Participate in a seed exchange

Have you ever heard of a seed exchange? Well...

When I was planning my hydroponics garden last year I knew exactly the variety of tomato I wanted... beefsteak; a rather large meaty variety I had when I was a child. The problem was that no nursery in my local area had any, and those that did only had some scrawny, sickly plants left.

I could have scoured some seed catalogs and spent some money instead I gathered the few 'big boy' tomato seeds I had and found someone at work willing to trade me some beefsteak tomato seeds for the 'big boys'. This is the basis of a seed exchange... only imagine doing it via a website and across a country.

Let's say you have read about some old and obscure tomato variety called, 'big rainbow'. You post a message and offer to trade seeds you have for some 'big rainbows'. Maybe you're looking for Black Spanish radishes or Red Rubine basil, Lobjoints lettuce or Tangerine Gem marigolds and have no idea where to find them.

You can be sure of one thing; someone out there has the seeds and would probably be willing to trade for them - all you have to do is find a seed exchange (Google search) and post a message.

You can even trade plant cuttings through a seed exchange. The possibilities here are endless. Just be careful of international restrictions for seeds and plants sent from country to country. And if there is any interest I would be willing to host a seed exchange on this website...

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