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middlemamma 3/22/2011, 3:45 pm

I need to start a group...I have a serious problem. I could never plant all these even if I had 10 acres. Embarassed

quiltbea 3/22/2011, 3:47 pm

You and me both.
Tomato seed alone, I have 50 varieties. Varieties, not seeds. With all the juggling possible I can only plant 24 seedlings.
Yikes. I've got to stop getting more seeds.

middlemamma 3/22/2011, 3:51 pm

So nice to know I am not alone! I just wanna grow EVERYTHING!
Ahhhhhh!

madnicmom 3/22/2011, 4:00 pm

Ok, admitting the problem exists is the first step but do you seriously want to "fix" this problem? SEED HOARDERS ANONYMOUS 262465

I have just begun my hoarding adventures and I'm loving it!

florenceq 3/22/2011, 6:09 pm

You are definitely not alone........I spend evening paging thru seed catalogs imaging all the things I could grow. Out fridge has two crisper drawer and one is currently filled with my seed collection. I am not allowed to purchase anymore until these are used up!

Goosegirl 3/22/2011, 9:46 pm

florenceq wrote:You are definitely not alone........I spend evening paging thru seed catalogs imaging all the things I could grow. Out fridge has two crisper drawer and one is currently filled with my seed collection. I am not allowed to purchase anymore until these are used up!

I get the 'eye roll' whenever I pull out the seed box (okay, one of the seed boxes!). It made every 'eye roll' worthwhile when Hubby was there to see our kitty dig through the seed box, choose the catnip seeds, and trot off with the packet in his mouth. We have no human kids, so I am training our form of next generation to hoard seeds!

milaneyjane 3/22/2011, 11:52 pm

You know it is bad when your 10 year old DS is as bad as yourself, LOL!

bullfrogbabe 3/31/2011, 10:19 pm

I must confess that I am guilty of this too!
I shared some seeds with my friends at work and will be growing lots of extra seedlings to give away.
Am I cured now?

Goosegirl 3/31/2011, 11:06 pm

bullfrogbabe wrote:I must confess that I am guilty of this too!
I shared some seeds with my friends at work and will be growing lots of extra seedlings to give away.
Am I cured now?

Nope! Just rationalizing! SEED HOARDERS ANONYMOUS 889526

elliephant 4/1/2011, 1:08 am

I took a couple of seed catalogs to book club tonight. They always ask "What's everyone read lately?" and look at me like I'm crazy when I say seed catalogs. So tonight I brought a couple to show them...came home without them...one of my friends took them home to her father-in-law who is from Italy and has a huge garden. He had brought seeds from Italy his last visit there and she saw the same variety in the Baker Creek catalog, so she's excited to show him where to get more seeds that he's interested in. SEED HOARDERS ANONYMOUS 418730

shannon1 4/1/2011, 5:32 am

call me guilty but I do trade some seeds with my gardening buds so it's not like I bought them all. SEED HOARDERS ANONYMOUS 889526

FarmerValerie 4/1/2011, 10:11 am

I'm more of a pack rat, but it's driving me nuts so I'm weeding through, but I'm married to a hoarder, a real live hoarder. He bought tons of seeds the first year, and we still have some left 3 years later. I'm trying again to get them to grow, but since what we will actually eat has filled all available squares on paper, he is either going to have to provide more lumber for boxes, or do it himself. I love growing food, and I love trying new things, but it's next to impossible to get large tomatoes to set here in TX, and those are what he's got, along with some from the middle east. The last 2 years I've gotten very little done trying to get so much done, so I'm focusing on what I can start and finish, and we will actually eat up with no or little waste, instead of all the extras, I just cannot do it all.

boog1 4/3/2011, 1:13 pm

i'll trade a gallon bag of cosmo's seed's< --- otherhalf's idea, for even a few scraps of sanity Rolling Eyes

boog

Goosegirl 4/3/2011, 6:05 pm

boog1 wrote:i'll trade a gallon bag of cosmo's seed's< --- otherhalf's idea, for even a few scraps of sanity

boog

I definitely don't ave any seeds of sanity to trade, but if there are any OTHER seeds I have that you would be interested in, I would LOVE cosmos seeds!

TC

martha 4/3/2011, 8:31 pm

[quote="Goosegirl"]

florenceq wrote:. It made every 'eye roll' worthwhile when Hubby was there to see our kitty dig through the seed box, choose the catnip seeds, and trot off with the packet in his mouth. We have no human kids, so I am training our form of next generation to hoard seeds!

boog1 4/7/2011, 6:41 pm

went thru a storage tub from the shed last night enough flats to grow 400+ veggies/flowers 2 and 3 year old seeds that never got used :scratch: and more ziplock bags of dried flower heads fulla seeds. its gonna b one long summer Rolling Eyes

boog

middlemamma 4/7/2011, 6:54 pm

If you wanted to...you could start as many as would germinate and donate whatever starts you don't need to a school or a retirement home? They wouldn't go to waste that way.

It would get your inventory cleaned out and you could start again fresh. Smile

shannon1 4/8/2011, 12:38 am

My name is Shannon and I am a seed hoarder. Today I slipped, went to the feed store for some compost and came home with golden beet,salad bowl lettuce,red beet, and one other seed pack I can't remember.

**Furbalsmom** 4/8/2011, 10:35 am

That's one of the worst problems with being a seed hoarder, you can't even remember everything you have Laughing

The nice thing is the suprise jocolor

when you find it again.

quiltbea 4/8/2011, 10:43 am

You're right about not remembering what you have.
For that reason, this year I started writing down mine on notebook paper, alphabetically with lots of blank spaces in between, so I can always know what's on hand. I cross off a variety when its gone. I have a special section in my gardening notebook just for 'Seeds' so I no longer buy the same thing twice.

Under the tomatoes listing, I have fifty different varieties right now. Way too many to grow in any given year,...... but there's always next year. Very Happy

shannon1 4/15/2011, 5:07 am

Yep went to home depto and got 3 more seed packs. But they were ones I had been looking for so I don't feel so bad this time. It is a good thing I cant get to the new seed exchange data base I guess. :scratch:

graficow 4/15/2011, 6:06 am

A well-meaning relative gave me a subscription to
"Seeds of the Month" club so every month I receive
an envelope with 4 packs of seeds - to add to my
already large gallon zip-lock bag in my crisper drawer.
(Need to start a new bag!!)

Do I qualify as a member? Rolling Eyes

Goosegirl 4/15/2011, 8:17 am

graficow wrote:A well-meaning relative gave me a subscription to
"Seeds of the Month" club so every month I receive
an envelope with 4 packs of seeds - to add to my
already large gallon zip-lock bag in my crisper drawer.
(Need to start a new bag!!)

Do I qualify as a member?

Better start attending the meetings! You will need SERIOUS help!

GG

Ha-v-v 4/15/2011, 9:39 am

graficow wrote:A well-meaning relative gave me a subscription to
"Seeds of the Month" club so every month I receive
an envelope with 4 packs of seeds - to add to my
already large gallon zip-lock bag in my crisper drawer.
(Need to start a new bag!!)

Do I qualify as a member?

Thats so cool.. .seeds of the month~!!!

elliephant 4/28/2011, 12:34 pm

Finally found the 20 cents seed packets at my Wal-Mart. About a dozen packets managed to jump into my cart. The kids must have done it. Twisted Evil

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