The Spring Seedling Hunt

Happy Spring!

We've germinated 14 clues for you to solve around the themes of spring and also National Poetry Month. Read and solve each clue, then find the page on LibraryThing that matches your solution. When you find the right solution, you’ll see a banner at the top of your screen announcing that you’ve found a seedling. Remember: it's not necessarily a work page!

Go here for the hunt!

You have one week—until Tuesday, April 28th at 5pm EDT—to find as many seedlings as you can.

Use this thread to brag, ask for and give hints, etc

As in past hunts, we'll be awarding profile badges to anyone who finds at least one seedling, and anyone who finds all 14 will be entered into a drawing for a LibraryThing or TinyCat t-shirt of their choice, to be shipped when possible given distancing constraints.

Important: When giving hints, please use the spoiler tag. To mark something as a spoiler, start your message like this:

<spoiler>

And end it like this:

</spoiler>

Troubleshooting

If you’re not seeing banners, or the hunt is otherwise not working for you, you may be using the old site design. Hunts don’t work on the old version of the site. You can switch to the new version by going here. Scroll down to the bottom of the page and look under "Design." You can always switch back after the treasure hunt, if you like.

Happy hunting!

P.S. Thanks to @conceptDawg for the gorgeous European Robin illustration! He's made many of our treasure hunt graphics in the last couple years. We like them, and hope you do, too!

Yay! What a lovely surprise! 8 down so far...

I love these hunts! And I must be getting better at them... this is the first time I've been able to figure out all the clues without needing a hint :)

Yay! What a lovely surprise!

FYI: the link on the hunt page that's meant to point here actually links to the Valentine's Hunt thread.

Also, I need hints for #5. I can give hints for the rest.

What a lovely surprise and love @conceptDawg's robin.

>5 alexa_d: I'm stuck on 5 myself. For 11 The author of the desired book has a more recent book that focuses on the body.

>7 Zoes_Human: Thanks! I had actually just gotten it right before you posted. What was throwing me was I thought I was looking for an author with the initials W.T., instead of needing to change those letters.

>8 Zoes_Human: Any luck on 5. yet? I just worked out 13 (I was right, but apparently not in the right place), but I haven't worked out 5 yet. I thought I had it for a hot minute and got very excited, but it was a no go.

Stuck on 5 and 6.

>9 alexa_d: and >12 amanda4242: I JUST GOT 5!!!!

So it's a portmanteau of words in the second to last line.

>12 amanda4242: For #6 search for a "spring bird" plus any of the capitalized terms (not counting the beginnings of the lines).

>13 Zoes_Human: Awesome, I got it now! Thank you!!

>15 alexa_d: YAY!

I am stuck on 9...any clues?

>20 jayceebee: A tag search for "vegan" will bring up likely candidates.

>20 jayceebee: For 9 I just searched vegan as a tag and picked the book that had a Lovecraftian title

>13 Zoes_Human: & >14 alexa_d: Thanks! Got them all!

>23 amanda4242: Huzzah! Stoked for you!

I'm out of ideas for #11 and would appreciate help.

So much fun to find this on LT this morning! I sat right down with my breakfast at my computer and found them all before I finished breakfast, but then had to eat cold oatmeal...

>25 aspirit: look for a work by a popular author who's name finishes the same as the one in the clue.

I love these hunts! This one was the only one that I was able to do without hints or google! Are they getting easier?

Thank you to the "germinators" for creating so much fun!

>27 NorthernStar: got it! Thank you.

I'm going to take a break before tracking down my last two. The LT site hasn't been working well for me. Dealing with the load failures, search timeouts, and design wonkiness is getting tiring. The exploration for the hunt has been interesting, though. Thank you, LT staff, for putting together this event.

I found all of the seedlings. Yay!

I have 12. Maybe by morning clues 2 and 7 will make sense.

Yay I got them all! It was fun as always! Thanks LT staff for putting all these together in the time of “How can I spend another day without going outside, I wonder.”

I can't quite believe it but I got all of them without having to come here for a hint. Is it possible I'm getting better at deciphering the clues? Nah, it's probably that the clues were easier. Thanks LT for the diversion.

