Hi Jali,

YouÂre talking about the seeds we saved, arenÂt you? The commercial seed packets I have are all neatly separated into veggies, annuals, and perennialsÂand then alphabetized, but the seeds IÂve collected myself, well thatÂs just kind of a big mess in a box! But no silica gel here! I keep them in an open dish for a month or more until IÂm sure theyÂre completely dry, and then I stick them in whatever size zipper baggie is appropriate for the amount I haveÂand put a little slip of paper with the name in the baggie along with the seed. If I had more veggie seeds IÂd probably separate the perennial and veggie seeds, but so far the only veggie seeds IÂve saved are my parsnip seeds, so thereÂs really nothing to separate! Actually, I just happened to think! (I do it sometimes!) The perennial seed I collected when I was working in the green industryÂthereÂs a whole bunch of thatÂare all alphabetized by botanical name! But the recent stuff IÂve collected since I moved into this house is a MESS!

ItÂs really nice to be seeing more of you around here again, Jali!
Skybird

Thank you, skybird. Glad to see you back in the mix, too, Skybird. Good to see everyone coming out of their winter hibernations and showing up.

Oh, I almost feel a *chirp* coming on. :)

Mine are organized by size. Left to right, small to big. So Snapdragons, then petunias, all the way up through peas, peanuts, and avocados.

Mine are in cardboard photo boxes. I have one for flowers and one for edibles, but they are completely full now, and I'm thinking I may need a third box, just for all of my tomatoes and peppers, LOL! Flowers are separated into annuals and perennials, edibles are divided by herbs, and veggies, and yes they are alphabetized. I keep an inventory list in an Excel document, which is now 9 pages long! Yeah, I know, this seed collecting addiction is just totally out of control, and yes I'm a little OCD when it comes to gardening. Funny, I'm not that anal when it comes to things like housework : )

Yesterday was enough for spring fever - I went and bought seed potatoes and more material for SWCs and I swear if someone doesn't stop me I'll start those potadas!

My seeds are filed by crop type - cool seasons, root, legumes, Solanaceous, etc. I keep them in an old seed starting tray cover.

Dan

Gosh, I'm not very organized at all .

I make use of baskets from the thrift shops. I suppose most people buy baskets and then can't think of what to do with them. My idea is to take seed out to the garden in 1 or 2 baskets. And since my gardens are large, so are the baskets.

Last year's seed is in one basket on a basement shelf. Saved seed is in a rather jumbled mess of baggies with strips of paper (Ã la, Skybird), in another basket. New seed, is still in a cardboard box where I can pull it out and admire the crisp clean packets.

There are a few of those "backorder" things out there that sometimes they take so long with that the opportunity to plant is lost!!

digitS'

They dropped it, they dropped it
Yes on the way they dropped it
A little girlie picked it up
And put it in her pocket