Dear Members living in the EU, The first EU seed exchange this year is now open for donations. Please read this information carefully. We decided to split the spring exchange into two parts: one for seed only and a second one for bulbs and seed. This way we want to make sure that seed of summer growers is distributed as early as possible. As the weather is unpredictable and frost damage to bulbs may still occur at this time of the year, we do a second part of the spring exchange with bulbs later. The donation for bulbs will be announced separately and the entire donation period will remain open until further notice. So if your seed will not make it for the first part, it will be included in the second part. No need to rush for seed which is not ripe. we will do an autumn exchange for autumn sowing and planting. Please send all seed donation to the following address: Martin Bohnet his email address: garak@code-garak.de Ludwigstr. 1 73035 Göppingen Germany Please send an email to Martin when you post seed so he will know that your donation is on the way. Please make sure that the seed is free of pests and disease, nobody wants to introduce anything like that to fellow gardeners Please label each bag with the precise name of the plant (scientific name if possible) and your own name so that all donations are clearly identified and can be referred to the donor. We have asked you in the past to pre-pack your seed donations on a voluntary basis. Thank you to all who did this, it has reduced the workload for Martin tremendously. You can ask for an appropriate number of free seed envelopes from Martin. We suggest to pack not more than 5 portions of seed of each species, should there be more seed available a larger number of seeds can be included as a reserve in a separate envelope. As a donor, you will get a bonus for your order equalling the postage you paid for your donation. Please remember that you will have to be a fully paid member of the PBS in order to be entitled to order from our seed and bulb exchanges. But you do not need to be a donor to order. You will find the entire information on the EU Seed and Bulb Exchange on the website of the PBS: https://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/bxeu.html So.. please think of the many fellow bulb enthusiasts when you dig up bulbs or when you harvest seeds. As the EU covers very different climates and many members will have a greenhouse: all bulb and seed material is welcome. The success or failure of this scheme depends on your participation and generosity. Unfortunately we have bad news for our members living in the UK. We can no longer send seed or bulbs or receive donations to/from the UK. We keep our eyes open for solutions but there are none for the moment. We are very sorry about this. *Members living in the US and international members, please be aware that this announcement is for the EU exchange only, the US based exchange is continuing independently with a different time table.* Please, do not hesitate to contact me in case of questions:///johannes-ulrich-urban@t-online.de Martin and Uli ** _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net>