>25 aspirit: He has written many other books and one of them has been made into a movie.

II guess I need a hint for #9, please.

>35 2wonderY: Do a tag search on vegan and it's the first title listed.

For # 13 I think I know the Romantic poet but I can't find the seeding anywhere. Any clues?

This was a nice surprise and so much fun! I got them all without hints, although some I had to google a bit. #6 was the one that stumped me the longest.

And conceptDawg's artwork is charming!

Okay, I got #1, but isn't it the wrong book? I only got the checkmark when I selected Where the Sidewalk ends, but Homework Machine is in A Light in the Attic

Or else I miss-read the clue

Missing only 5. Please help. Thanks.

Down to 2, 10, 11, and 13...

>36 amanda4242: Thanks! Got it.

However you guys could disregard The Necronomnomnom in favour of another book is beyond me. Your choice clearly has the inferior pun-title.

>37 book58lover:
That author wrote a book called Songs of Innocence.

Thank you so much. That was the last one I needed and you did it !

Ha! I should have known #5, as I read and practice it to an extent; but it was the last one that clicked.

#6 sounds like a really interesting book. The first WL addition for me.

I got them all, except for #11! I just can't figure it out!

>48 Melissa-Smith:

Replace the W and the T with different letters to get the author's name, then look for a book about "home" on his author page.

>43 Petroglyph:

Spoiler tags, please!

>39 mahsdad:

Because it's a poem, it's likely in more than one book.

I got number 5 after all with out any help. It was a tough one, but I persisted.

That one nearly fried my brain! Thanks!

I got them all with the help from the clues for #5 and #6. Thank you LT for the fun!

>50 lilithcat:
Yeah, the touchstones and the spoiler tags weren't playing nice with each other. That didn't become clear to me until after I refreshed the page -- on preview and after pressing "post" the message looked as it should. I've fixed it.

Finished, yay!

As ever, struggling with the last one - in this case number 7

Cheers

I've got them all except 5 and 11. Hints welcome. Thanks!

>58 vancouverdeb: - there are some cool hints above for those two

>27 NorthernStar: for 11 and
>13 Zoes_Human: for 5

That's how I got mine :)

Any hints for 7 ??

Cheers

>59 Macbeth: Nope. 7 and 2 remain unclear to me.

>58 vancouverdeb:

5. There are a couple of clues already, but think about agricultural ecosystems that are intended to be sustainable and self-sufficient and then start weeding through tags.

11. I was stumped by this one until I realized that you replace the T with two letters, not one; the author was born in the US but met their spouse in England. Then check out their works for the applicable book.

>60 MarthaJeanne:

2. It's also a movie starring Leonardo DiCaprio.

7. Think of synonyms for "bunny". Look in the tags.

>60 MarthaJeanne:

for 2


About the only book I know that is set in the 20s - A very famous movie, and recently re-made

> 39 It's the wrong book.

Can someone tell me how to do the Spoiler thing, so I can cover a clue? Thanks.

>64 stringcat3: Directions are in >1 kjgormley:.

Just saw them. Thx.

Still stuck on 5. None of the clues so far have made any sense to me.

>67 stringcat3: stringcat3: You're looking for a single word, composed out of 'permanent' and 'agriculture'

Oh well, and I need a hint for no. 4, please. Sorry if it's obvious, but I'm not American and can't seem to find the answer...

I'm also stuck on 5 despite your hints...

And the final one is 12: I got the author, but there doesn't seem to be any book about a 'water wisp'? I've clicked in a number of books with 'related animals', but nothing triggers the seed...
It must be really obvious, but I'm stuck.

>69 ScarletBea: ScarlettBea: don't look for something in the water, look for something in the sky instead.

Thanks for this, guys. I love these hunts, and this time around I needed only a few hints.

Annnnnd... That's all 14, thanks to a little help from the thread.

>68 Yuki_Onna:

4. The clue given is mostly directing you to a series (not the book it's actually asking for); the last line has a really big hint to what the first book is titled. If you're still stuck, it was also a TV series that ran from 1974-1983.

