I LOVE this method for organising my seeds
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- Опубліковано 11 лют 2023
- As our seed collections grow, it gets harder to find things, meaning we often buy seeds we don't need, or badly stored seeds don't last and need to be replaced. So today I'm going to share the best seed-organizing method ever I've ever come up with and tell you how it can help save you money. This seed organisation method is a game changer.
I've got two options for you so that you can customise things to suit how you want to store and organise your seed collection.
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I have my seeds organised by month they will be planted. Each month is in zip lock bags and placed in plastic shoe box with dividers for each month and a little tray in the box too with marker pens and labels
Perfect 😍
This is so smart!
@@cokesonyou1201 thank you 🙂
Guru!
Love it, Eli! I use the same box as yours (with the colours) and it has simplified my seed storage since I joined the "we have too many seeds" club 😂 the second box you have would also help for succession sowing. Once you've shown those seeds for one month, you can shift the seed packet over to the next time they need sown instead of putting them back in their other box. I love your alternative, as well. My first seed storage was very basic and got out of hand really quickly, so I was glad to see your solution way back.
Hoping this will help folk get sorted this year
@@eliandkate it certainly helped me 💗
Phew, I thought I was the only one who had envelopes with seeds in them, dropping through the letterbox 🤣 love your boxes.
Accidentally!!!!!!! 😂😂😂😂
@In the Garden with Eli and Kate Absolutely, don't know where they come from, it's very strange!
Excellent video, Eli! I'm one of those people with a ridiculous amount of seeds, so when I set them up by planting week, it looks like an old-fashioned library card catalog!
Hey don’t knock the library catalogue 😍
Maybe we need to get you a drawer cabinet for your seeds??
I have used the containers but it was t as nice as the photo organizer I just received and learned from u! Thank you. New Jersey America. I can c y u were voted the best gardening channel!! Congrats
Was I?
Where was that? I didn’t know about it?
Brilliant idea love it
Saw your seed boxes last year and fell in love and bought 3 because ( well you know…. ), but now I NEED to buy ANOTHER one for this brilliant spin on what to sow month by month!
😂😂😂😬 need???? 😂😂😂😂
Thanks for sharing, great video very helpful.
So excited the seed box is out love these videos Eli
Just wait …. It’s proper out in the next few weeks ;)
I use the seed (photo) boxes. I love how you decorated your box. The plant by when box is genius. The frugal box is great, love this idea. 👍🌱🥰
the plant by month box is in action now - all set up ready to go
@@eliandkate Love it, I need to incorporate this in my system.
You are BRILLIANT!!! I'm a new gardener and only moved in to my house (with garden) here in NW Turkey 4 months ago. In order to get ready I bought quite a few seeds on different occasions, put them in various safe places and now can't find half of them! Will buy my boxes tomorrow 👍. Thank you so much for all your help and inspiration.
Oh brilliant Dave. Hope this is the beginning of getting your garden sorted 😍😍😍
I use the photo storage boxes. I love them.
They are so useful so so many things 😁
Absolutely genius you are!!!!! Thank you Eli 😊😊😊
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Really enjoy your videos,you make them informative and fun to watch.
Awwww thank you 😍
watching this after your pre-season training video Eli and it's getting my brain whirring about what system will work best for me. Am erring on the side of cheap and cheerful just now to see how it works 😊
I think that’s the way to do it…. Test it out before spending hard earned pennies!
Hi Eli and Kate I use butter and ice cream tubs for my own collected seeds love your video Val UK
Perfect!!!!!!
Last year i organised by month (in takeaway containers) of when it could be down but found I ended up with too many seeds and in a mess. Clearly I needed a two part system. Thank you. I know what I’m doing tonight.
Great way to spend your Sunday night
Hi Eli & Kate, brilliant video with lots of useful tips on storing seeds. Thanks for sharing and take care 🙂
Glad it was useful Christine
Can’t wait to hear how you out things in action
Very good and useful information here. Cheers! ✌️
No probs Dwayne 😍
Takeaway tubs, exactly what I do!😀
Perfect 👍
What a brilliant idea for storing seeds, I have tried so many boxes but your system is just what I need, thanks Eli 😀
Yay
Hope it makes a difference
I have those organizers but never thought to label by planting month. I also never can find my bean and pea seeds for late summer sowing. Good tips.
One other enemy of not storing in water proof containers is varmints. For me, mice got into sunflower seeds after several purchases if I did not immediately put in proper mouse proof storage. Just one day of opportunity is all it took for them to find them. And some seeds have inoculations and antifungal coating.
