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WANTED: 4 young girls wish lists

Mermaidinthegarden
11 years ago

UPDATED!!!
Thank you to those who have sent in some of their requests already. The girls each have their own seed box and have been really enjoying getting things to put in them. We have been looking up pictures of what they get each time an envelope comes.

My neices helped a lot in my garden last year, including helping to harvest and process seeds. I told them they could have one of my garden beds this year to plant what they want. They have been excitedly looking at all the seeds I have been reveiving in trades and at my seed catalogs (they highlighted EVERY SINGLE plant in the Baker Creek catalog, lol, I know how they feel )and asked if they could make a list of seeds they want and see if someone will send them some. They want THEIR OWN seeds, not mine, . I will put up any seeds on my HAVEs list for anything the kids want (check my list in the trading bazaar), will also help them send SASE if you want. Hopefully they will each get some of their wishlists filled.
-please send AT LEAST 20 pea or bean seeds, 6 tomato, etc I will send you the same amount. Enough that the whole family can eat the harvest and so that, should something go wrong or the kids want to experiment, there are enough backup seeds to replant. Thank you!
**Overseas trades WELCOME! They would have a blast looking up other countries to see where their seeds come from!

using their nicknames as screen names

Cupcake's list: (typed with some help)
"I am a girl and I am 6 years old. My favorite vegetables are carrots and potatoes. I like to grow beans when they are pretty seeds but I don't like to eat them. I like flowers that are pretty and plants that smell sweet. Thank you for sending me seeds"

(sorry her list is so long, thanks for taking the time to look over it)
FLOWERS and HERBS
bells of ireland
ballerina doublemix poppy
pink sunday sage
miss wilmott zinnia
any other poofy types of zinnia in pink or lavendar
persian carpet zinnia
pink senorita zinnia
will rodgers zinnia
moldavian balm dragonhead
marshmallow
oregano, wild zatar
rue, herb o grace
valerian

PEAS
little marvel garden pea
carouby de massane pea

CARROTS
kuroda long carrots
cosmic purple carrots
white belgian carrots

LETTUCE
crisp mint lettuce
lau's pointed leaf lettuce
tom thumb lettuce
red or purple orach
ching chang bok choy
mizuna, lime streaks and ruby streaks

TOMATOs
blueberry blend tomato
sweet carneros pink tomato
solar flair

Goose's List: (typed with help)
"I am seven and I am a good gardener, and I'm going to have a farm. I like all the vegetables and I want to grow seeds to help the poor hungry children. My favorites are tomatos and salad and beans and peas and sweet peppers."**Note from Auntie: we are working on ideas such as plant a row for the hungry or making a little farmstand at a family get together to sell her produce to earn money. She has been saving money for a few months to go towards a World Vision program to buy a goat or buy some chickens for families in need.

Beans
Lima Beans (we will need an early variety here, maybe Henderson's bush?)
Red Peanut Bean (aka Pink Half Runner, Old Joe Clark)

Eggplant
Orlando
Early Long Purple
Ukranian Beauty

Cucumber
Delicatesse
Dragon's Egg
Juane Dickfleischige
West India Burr Gherkin
Jamaican Gherkin

Giant Cape Gooseberry

Peas
Corne De Belier

Peppers
Albino Bullnose
Lipstick Peppers
Purple Beauty
Sweet Chocolate
sigaretta de Bergamo
Healthy Pepper

Tomatos
All of the vernissage tomatos
Anmore Dewdrop
Cuban Black
Fruhe Liebe
Minibel
Floragold basket
Mohamed
Ovita
Sugar Plum Raspberry

Flowers
Polar Bear Zinnia

Doodles' Wish List
" I'm 5. I only like sweet, yummy peas that are green. I want rainbow flowers and blue flowers and flowers that smells sweet and good"[/SIZE][/I]
Peas
Sugar Ann
Sugar Daddy
Little Marvel

Other sweet varieties (I have cascadia, tall telephone, super sugar snap, dwarf grey sugar, oregon sugar pod, mammoth melting, progress 9, Amish snap and wando)

Flowers
Pretty pink carnations that smell sweet
**suggest a sweet smelling flower, she will most likely want it

Boo's Wish List
" I'm 4 and I like cucumbers and pretty flowers"

She just needs, like one or two more EASY to grow flowers. Poppies, pink alyssum, light pink zinnias. that kind. Something that does not need to be started indoors, hopefully

This post was edited by Mermaidinthegarden on Mon, Feb 11, 13 at 10:41

Comments (22)

  • skyblue52
    11 years ago
    last modified: 9 years ago

    Hello look at my list I will send u what u want Skyblue52

  • socalgardengal
    11 years ago
    last modified: 9 years ago

    Would love to send them something for sase,please take a look at my list and let me know. Too cute! :) I also have some things in my personal stash that they might like. I will look through it when I get home in a couple hours.