Well that brightened my day!

Thank you for another great hunt

>70 Yuki_Onna: fireflies, right? I tried that one :(

>73 anaraine: anaraine: Found it. Thank you!!! :)
This just made my day!

>75 ScarletBea: Not skyward enough

>75 ScarletBea: What in the sky has different shapes when you look at them?

For #5, the "spring bird" is one whose association with spring is traditional in the US, rather than based on ornithological reality, and which is a first name.

For #5: A founder of the concept is Masanobu Fukuoka.

For some reason couldn't hide the name if I touchstoned it.

>79 lorax: You mean #6, eh?

Seven found so far by having an idea of what I was looking for and searching here or on Google. That's good enough a start for me. Now to go hit the rest of the internet that I need to hit before bed.

Well that was fun.

Good to occasionally exercise that grey matter swimming on top of my shoulders. I was REALLY hoping #9 would be, "The Seitanic Spellbook: Recipes and Rantings of the Vegan Black Metal Chef." But sadly it was something much more mundane.

A thousand thank yous for a challenging quiz & breaking up the boredom.

Stay & play safe all.
Nodecaf

Had the answer to #5, but forgot it was a book wanted not the writer. Doh. After I sorted that I had them all.

Nice hunt and lots of fun!

I think I'm close on that clue for #4, but no matter what house i visited on the prairie, I can't find it.

>77 gilroy:, >78 MarthaJeanne: oh my gawd, I kept thinking of an animal, thanks so much :)

>85 EdwinKort: for #4 go to the wikipedia page of all the books and then go to the one in the middle of the list (or thereabouts)

>86 ScarletBea: Sometimes the clues are a lot more obvious in hindsight.

Thank you for putting these hunts in the State of the Thing emails, I wouldn't have noticed it otherwise! Haven't actually started hunting yet but I'm loving that beautiful robin illustration (and the 'seedlings'!).

>89 donutage:

Please use spoiler tags when giving hints.

#6: Do a tag search on "Indigenous wisdom" and look for a book by an author whose name is that of a bird.
#11: Look for an author whose name rhymes with the name in the third line, and find a book by him about homes.

>89 donutage: For 11 see the hint at>27 NorthernStar:

Ah, sorry, I didn't know how to do the spoiler tags.

>92 donutage: It's explained in >1 kjgormley:

Thanks for a fun break from reality! I got all but #5 on my own (a record for me). >80 2wonderY: was the hint that finally clicked and I now have all of them. Hopefully I can get some real planting done soon :)

Thank you!

I got it. I'd looked at him before but didn't get the right book!

So is Bill Mollison. That doesn't work for 5 either.

>97 Katbear27: Thanks! Your clue did trick for me. Its basically the tag for the subject of most of his books

All done. One took me forever but I got it.
Thanks LT

Got 8 really quickly, the next 4 took a bit of digging, and the last couple were difficult.

A nice diversion from building reports around a business process that went live earlier this month and is still getting wrinkles ironed out...

>43 Petroglyph: That is the first one I went to as well. :)

OMG, I was stuck on #6, and then I found it.... and I haven't stopped cracking up since then (oh, and it's a good book too!)

Glad I didn't miss this one! (I missed St. Patrick's Day somehow.) For all the people who are saying this is easier than normal, it's definitely not for me.

I need help on 5, 7, 12, and 14.

5 and 6 were hard! I had the wrong author for 6 and the wrong name of the thing for 5.

I love these hunts!! Thanks for making staying at home FUN! I had the most trouble with #9, but finally got it and have all 14 seedlings. Again, thanks!

I just have #7 left. I am wracking my brain for synonyms for bunny but nothing seems to fit. Any nudge would be appreciated!

>106 rosalita: Think of the actual animal :)
And look at the rhyme

>107 ScarletBea:

PLEASE use spoiler tags!

