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janewilliams20 ([personal profile] janewilliams20) wrote2011-01-22 08:13 pm
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More freebies - anyone want seeds?

I've spent today sorting and tidying - can you tell? Among other things, I looked through the box of seeds to see what if anything I could start up indoors (then spent hours clearing the shelf any indoor pots would have to live on, and the shelf where the things from that had to go, and...) anyway, I seem to have seeds that are probably OK, but I'm not going to be using. Looks like I picked up a lot of interesting things last time I was in the USA.


Small plastic bag of what look like runner bean seeds: probably a few years old.

Open (but folded, and foil) Suttons pack of sweet pepper (Capiscum Worldbeater) that I used half of last year, and failed to produce anything worth the hassle in the time available. Nice peppers, just not enough of a crop.

Everything else is unused.

Broccoli summer purple sprouting - freebie from Thompson & Morgan, no date

Perpetual Spinach, T&M again. "Sow by Aug 2008". OK, I said these were a bit old.

Radish Marabelle, Marshalls, 12/2007

Coriander, Gardenline (probably Aldi), 2013 (in date!)

Sugar pea/mangetout from Lidl, 12/2012

Then we move on to the American bits, all packed 2007

Three from "Liberty Garden":
2 packs "Wildflower North American Mix". Claims to contain White Yarrow, Alyssum, Calendula, Cornflower, Wallflower, Coreopsis, Cosmos, Sweet William, Gypsophila, Blue Flax, Flax, Evening Primrose, Black-eyed Susan, Catchfly, Mexican Hat
1 pack Okra - Clemson Spineless

3 from Burpee Signature:
Sweetcorn Delectable Hybrid
Sweetcorn Ruby Queen (yes, it's red)
Bush Garden Bean (yellow beans)

Finally, Cowpeas Pinkeye Purple Hull

Absolutely no promise that any of these will grow, but if anyone would like to try, let me know and I'll put them in the post.


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