Keep sending us those great hobby garden tips.
Oh no… did the mice eat everything???
@@eliandkate
Just beans, pea, and sunflower seeds. My favorite veggies and flower. Animals destroy young sunflower plants or dig up seeds. I have watched them do it. I have had deer pull down mature mammoth sunflowers heads before I could harvest them. But I do get a lot of enjoyment from watching animals living in the country. They gotta eat too.
Same system as me. Works well. Thanks for sharing.
Glad to hear it’s working
Your box for March and April is going to be bursting! 😄 I store my seeds by month of sowing as well, and move the packet to the next month (or return to same month) for succession sowing. I love the system because it helps keep me from forgetting to sow something in the right month. Not that that has EVER happened before. I have a filing system right now, with dividers by month and just slot my seeds in there. I have a separate one for ornamentals. I am hoping to invest in a new box though. I keep them in the pantry, which is cool all year round (and fridge cold in winter) and dark. And I totally relate to seeds falling through the letterbox. I ordered some today. I couldn't help myself. I got annoyed that I couldn't find a petunia mix that I liked so I ordered Calibrachoa Million Bells instead. I've not grown them before, but the colours look soooo pretty. The things we do when we have 5 minutes to drink tea while browsing seed websites on our phones. 🙄 Love and hugs from down south xx
I did the same, more random petunias… hence that envelope 😂😂😂
excellent! I've been going back and forth on how best to organize my seeds. When I saw what you had done I was curious asto how. Thank you so much. I appreciate all time, effort, information you put into your videos. and your lovely accent! So glad I joined your channel. NOW , go and have a spot of tea with Kate and the fur babies.
Awwwwww
Will do
I changed to use the system that Esther uses on ESTHER'S GARDENING ADVENTURES.. Both systems are great!
thankyou for answering my question😃
Always 😍😍😍
Love this! The guilty smile is so familiar hahaha :D Labeling by month is a good idea and one I hadn't thought of. As a time dependent small urban farmer, I admire this idea!
Oh time dependent is a superb reason to get organise 😂
Those photo boxes are absolutely fab for storing seeds in.
I use a couple of them and just in the process of making one a by month box to make things easier
They are awesome aren’t they? How on earth did we manage before?
I’m fairly new to gardening & came across your vlogs 😊 I have been watching & really enjoying all your tips & I’ve ordered my green house which is how I came across you , Thankyou for sharing I’ll be catching up as well as following yourself & Kate
lovely to have you with us Tara
Lol, I have two of these boxes, fantastic! One for veg and one for herbs and flowers. Great content as always.
Someone else commented that they organise their flowers by height… so they don’t need to rummage to find seeds for a particular spot in the garden
The take away containers is a genius idea. I have a small wooden chest - nice looking one - but inside I have freezer bags, a bloody mess of freezer bags. Hopefully, the take away containers will help to conquer the mess.
Are you planning another video on greenhouse cleaning (as you are so organised you must have already done it). I have a Rhino too and in some areas is getting a bit grubby and I would like to know your tricks
I haven't - guilty look!
It's still full of plants so I haven't yet but I'm desperate to clean it!
It's minging.
Thank you for vindicating my inner Virgo. I already had the rainbow box organized by type, but yes! I did run out and grab a second so I can organize by seeding time!
Ha ha ha
You know we’re all going to end organising a level deeper by next year, yeah?
I have the same box but with clear compartments and label them in alphabetical order for most of the seeds then I have a large tin for the bigger seeds like beans and peas 😀
Sounds spot on 😍
I love that box. Will have to keep looking as they r unavailable right now. Hmm wonder what's in the house already. Good show!
Go rummage in the cupboards 😂
Excellent, thanks for the ideas! I got a photo box for Christmas and started off organising by month but had the issue of too many being in the spring months so it was bursting at the seams… so I completely reorganised it to by vegetable & flower type like your rainbow one. Great idea to have both methods hand in hand though, I think I’ll collect some takeaway boxes now to do the months alongside!!!
Can’t wait to hear how it goes 😍
Fantastic video ... as always 😍😍😍
The joy when 'Santa' bought me 1 of your 'Seed storage' boxes ... how Ive loved organising it etc ... ( this was after Id lost a few packets of seeds to dampness ) ... its a great system & what a brilliant idea to have a 2nd box & put it in to 'months of seeding' ... this is just what I need ... Thank you 😘😘😘🌷🌷🌷🌻🌻🌻🌻
Glad it might come in useful 😍😍😍
She's such an enabler, isn't she? 😂
Oh this is great Eli. I've got the photo box and I've been looking for another but wowsers the price has nearly doubled. I will for sure be doing solution #2 for my monthly organization. Thank you!