  • jensyen ( z7 MD )
    11 years ago
    last modified: 9 years ago

    Hi, I think I can send your girls and you some flower and vegetable seeds. Please check my trade list and let me know if you want to do a trade. I also have unlisted ones so we should be able to do a large trade. I see lots from your list that I would like.
    Thanks for looking, Jen

  • jensyen ( z7 MD )
    11 years ago
    last modified: 9 years ago

    I received your GW message. Please send me an email so I can respond to your message and exchange addresses. Thanks, Jen

  • graanieb
    11 years ago
    last modified: 9 years ago

    So nice of you and girls, let me know what we can trade, would love to send you extras.

    Bea

  • Kelli9699
    11 years ago
    last modified: 9 years ago

    This is so great!! I would love to help your nieces. Sending you an email.
    Kelli

  • paysoncrafter
    11 years ago
    last modified: 9 years ago

    Also if you go to gardenhoard.com they can each send in a sase for up to 6 seeds of different kinds. :)

  • Mermaidinthegarden
    Original Author
    11 years ago
    last modified: 9 years ago

    Thank you paysoncrafter, I am checking it out. And thank you all for the responses so far.

  • graanieb
    11 years ago
    last modified: 9 years ago

    Got your email and couldn't reply to it, would gladly send your wants, interested in any peas you can send and are your favorite...after girls choose theirs of course, smile.
    Also...Red Russian Kale and Dahlia Zinnias.

    Thank you, you are an inspiration.

  • Brigitte Boucher
    11 years ago
    last modified: 9 years ago

    I have Danvers 126 carrots, Purple Beauty peppers, and bok choy (not sure what variety), plus more on my trade list. I'd be happy to trade for Tongue of Fire beans, Stuttgarter Onions, and Red Russian Kale, if you have those left. Thanks!

  • socalgardengal
    11 years ago
    last modified: 9 years ago

    Hello Mermaid, I received your bubble mailer today. Thank you for the papaya, nice surprise! I put some extra seeds I found that I thought the girls might like, sunflowers,birdhouse gourd(make their own birdhouses) and another salvia. I'll send it out in the morning. Enjoy!

  • mswillis5
    11 years ago
    last modified: 9 years ago

    Trade White Queen tomato and amana orange tomato for lolla rossa lettuce and amaranth josephs coat. My seed list has more if you want to take a look.

  • Mermaidinthegarden
    Original Author
    11 years ago
    last modified: 9 years ago

    Thank you jensyen and demonshollowasyllum! Recieved the packages today and the girls were so excited we had to look up everything on google to see pictures. And the envelopes were great too, liz, they were using them to share seeds with each other.

  • garden_love
    11 years ago
    last modified: 9 years ago

    I would love to send some. maybe we can trade a smaller amt of something of yours for a larger amt of mine. i dont have the specifics on their list but I do have some good veggies and flowers seeds but I can pick out and send. please email me if u want to. thank you

  • Rosie_Moe
    11 years ago
    last modified: 9 years ago

    Oh my gosh. I absolutely love this. Just send me your address and I will make up some little packets for them. I can fill at least a few of those little wishes. Way to go, girls!!

  • DemonsHollowAsylum
    11 years ago
    last modified: 9 years ago

    That is just great, hope you all have tons of fun with this project!!

    Liz

  • Rosie_Moe
    11 years ago
    last modified: 9 years ago

    Hey there! I got your email, but I don't think I was able to respond properly- something about your email address not being revealed. Anyhow, Yes!!! I would love some tomato seeds. You should email me directly and I'll give you my address. Thank you!

  • michelelee
    11 years ago
    last modified: 9 years ago

    How wonderful! I know I have some things for the girls and I see I have a few on your wants list as well. Sending you an email!

    Michele

  • Val Minnich
    10 years ago
    last modified: 9 years ago

    I have a huge amount of sugar ann's, let me know if we can trade, I'd be happy to help out your nieces :)

  • paysoncrafter
    10 years ago
    last modified: 9 years ago

    If they are still looking for seeds, please feel free to email me for my address. I would love to help them get more seeds that they are looking for or interested in. If you don't see something on my list, email me anyways as I have to update it. I have peppers, squash, cucumbers, sugar snap peas, green beans & yellow wax beans, pumpkins & garlic avail. If they want to trade too, let me know :)

  • paysoncrafter
    10 years ago
    last modified: 9 years ago

    If they are still looking for seeds, please feel free to email me for my address. I would love to help them get more seeds that they are looking for or interested in. If you don't see something on my list, email me anyways as I have to update it. I have peppers, squash, cucumbers, sugar snap peas, green beans & yellow wax beans, pumpkins & garlic avail. If they want to trade too, let me know :)

  • wally_1936
    10 years ago
    last modified: 9 years ago

    http://wintersown.org/wseo1/Free_Seeds.html

    Great site for tomato seeds, wide selection all the time.

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