Awesome tips. I like to put a little piece of blue masking tape on my cool weather crops so I know immediately without having to read the label which approximate season the seed is for.
I have all of my seeds in zip lock bags, in my grandmothers 1800 steamer trunk. It's my treasure chest. But, I need to go one step further and get these containers. I think they have been in my shopping cart for weeks and I forgot about them, until this video. My favorite part of your system? The holding area! YES! I need a put away bin! I just pile them up and "eventually" get to them. This is perfect! Great video! Thanks.
if you have old vhs tape containers or dvd containers they will work too. lotta people give them away for free on craigslist. they fit great in a bankers box that can be stored away in any cool dark closet
Thanks for the info. I use binders with baseball card inserts. The packets fit pretty good. I have a flowers, spring, and fall binder. Im sure I will need to expand that as I have quite the love of seeds.
Thanks for all the great tips Angela! I store my seeds in a bin from Dollar Tree. I created dividers for veggies and flowers further separated by fall/winter and spring/summer, and sections for herbs and tomatoes. Once open, the seed packets are placed in small envelopes and like you I add the months to plant (from your website or calendar of course 😊) and sometimes other info like depth. I had no idea some seeds can last up to 5 years. I usually toss them. Such good info. I store larkspur and sweet pea in the frig.
I love it! We moved last summer and are gearing up to start our first garden here! I recently got some 3x5 photo album sleeves because I wanted to start printing more pictures. And in the amazon reviews, I saw that people also use them for storing their seed packets! So I used some of those for my seed storage/organization, and put them in a flexible note-binder. There are a few file pockets in the front I can put irregular-shaped things in, with my Clyde's sliding garden planner, and other notes etc. It's easy to add to and rearrange, so it should work fine until I outgrow it (at which point maybe I'll get separate binders for flowers/herbs and veggies). 😄 Fun-fun!
New subscriber here but I knew I was in the right place when you showed your "plant" and "put away" bins. I find seed packets everywhere that needed putting away and they only made it as far as my pocket
Glad I found you now I know what to do with my seeds ! if someone will come up with a way to Identify all of them that are not marked I will be on my way to a great garden !
I absolutely love love love this arrangement. This will definitely work best for me. I have a dresser that I use for catch all and it will work perfectly. It has nine drawers. One middle row of narrow drawers where I can put a catalog, notes and inventory etc.
Wow! Really amazing tips! I currently use the photo holder and while it is much easier for small scale seed lovers, it can quickly be outgrown 😅😅 love the idea of the drawers. May need to incorporate it on my patio some how 😁
I have a crazy seed storage system…. I have an extensive amount of seeds I have over 500 varieties of tomatoes… Over 100 varieties of beans… 30 types of peas… And then I have about 70 different varieties of micro dwarf tomato plants😂 I have 5 of the photo storage plastic bins ; a Rubbermaid bin and then I also store the long term seed storage in a seeed fridge in a vacuum sealed bag with my own susvival seed packs. Fridge always stays closed. Building those up slowly. My house will be like slavbald😂
VERY helpful. I realize if I want to become a permaculture gardener, I'm going to need to organize my seeds. By the way, I store most of my seeds in those small plastic $1 tree containers, is that ok? Thanks
Do you have a secret to drying the seeds out? I’ve had a few that I **thought** were dry, but apparently not. They were moldy 😮 and I assume everyone is like me…. Makes my heart sad when that happens 😂😂. I want every seed that I can get 🤷🏼♀️
I put them in a paper sack and put them in a hall cupboard for several months. That way they are dried out. If there is a lot of them, you would want to spread them out a bit and dry someplace with good airflow.
I used these white labels amzn.to/3ttsLL1 to label the name of the type of seed, and these brown labels amzn.to/3tqmi3d to add the planting dates and other information.
I was talking about the square boxes that you called your holding containers. They’re kind of square and oblong. Thanks so much for responding to me. 💜
Angela, I really love Az, especially the heat down here in Tucson. I usually don’t turn on my air conditioner unless it goes higher than 105. The heat doesn’t brother me at all. So my house is quite warm. Any suggestions on keeping my seeds cooler? I have them in a sealed plastic bin (clear at the moment) in a hall closet. Appreciate advice.
HI, what kind of storage containers are the ones in the drawer. i would like to order them online so just now sure what to search for, or what is a good size. thankyou
Moisture/humidity is the thing you need to avoid, plastic (and glass jars) traps moisture but as Angela is in arizona I imagine the humidity is near zero ? If you use plastic I would also use silica gel to absorb moisture. Here in Thailand where I live the humidity is often around 100%, seeds don't last long once the packet is opened.
@@Mike_in_Thailand yes, northern middle Tennessee here - also very humid....using paper bags after seeds have dried for several weeks.....they got mold in plastic baggies...
Loved it loved it loved it ..❤ Your videos are amazing.. Very informative & very detailed.. Angela your very beautiful too .. keep posting… Stay blessed.