They are expensive aren’t they?
C’est ma première année que je vais utiliser la fameuse valise! J’ai classé par mois, et j’ai aussi collé une étiquette sur la façade pour faire la liste du contenants. Je trouve ça pratique. Je verrai à long terme. Pour l’instant, une valise suffit mais on verra. J’avais une petite boîte avec des toutes petites boîte style « Tic-Tac », c’est trop petit. Votre classement est, pour moi, le meilleur! 🤣😂🤣
oh good luck!!!!
I have the same photo boxes for many years. Initially, I just used them for photos and my scrabook stuff.
I have my seeds divided between spring & summer and fall & winter.
I do like that you have done them by month.
I guess it a about finding the method that works for you, and how you sow and grow 😍
@In the Garden with Eli and Kate I am going to give it a chance to do it monthly and see what happens. I see structure, and I really like that. Besides my seasonal seeds. I have a long growing season, so this might help me.
Wonderful to watch, Eli, thank you very much. I happen to have the same boxes as you, two of them, each with the coloured inner boxes, but mine are sorted, one box Vegetables, the other Flowers, in alphabetical order. The big BUT is, it doesn’t really work…..
From tomorrow, it’s all going to change. I think your ideas for use of the boxes is BRILLIANT. Thank you so very much 😊
Fingers crossed I’ve not given you a bum steer lol
@@eliandkate That has to be colloquial, because the visials I'm having are not pretty. Or floral. 🤦🏻♀🤣
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Simple means I haven’t steered you wrong
Brilliant idea to organize by months!
There’s loads of good ideas for tubs coming out in the comments too
@@eliandkate I just organized by months and which need to be started indoors vs direct seed and my brain is happy now. Such a simple yet super helpful tip!
A happy brain is a good thing
Eli, as usual, you made me smile. I love your idea of having seeds sub-organized by month!
I plan to use index cards for each month with the intended crops listed. (My studio apartment is the size of a postage stamp, so space is always an issue!) The index cards will dovetail nicely with my garden journaling and since my budget does not allow for ordering seeds all at once, my alphabetized seeds will remain in one place so I can double check for duplicates.
Experiments, organization, problem solving... These are the things I like best about your channel, but wait! There is also the amusement factor! I have gotten several excellent ideas from you as well. What's not to love about your channel?
Awwww glad yours getting so much positivity from the channel Gia
I do almost pretty much the same one box for the seeds by type then the other one for the next 4-6 weeks rather than organising for the whole year. That way I can put something like salads in the first one and then once sowed move the packet to the box 2 or 3 weeks ahead so I know to sow again for succession sowing. Then the seeds I sow continuously throughout the year just keeping moving down the chain.
a few other folk have mentioned that one too Steve, seems to be popular.
I've just been putting the succession sowing ones in a separate container, but I may need to rethink this.
ohhh I really like that, makes it very easy to sort, I just have a metal box just now where I out all my seeds in the season I want them planted, I think I would prefer to be more organised like yourself ... thanks
Over time you can sort the system that suits you 😍
I love your organisers! I'm eyeing them up on Amazon..... I'm doing a similar thing just in shoe boxes, but I do have a lot of seeds. I'm hoping to set up a 'seed swap station' in my library as I know there are a lot of keen gardeners and allotment holders around, and it will assuage my guilt of having millions of magazine freebie seeds that I don't want or can't find space for. Thanks for another great video. :)
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I think that levels out the guilt perfectly 😂
Do us a favour though, if you do buy some of those boxes… use our Amazon link :) it helps repay our costs for making the videos
@@eliandkate I will!
Hello, Nova Scotia here, I have the same container sets for my seeds, they are sold as photo storage (remember the old days when photos were always printed on paper). It’s a brilliant way to store my own seed obsession ☺ I store my seeds in an unheated basement cold room. The temp runs around 6 degrees C, 68% humidity. l write the gardening year the seeds were purchased for on my packets when they arrive. 😊
68% humidity… I can only dream 😍😍😍😍
I have the same system of yours with 2 boxes but I also have a stainless steel autoclave box which I got when a hospital was selling them off, perfect. But they are still all full. Seedaholic 😃
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"Accidentally fall through the letter box" 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
I use a combination of take way or Tupperware storage containers and the photo storage box.
It works much better than the cardboard box and baggies I started out using 15 ish years ago.
Love your videos, thanks for the laugh!