>106 rosalita: starts with "r", two syllables

>108 lilithcat: Thank you! I could have sworn I tried that one, but I must have mistyped or perhaps added an s or something. But now I can sleep easily, knowing I've planted all my seedlings. :-)

>7 Zoes_Human: >9 alexa_d: Perfect hints, thanks! I was also stuck on the W T instead of taking away the W T!

Only missing 5, and it has me stumped!

>80 2wonderY: Thanks for the hint - I wasn't getting it from the others, but once I saw what it was - it was a big DUH moment! 🤣

Got them all with a little help with #5 and #11. I so look forward to these!

I figured our 5 (duh) and got them all. I'm sure many of us are homebound and wishing there were a treasure hunt every week!
Thank you LT

Get all of them. I lone these hunts!

Thanks. That clue helped and I finally got #5. Done!

I am loving this hunt. Since I am working from home I am just taking my time in finding them. I am only have 4 more to find. Will take a break and try again later. I am working on numbers: 3, 8, 10 & 14.

Woo Hoo - got them all - thanks >107 ScarletBea:

Played with the hints a bit more and got them all. Thanks to everyone who left hints!

I just have 10 and 14 left.

I thought I had 10, but, nope.

Ok, 10 finally worked. I don’t know why it took me three times to look up the author to get my seedling, but get it I did! :)

Now for 14. Any hints?

Got them all!!! And my brain has been exercised. #11 was the most difficult for me. Thanks so much LT:)

Finally! Done!

Yes! I found them all!

>43 Petroglyph: I thought exactly the same thing!!

For those seeking hints with #5 it’s really more of a crossword clue - what is a word that the last four lines (especially the second last one) indicate? It’s a tag not a work

lots of fun! Thanks LT for the fun hunt!

>86 ScarletBea: Omg thanks for that #4 hint!! I was sooo close but spent way too much time clicking wrong things.

I only have four left now: 2, 10, 11, and 14. Haven't looked at many of the clues for those in this thread yet, I feel like I'm pretty close on two of them. This is such a nice distraction from the stress and anxiety I've been dealing with, I really appreciate things like this that require a little more brainpower.

I have to say, 12 is really frustrating me. I think I know what it is but whenever I click on the two versions of the same title - the title that seems to be the best answer - no seedlings appear. It's the only one I can't get.

Ah, well. Still a good game!

this was great, thanks for the fun diversion :)

Still #5 and # 14 left.

For #5 I thought it had to do with project 'cooling down the earth, just dig it, but that wasn't it.

(found 14!)

>70 Yuki_Onna: Thank you! This was the last one I couldn't get because I, too, was looking down instead of up!

>128 willoughby: See #70 above -- it's how I finished!

>130 EdwinKort: See #13 above.

>134 frogprof: Thanks. Found it now.

Nice! All finished without looking here!

>128 willoughby: ... I also had difficulty with # 12. I had clicked through all the books and did not get a banner. But 10 minutes later when I refreshed the clues page ... it showed that I HAD gotten that seedling!

Here's a clue: Think of something in the sky that changes shape and that you might have played at identifying the various shapes when a LITTLE child

For # 5 ... the best clue is >13 Zoes_Human:

If you need more help: Look at second to last line. Take the first two syllables of the word in quotes -plus- the last two syllables of the next word. Put them together and look for that TAG.

>137 BookConcierge: I resent that hint. I am not a little child, but still enjoy the game.

>138 BookConcierge: Huh. I learned a new word meaning today. I couldn't figure out how a large suitcase entered into the equation.

Thank you! I was thinking of much smaller different-shaped whisps of water in the sky! (If you look over his other titles, the one that kept throwing me off will probably jump out at you).

My garden is complete! Thank you again!

I'm missing what for everyone else is an easy one = # 3.

After entering the poet's name and the titles of each of the suggested poems,
as well as many book titles, nothing comes up.

Ideas without spoilers would be welcome.

Woot! I think this is the first time I've finished a treasure hunt in one sitting, without hints! (Please excuse my bragging; I'm pleased that my brain hasn't turned to complete mush after 6.5 weeks at home!)

>39 mahsdad: I think there is some witticism going on here in #1; the provider of the clue is not top of the line due to online schooling, they forgot which book was which.

