On Saturday, I ran the DC State Fair Seedling Swap, a now-annual event in the spring that gets experienced and new gardeners together to share knowledge about gardening, meet their neighbours, and encourage new gardeners to get planting.
I brought some of my black peanuts, Sea Island brown cotton, and cowhorn okra from Southern Exposure Seed Exchange, as well as a single borage seedling and a few Brown Turkey fig cuttings that I picked up and rooted during the winter. I also had some donations from local businesses and gardeners to help new gardeners get started in the soil this year.
The swap went amazingly well--more than 30 people showed up to participate, and we nabbed a few others who were just wandering by at the farmers' market we were holding the swap at. I met several members of the community gardens I belong to--one even offered to sing to me while tending to the plots. I definitely plan on cashing in on that ticket!
After the first few rounds of random-number calling, I stepped back and let the swappers have at it. Only three seedlings were left at the end--two artichokes, donated by Kuhn Orchards, one of the market vendors, and another seedling (perhaps it was a tomato?). I nabbed one of the artichokes--I've never cooked with them before, never even tried to grow them, but they are beautiful plants if nothing else!
hello ... are you coming back to saudi arabia soon? or done with it?
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