Shocked 😮 you don’t believe me… a total accident I tell you… nothing to do with me 😂😂😂😂😂
Great video! My seeds are sorted by type of seed, kind of like your first box. Then, to know what to sow when, I have an Excel document that is sorted by month and even with columns that lets me know what should be sown beginning, middle or end of each month. In my boxes and in the document there are only seeds that "have a job", ie I am planning to sow them this season. The rest are taken out to be passed on to someone else (seeds for perennial are the exception). In this way, I do not need the 2nd box and the document gives me space to take notes.
Ah sounds like my seed sowing plan. I shared the spreadsheet with everyone too 😍
the question below this one i am from ontario canada 🥔
Yeah!!!
i LOVE the tupperware storage method. not as pretty but I’ll put the nice one on my gift list 🧠
But sometimes practical is more important than pretty
Hi Eli, I have take away boxes but they are twice a big. They are great , but I would like it better for them to be smaler. So I can orgenize better and get more into the space they are in. I like the idea about the months. I normaly pik the seeds for this year and put them in a extra box , I was thinking to seperate them with cardbord. Hm.. maybe I still have some Tupperware that would fit better. Great video. Thanks 🙂
Go have a rummage in the drawer and see what you have 😍
My peas and beans are currently hanging out in the freezer to kill insects in quart jars. Not as organized, but Texas has a very nice insect population. My other seeds are primarily in small jars. Must reorganize this year. Thank you for the ideas.
Maybe this is the nudge you need
I got my box when a cardmaking co was closing their physical store. I store all my seeds by sowing month but like your system better. I did get a box for my hubby to store work tool bits and pieces so think I may grab it lol
They are handy boxes aren’t they?
@@eliandkate The boxes were half price so I got 4 - one for my crafting supplies, one for my seeds, one for my hubby and one for my daughter. Hubby has said he isn't using his yet so it's now my second box. 😀 I have over 160 seed packs so this is very much needed. Can I ask if you know how many you have?
I've also got the same seed box
And the same system or something different?
You are right, organizing seeds is important, especially if you have a big garden. I started out in a small cardboard box, and by year 3 it was a mess. I got one of those photo cases with the colored sections like you have and its great. But I am also into saving seed. I try to buy seeds of a variety only once. Being older I have a few prescriptions, the bigger empty bottles are great for bulk storage of seeds if you wash them out, like 1000 Zinnia seeds or Beans. Now I only have to find a way to organize the bottles.
Oh the bottles are a good idea
I have a million of those little brown envelopes (left overs from making wedding favours) and I’ve used them for storing seeds, stupidly left them in the greenhouse over winter and they got damp 😢
Nice one 👍 I do a similar system with my seed just different containers 🙂 seems to work well so far. Do forget to sort through your seeds every now and then to keep them tidy and spot those forgotten seeds at the bottom of the stack!
Absolutely… some of the forgotten ones have been awesome
I did that last month. I thought I didn't have a tomatoe variety that I really wanted to grow and lo and behold there was an old packet which had about 5 seeds stuck in a corner. It is a heritage variety so will be doing some seed saving
@@kettleisalwayson perfect! I love that! Way better than the packet of leek seeds that I realized was empty 🤔
Love the extra boxes labelled by months. That has been an issue for me. That is part of my unorganized organized. I have seeds organized but take out the ones that I am going to plant and use sticky notes of when I will sow them. Have missed sowing times because the notes fall off or the packets get put where I miss them.
Oh yeah, I’ve done the exact same thing
I found a bunch of sticky notes down the back of the shelf in the greenhouse today
I've been using ziplock freezer bags too, they can be laid in line inside a sealable box. You just label the bags with a marker. I also jot the dates and viability times on the front of individual packets. This method is quick, efficient, and cheap. When seeds are older, I expect lower germination rates and sow mored densely.
Have you tried doing germination tests for older seeds to give you an idea of what to expect, germination wise?
I have the clear photo boxes (thanks to you!). For my flowers I label them by height range, so if I need something tall for the back of the border I don't have to rummage through the small ones. Separate one for trailing plants for baskets. They're all beautifully organised, and yet I still need more 🤣
Oh that’s genius 😍😍😍
Oh, that's a good idea. I have mine orgnaised by area of the garden. So, full sun, part shade, shade and pots, baskets and wall planters. But in that, I could do height as well, that would be really useful!