I've always wanted to join and complete the treasure hunts but didn't have time...until now. Happy to say I found all 14 seedlings (without hints too)! Yay, such a fun hunt! Thank you LibraryThing!

>143 m.belljackson: there is a hint to title of another famous poem by the same poet in the rhyme.

This hunt is a treat at just the right time. Thank you.

The fewer YA and romances, the better I do. Blake and Eliot, Fitzgerald and Ginsberg--hurray.

>140 2wonderY: I suspect you must have felt much like I did the first time I encountered the word in reference to luggage. :D

>138 BookConcierge: Thank you!

>143 m.belljackson: What sort of page are you looking for? Is the answer a book, an author, a tag, ... You need to go to the right sort of page. This is true of all the clues. If you need a title, the author page is only a stepping stone, and vice versa.

Thanks for the hint to #5 which finally made sense to me! Now I've got them all, with your help.

Wheee! Got 'em all. I did use Google to help narrow down three or four. Thanks for the diversion--and the interesting new links.

Another fun challenge, thank you LT! I got 12 of the 14 before coming here for hints to get numbers 5 and 11, which seem to have stumped a lot of other people as well.

>143 m.belljackson: ... You are looking for the author

Finally found all my seedlings. I used some hints as I read through the comments. Some I found by pure luck. Thanks LT for a great distraction!

Got 13 on my own. Struggled a long time then finally checked on this thread for #1 because...

>39 mahsdad: You are correct.

>51 lilithcat: I paged through the book and checked the index that is the "answer" to #1 and it definitely is *not* in that book.

#2 also took me a bit until I stopped trying to read more complexity into it than there was and kept it simple. Then it was easy peasy.

Holy Cow! #2 was driving me crazy. I couldn't figure it out so I looked at a hint. The seedling hint said catch so I thought it was Catch Me If You Can. It took me forever.

I completely overthought #2 as well, I got stuck on the second-to-last line and spent way too much time fixating on that instead of the whole clue.

I'm now done, got all 14! I'm always torn between wishing the hunt was bigger (like, at least 20 clues) and knowing it'd probably turn stressful if there was that many.

Thank you to everyone who made this 'seedling' hunt possible!

I have never read 2 nor have I seen the movie. I've just been reading Several Jeeves books, which are the right period, but otherwise don't fit. I think I finally googled the actor mentioned in a hint.

I have finished 13 of the puzzles - I only finished #5 because of all the helpful hints here.

I am absolutely, positively STUMPED on #10. I have entered her name as a name, as a tag, even as a book title, but there has been no joy. Would someone please help?

I had some trouble with that one as well. The issue is, you've probably already clicked on it. Remember that sometimes more than one author has the same name. The one you're looking for has an author picture. If it still isn't working, check your seedling page again. I had to click it twice.

I’ve got six of them. #1 I think I know the author and title but I’m not getting the seedling

>163 Linje: Look at the author's most famous book instead. They have the wrong book.

I got really frustrated.

I got all but #11, I am starting to hate #11... who is ill yson...

>165 Ross.Farnsworth: Don't be limited to only a one letter substitution.

>165 Ross.Farnsworth: He wrote a lot of books about the UK, also several about the US, also his travels to other places. You haven't entered any of his books, which makes it harder. He is one of my favourites, and my husband and I snap up his books as soon as they come out in paperback.

>61 anaraine: Thank you! Your help on #2 was very helpful.

Thanks for a great destraction during lockdown in UK but I'm thinking I must be the only non-cooking dummy in the pack as I have absolutely no idea about #9. Any help gratefully accepted!

>169 linnet54: I did a Google search to find this one as I had no idea. Try vegan recipe book two authors lovecraftian

Finished this yesterday with help of course from here and Google. But this was def fun!

>80 2wonderY:

Finally got #5 with this hint - thanks! Have never heard of this concept defined by this term.

>172 stringcat3: It's the hope of the world, imho.

