash, rainbow quinoa, mexican sour gherkin and maybe some black cherry tomato seed. Interested in anything used to the cold, and anything strange,exotic(and tasty-not asking for much!) (UK)

Gardening Fool (USA)

Agrarian Grrl’s Muse (Canada)

Crazytomato (Netherlands)

Paquebot (USA)

Saith Ffynnon Farm (UK)

Blue Ribbon Tomatoes (USA)

Daphne (flat leafed parsley and dill.  US addresses only) (USA)

Brown Envelope Seeds (Looking for trades!) (Ireland)

A Blog Called Fuggles (UK/EU addresses only) (UK)