Seed Storage

I finally decided that I will have a garden this year, despite the baby coming. I'm going to keep it small, and mostly grow the easy, "indestructible" plants. I also finally ordered some new seeds from Baker Creek Seeds, my favorite seed company. I ordered a pink radish and some luffa gourds. I ordered red noodle beans, too, but I had waited too long and they were out. I'll have to order earlier next year. I haven't grown radish, but I expect those to qualify as indestructible. The luffa gourds will require some work, especially in my shortish growing season, but I can't NOT grow the new seeds, right?

Anyway, on to the seed storage box! I borrowed heavily from these two seed storage posts at Homestead Revival and Chiot's Run. So thank you so much for posting!

I decided to use a photo storage box for my seed storage, mostly because they're inexpensive and readily available. I'd also hoped it would be easy to find a folder template to fit inside, but that was not to be.

To make the folders, I ended up tracing the paper separator cards that came with the box. I folded a piece of cardstock in half and traced the card, with the bottom on the fold. I cut it out and had a template for my folders. I made as many as I needed, folding them in opposite directions so the tabs would alternate. 

I taped the sides of the folders to create pockets. Then I made a sheet for the front. I decided that the only info I needed on the folder was the variety and the year. Any other relevant information I intend to keep in my Garden Journal, which I hope to be posting about soon! The sheets are held to the folders with a paperclip.

Part of me wants to tell you that I worked really hard measuring and tweaking the designs, but honestly, it was by pure dumb luck that my Cricut seed packets fit perfectly in these folders when standing on end.

Happy Farming!

Seed Packets with the Cricut Cutter

I decided the other day that I really needed to organize my seed packets. They were being stored in baggies in my fridge. The whole organization process will be several posts, but to start, here is how I made my super cute seed packets to replace the leaky white envelopes many of my seeds had been stored in.

I used extra scrapbook paper I had lying around. I cut the sheets into 6" by 7" sheets to minimize waste. I have the older, first generation Cricut, so that limits my cutting size. I used the Wild Card cartridge, using the Booklet envelope (<boklet-s>) at 5.5" with the Real Dial Size on. I liked the look of the cutout leaves on the flap, but you could always cut it in blackout mode if you don't like it. 

Once I had my packets cut out, all I did was assemble them with double sided tape, and add some white sticky labels to the front to write on. To add some interest, I let my 7 year old stamp on the labels before I put them on the packets. It was that simple.

Happy Farming!!