Labelling seed so next year's you can read it
Pencil, not biro. Date, not 'this year'.
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Pencil, not biro. Date, not 'this year'.
Hello swapper,
Last spring I found an envelope marked 'the good ones' in my own handwriting. I still don't know what was in it. So this issue is a plea for proper labels, because a seed swap only works if people know what they're sowing.
The variety, the year it was saved, where it grew and anything odd about it, such as a cross you suspect. Use pencil: biro runs if the envelope gets damp. Store envelopes in a tin somewhere cool and dry. The Seed Savers' Handbook goes into much more depth.
Post your envelopes to the usual address, or bring them to the shed on the first Saturday of the month.
Ruth
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