2022 Spring Plant Swap - CHAT

What: 2022 Spring Plant Swap
When: Saturday, May 14, 2022
Where: The home of Rick Moses, Derwood, MD

Registration Began: March 25, 2022 Register
Trading Begins: April 30, 2022
Trading Ends: May 12, 2022

This swap is being hosted by Rick Moses (RickM). Directions will be posted the week of the swap.

There are two threads set up for the Mid-Atlantic Gardeners 2022 Spring Plant Swap.

#1
The thread is to let us know who is attending and what food or beverage item they are bringing for the pot luck lunch.
2022 Spring Plant Swap - Details and Updates

#2
The thread is for general chat about the swap. This thread also contains information on how the swap will be conducted.
2022 Spring Plant Swap - CHAT

If you've never been to an in-person swap, don't be shy! After all, where else can you go and hang out with a bunch of people talking about plants with enthusiasm? Of course, we can't forget about the food!


Swap Date: Saturday, May 14, 2022
Time: Noon until . . .
Who: NGA Members and their guests (scroll down thread for list of attendees)

As with past swaps, we will be using the Seed Swap tool here on the NGA site. A link to the swap will be posted when available.

Useful Links:
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What you've bought/dibbed
What you've sold

Swap Control Panel
Swap Events Log (Adds, Deletes and Dibs)
Complete Swap List

Last Updated: 09-May-2022 09:40PM

About 20-ish Attending (User ID, From):
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© Rick (RickM, Derwood, MD)(Host)
© Chantell (Chantell, Mid-VA)
© Donner (Donnerville, Damascus, MD)
© Francine, (TanteFrancine, Falls Church, VA)
© Jill (Critterologist, Frederick, MD)
© Lisa & Eric (5601Lisa, Washington, DC)
© Mariter (Olney, MD)
© Marilyn (Alexandria, VA)
© Pat & David(ecnalg & greenthumb99, Lucketts, VA)
© Ralph & Mary (RalphGamba, )
© Sally & Mark (SallyG, Central MD)
© Sheela & Bob (Eldersburg, MD)
© Terri (AspenHill, Lucketts, VA)
© Whitney & Jess (PlantyDropper808, Bethesda, MD)


Pot Luck Lunch... Who's Bringing What:
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- Chantell: Water
- David: Cheese & Crackers
- Donner: Chinese Dumplings
- Francine: Kale Curry, Lontong (Pressed rice), Lemper (Chicken and rice)
- Jill: Fillers
- Lisa & Eric: Sangria
- Marilyn: Brownies
- Pat: Dessert
- Rick: Larry's Baked Beans (Why mess with success?) & 1 or 2 surprises
- Sally: Pasta Salad
- Sheela & Bob: Veggie Side, Dessert


Gift Table:
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As in past swaps, we will be having a gift/door prize table. Please consider bringing something, new or gently used, for the table.

Misc Stuff... Who's Bringing What:
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Notes:
Please remember to bring a chair for yourself and your companion or guest.

We're handling the plates, etc for lungh a bit different this year. I'm asking all attending to bring their own plate/bowl, drinking glass and flatware. This will greatly reduce the amount of disposables used.

I plan to attend. Not sure what food I'll bring yet. @tantefrancine are you planning to attend? We can ride together.

I will attend and will bring my sister Joyce

I will attend and bring my friend Mary. Looking forward to the swap.

Rick, I will attend and bring Chinese dumplings. Thank you for hosting. I am looking forward to seeing old friends and meeting new friends.

Rick, count me in too!

I plan to come

Eric and I will be there.

Thank you RickM, for hosting the swap: your garden is going to be even more beautiful this year!

I will be attending. Will let you know what I will bring. Shall I dare to bring chicken satay again after the disaster of last year. If I do, I will make them the day before——ignore instructions that they have to be made the same day—-

Last but not least:
Thank you for giving me a ride again Frenchy21—

Was so excited to see the dates....I will be able to attend @RickM thank you SOOO much for hosting again, that means I can hit that nursery by you LOL! Can't wait to see everyone!! Gotta think on the 'what to bring' Hugs to everyone

I think I will bring Lemper, Indonesian snack: seasoned shredded chicken breast (will use canned chicken breast from Aldi) sandwiched between pressed steamed sticky rice with coconut milk---wrapped in banana leaves. I hope the fresh banana leaves will be available. Will wrap them called Kodok [=frog] style--And MAYBE also some desserts if I have the time.

I look forward to attending and will bring a dessert.

The swap is only 4 weeks away. Trading begins in 2 weeks.

RickM, I have invited my friend Mariter as my guest, she will come from Olney.

I will not be able to attend the swap next month. I will be attending and helping with a family graduation party for my grand-daughter. I do plan to attend the next swap.

I have another friend coming as my guest to the swap. Her name is Marilyn and she will be driving me to the swap, she lives in Alexandria. She does not have a garden but she loves flowers. She is going to bring brownies---I may bring something else besides the Lemper, hard to choose what I want to share.

I have decided to also bring Lontong, which is pressed cooked rice to eat with kale curry, another favorite dish. I am going to cheat this time, instead of making the curry from scratch, I am going to use the ready-made curry package meant to cook goat curry from Medan (North Sumatra style, this curry has a lot of spices, different from the goat curry from Java, also different from the original cassava leaves (replaced by kale) curry recipe (from West Sumatra, the Minangkabau matrilineal people). I have never made these---I will find out if some of you will like it----or even if I like it. I like lontong, but not made this way (a quicker way), and I love this curry, but made with its intended meat: goat (some people made it with lamb here, no lambs in Indonesia, too hot), love it especially with goat off-al, some of them not sold here) but I have never used this with kale----If it is popular, both of them are easy to make, and the spices for the curry is also available in stores where Indonesian groceries are sold--at the Indonesian Market or at Hung Phat in Wheaton, unfortunately I have not found any stores in VA yet. The only thing I will add in the curry spices is kale and coconut milk and water. Very easy dish to make.

Name of dish: Kale curry with lontong (pressed rice cake) wrapped in banana leaves.

Just realized that lambs may be available in Indonesia now imported from New Zealand. Yesterday I was supposed to bring lontong wrapped in banana leaves to a friend's Eid's gathering. It was a disaster, the banana leaves tore into pieces and I could not even use them inside a sheet of the 'thick' aluminum foil. So I am going to try to use my gas stove to heat and make the leaves pliable for the lemper. If not successful the lemper is going to be wrapped in plastic wrap. And I will bring rice instead of lontong to eat the curry--Different sizes of packages of uncooked lontongs are available for sale in Maryland, but not in VA, but I much prefer those wrapped in banana leaves or ketupat (rice cooked in woven packages made of young coconut fronds) .

Bob and I will attend, we will bring some dessert and a side dish, probably a vegetable dish.

Marilyn will bring Brownies.
I will also bring Kale curry and Lontong (rice cake wrapped in banana leaf) to eat it with.