Beginner Gardening: Newbies Seed Junkie chit chat !! 12-31-09, 1 by LynnPhillips

LynnPhillips wrote:
Oh Mekos, I hope you are feeling better soon.
I really like your seed packet ideas. I am so trying to come up with a good storage/organization system, but everything I try is just not working.
System #1: everything is in bags and baggies, containers of every type. Some are labeled, some I will remember forever (SO DIDN'T) They are everywhere, stacked, tucked, hidden, plain site, refrigerator, garage, bedroom, etc. This annoys DH the most, gotta get a new system.

System #2: Snack bags taped to the large index cards, with individual bags of seeds inside the snack bag. This system was partially efficient. I had them in a shoe box sized container, but I had way too many seeds. Unfortunately, my record and file keeping sucks, and some things were filed under common name and some under their Latin name. This way worked fairly well for organizing the seeds that I gave away in the Piggy Swap.

System #3: I bought the big 3 ring binder and plastic sheets that hold baseball cards. I put a packet of seeds in each slot, alphabetical order. Again, my filing sucks. My plan (still in my head) is to separate the annuals from the Perennials. I thought if I keep the seed envelope with the sowing info, I will have them to refer back to. I like looking at my seeds and this keeps them somewhat organized.

Last year, I divided my seeds into cans, according to when I was planning to sow them. But I still have them all jumbled up in their cans, and by now, they are very mixed up.