Awesome isn’t it
Absolutely love it! I've actually separated mine into months a few days ago . But because I wanted to harvest at different times I split them into envelop to how many I'm going to start at what stage which will be monthly to make it easier. I'm going to challenge myself to use the seeds I already have unless I've ran out already. (This is what happens when you have a bad back and can't get out and do what you want to in the garden lol)
You say bad back I say circumstances that he’ll you plan and organise 🥰
@@eliandkate oh yes I like it. Was worried I was getting ocd with my seeds though 🤣 now I know I'm normal over enthusiastic gardener. You are brilliant and love how funny you both are x
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I have the same box except I have 3. I have a serious seed buying problem lol but I also have lots of beans and peas and as ypu mentioned those seeds are quite large. Mostly I buy too much though.
Honest as always Cordelia
Too many seeds but I bet you still get a thrill when you buy more
@@eliandkate lol of course I do! I'm still looking for the best tomato variety for my garden!
But, if successionally sowing when sown in March put the packet in the next month you want to sow in, not in the type box. Just another tip.
I watched the video then posted on Instagram. Sorry Robin hadn't seen your reply on here.
Always best to comment here, that’s what helps the channel 😍😍😍😍
I use lunch bags to separate my seeds, but don't seal them just in case of moisture. I also save the silca packs from when I purchase clothes or shoes and add them into the bags.
I do the same
I use the silica in my camera kit though
I have a similar system, but I use lots of metal seed boxes that people have gifted me.. my stairs will never be clear.. too many boxes of seeds.. we all have a problem 😂
😂😂😂 oh yup… we’re all the same
Finally got the same case with the boxes a few weeks ago. Really enjoyed organising my seeds. I also saved the little silicone packets that came out of the covid tests we used to have to do and save them from packages etc to put in each box. Is this ok to do?
That’s a great idea!
Someone else mentioned they do the same thing, think it was Robin from Robin’s Container Garden
Good evening. Once you have moved seeds into month you are sowing what if you are succession sowing do they need to be in more than 1 box. Thanks.
Just move them to the next sowing month 😍
Lol. Mine falk out of mailbox too. Hahaha
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Hi Eli great video, i have the same boxes and i too kind of buy seeds that suddenly appear in my gardening shops online as discounts like 99p a packet you know that type of thing, then i end up with too many and some of the same type. What i do with mine is new seeds in one box and open seeds that have been used in another box, so when i go to plant say Carrots and Onions i check the open packet box first to seed if there are any in there, if not then i go to the new seeds box and see if i bought a new packet and put it in there. It works for me.
By the way where did you buy your greenhouse lights from? i remember watching the video, but i can't find it to check what they were called, can you let me know or which video you mentioned them in, Thanks. Stay Safe both of You.
Barry (Wirral)
I absolutely know exactly what you mean Barry 😍
The lights were from Amazon… they are listed in our page (link in video description as always)
Do u grow fennel? If so how plz.
We don’t no 🤷♀️
Sorry
Completely off subject ... finally got my rised beds insitu ... please can I ask ... should I be filling them with a mixture of top soil & compost... or just compost ? Xxx
A mix is good as they’ll take a lot of just compost
@@eliandkate Thanks very much xx
question do you grow potatoes ????
Not these days
I did when I was a new gardener but given our small amount of veg growing space we have to be ruthless… we don’t eat enough potatoes to justify it 😀
Oooh where did you get the printed labels from Eli?
I made them 😀
@@eliandkate wow that's clever 😀
We have a cricut
It’s awesome
@@eliandkate How does that differ from a cricket? Or a cricut, even.
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Autocorrect ruins everything
Hello I’m new here! Where do you buy your seeds from?
I don’t use a single supplier, just whoever has what I want at a good price
@@eliandkate okay nice good to know. i’ve been watching your videos for about an hour now and it’s hard for me to find really engaging people/channels sometimes but you really are engaging so thank you! hopefully getting my own greenhouse soon and want to be as prepared as possible!
Oh new greenhouse time is the most exciting…. Nothing competes 😍😍
Probably need to paint the carry case black to block out the sun.
Or white to reflect the heat
3:55 got my answer😂
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Tell me this was made last spring... Surely you don't have that growth already 🤥
It was filmed last week.
Is it the Pak Choi and mustards you are thinking are unusual?
😂 you’re maybe new to the channel… this were sown in September last year, I grow all year round, so I sowed a bunch of greens in late Aug/early September to grow and eat through winter.
That’s the last of it all now.
@In the Garden with Eli and Kate more, new to growing 😆. I'm not used to seeing harvest in Feb. Love your channel ❤️
😂😂😂😂 that’s true actually.
Yeah you can relax…. No pressure cause you’d need to jump in your Time Machine and go sow in Aug… but you know, with gas and electric prices you might want to be sparing about using your time machine