I've got them all but the last one won't register as solved, so it keeps telling me I've got 13 out of 14. *grumble*

Thanks for the hunt it was fun

Thanks LT, this was a nice diversion from being cooped up too long! I got them all, but I needed help on 5, 6, and 11. Thanks also to everyone who provided such great hints—helpful, without giving things away completely. Stay socially distant, y’all!

>93 MarthaJeanne: I don't know how to do tag searches and didn't see the directions in >1 kjgormley:. I'm getting frustrated. Thanks.

>178 Oregonreader: Part of the hunts is learning more about parts of LT you haven't explored yet.

So enter the tag you want to search for in the site search box at the upper right. You will get the search page filled with works that fit the search. On the left you see a menu of other things you might have wanted to search. Click on 'Authors' if you want an author by that name. Series, Tags, and so on. If you haven't found this before, it will make finding things on LibraryThing much easier.

Finally finished! This was a nice brain teaser in these isolated times.

6 to go!!! :(

Cant find 2,3,4,5,7 and 11

>161 ahef1963: ... I clicked on the work, first ... and then clicked on her name. It took me to the same page I had original found when just searching her name. But this time I got the seedling!

>165 Ross.Farnsworth: ... search for Thunderbolt kid that will lead you to the author ... then look for a work that fulfills the clue.

can't figure out 4 and 5

i figured out #4, just need #5

can anyone give me a hint with #5?

>187 Lisa8025: For #5, the clue at >13 Zoes_Human: was the one that helped me figure it out.

i read it but i cant figure it out

<189
portmanteau means to blend two words together, like brangelina meant brad + angelina. So pick the two words in the last line and turn them into one big blended word, then look for that tag. It wasn't a word I ever would have figured out myself Hope this helps.

ohhh, i got it! Thank you. Had to combine two words. OMG! :) Thank you.

Thank you to everyone! I appreciate it!

I need help with #4, #5 and #11 please

>193 bellsreads:

Check the hints given in earlier posts.

I still can't figure it out

I just got all 14 seedlings 8D. Good luck all!

Hey there! Such a fun Sunday morning treasure hunt! Thank you! The "answer" to the first clue is wrong though - the poem is found in a different book than the one which gives the seedling!

Double post

Is search broken? It takes a really long time and then comes back with zero hits...

Yay! Found them all! I'm really looking forward to seeing if I win a t-shirt, they look awesome!

conceptDawg - Love the illustration! Thank you so much for adding your art to the joy of the treasure hunts! :)

>199 robert.kuropkat: 'Fraid so. See the bottom of this thread

http://www.librarything.com/topic/295468

>13 Zoes_Human: The only one I couldn't figure out before coming here was #5 - thank you for your hint!

Whew! All done! Earlier today I asked my husband to play this with me but he preferred to play with his guitar. 2 hours later, I had one left and could not figure it out. He walked in the room and knew the answer to #14 immediately. Grrrrr! Ha ha ha! This was fun!!!

Usually I'd be planting seedlings but it's almost as satisfying to hunt them instead.

Thank you >1 kjgormley: and all at LT for organising this puzzle. And conceptDawg for the robin watercolour - love his loose style.

>195 bellsreads: #5 the clue is in the words in the second last line

This was a welcome diversion and didn't contain the "C" word. Thanks so much!

This was so much fun! Thank you LibraryThing. I love these treasure hunts.

that did it, now I got it, no I don't have any of his books...Will have to give him a try...

Thanks, LibraryThing, for this very enjoyable Spring Treasure Hunt. Thanks also to the posters to this topic. Without your hints, I would never have been able to find all fourteen of the seedlings.

>203 LisaMorr: You are most welcome. I'm pleased to have been able to pay forward some of the help that I've received here.

This hunt was fun, thank you! I love the European Robin sketch - I wish it were available as a prize :)

Took me a while but I have them all. #5 was really difficult and I did need a few hints.

Thanks to LT staff for making "stay at home" such fun.

Thank you very much for a delightful diversion! the European Robin illustration is really wonderful, worthy of framing! Thank you conceptDawg for your great artwork on all these fun hunts.

This is the first time I have done a treasure hunt on LT. I enjoyed it very much. Still working on a couple of them.

I found them all, but I'm not sure how. :-)

I think you're right.

#14 is killing me

I know exactly who 14 is (confirmed with wikipedia) but the seedling isn't coming for any of his works or pages. It's my only one left.

Never mind... there were multiple people that meet the criteria. Found it now though.

>218 mattdocmartin: #14 "I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness"

I had all but one (with some Googling) before I came here - the clue in >9 alexa_d: gave me what I needed. Like others, I was fixated on the W and T. >161 ahef1963:, >183 BookConcierge: - I found the same thing; I had to get to the author via the book before I got the seedling, the direct link didn't work.

Several I just knew (I love the book Cats is based on, I knew the big poem, I'm enough of a gardener that #5 was a familiar word). Some I had zero idea but managed to find enough cue words to search it, either on LT or on Google (the cookbook, the Wild Geese one, the one with the caterpillar). Lots of fun.

I'm stuck on 6,11 & 12. :(

WOW!!!! You saved my brain.

I was stuck on a different guy and book of poems.
TS, which ALSO gave me one, and also met criteria for #14

#5 a way of growing plants inside the home, a tag

>223 varielle: #11 You 've read five travel books by this author, the answer is another book, described in the clue
#12 less of them these months than usual, world wide. The People in North India can see the Himalaya's again! You need the dark ones for your plants

>219 melsmarsh: Have you double checked the main challenge page? I had that experience with # 12 ... I had clicked on the work several times but never got the seedling. Then when I went to refresh the original challenge page ... VOILA ... it showed that I had found that particular seedling!

Wow, I accidentally found out this hunt was happening at 4:45 pm EST, because I was looking up one of the other books since I bought it yesterday. I finished the whole hunt and got all the seeds by 4:59! My heart is beating so fast.

I got 13 out of the 14 seedlings. I was pretty upset that I didn't get number 5 with the cubbyhole. Maybe next time.

Oh! Adding the answers to the quiz page is handy. Thanks!!

Hi all! The Spring Hunt is officially over, as of 5pm EDT yesterday. We had just over 1400 members join us for the hunt, with a 54% completion rate. Good job!

Later today, I'll pull out a random 5 members who found all seedlings, who will then be eligible to win LibraryThing swag. I'll announce that here and also comment individually.

Thanks for playing, everyone! Stay tuned to SOTT, our social media, and homepage announcements for information about the next treasure hunt.

Thanks!

Okay, the winners are *drum roll*

@jchalifour
@FinnDragon
@JayneCM
@fdholt
@divinenanny

Congrats! I'll be in touch so you can claim your prize.

Thanks again all who participated in this year's hunt. See you for the next one!

Congratulations, winners!

If anybody does not claim their prize, do you draw a new winner? Just wondering if I should stay tuned, haha.

Congrats to the winners. Thanks again LT. I always learn so much.

Congrats to the winners!

Congrats!!

>228 HeatherMoss: Speed hunting! I thought I was leaving it late, not starting until Monday night...

>233 kjgormley:
Great, thank you!!! :D

Were seedling badges ever awarded? I completed the challenge before it ended, but no bragging rites to show I participated with my badges. :-( Just curious is all.Thanks.

>240 Nodecaf: Doesn't look like it.

It's just been too dry. Now that we have had some rain, they'll grow soon!

>240 Nodecaf: Sorry for the delay, they will come! Thanks for your patience!

Has anyone gotten their seedling badges? I still haven't received mine. Just curious because there's a new hunt going on this week.

>244 Penny_L:
No, not yet. Too busy with the site redesign, the series re-do, and general Covid-19 malaise. I suspect we'll get both badges at the same time.

>245 Petroglyph: Most likely, at this point, yes. Thanks all for your patience.

LOVE the book hunts. They challenge me in ways far outside of my expertise and make me think outside of my comfort zone. Hoping that there is a late summer or early fall hunt. I always love a good challenge.
Thank you.

>248 Nodecaf: The next hunt will probably be for Talk Like A Pirate Day in September.