how to organise seeds

[weekendwellies]

I have that perennial dilemma of how to organise seeds, do you group them by family or sowing month or some other way. what do you find has worked best for you...
I did try a couple of years ago, getting a cheap excersise book and having a page per month, (2 pages for March!) and writing all the seeds I had that could be sown in each month, as the packets got used up I put a line through any future ones. it worked quite well but does mean I still have to search through the packets which are kept in old cat food boxes, in family groups.
I have also tried with spreadsheets, but find once they are done, I dont look at them much again. So paper is possibly the best way forward for me.
How do you do yours?

[alldigging]

I've put mine all in a box divided up into types so they're easy to find. I then wrote a list out and noted when they need sowing. And then my plan is to look at that list every week.

[Lando]

Mine are in a box in the fridge and are completely random

[roitelet]

OMG just how organised am I, it won't last!!!!!!!!!!.

One wet cold afternoon in January I got out all the seeds and the moon planting calendar (which gives the optimum dates for sowing), bits of paper and paperclips and went through all the seeds clipped them together with the dates for sowing marked on them, then put them in large envelopes by month.

Feb. is done and the envelpoe for March is bulging!!!

[Timmy007]

I have organised mine into month order. I've then put these into small bags labbeled with the months name.

once I've sown them, if they can be sown over the course of the next month I will put them into the next months bag.

I also have a spreadsheet with all my seed packets, the type and if I've got any packets left once the packet is finished I then update the spreadsheet for next years shopping list!

[WendyC]

Organised in my seed tin, with dividers for each month. March and April sub divided into early and late. If I need to repeat sow, eg lettuce, I just move it on two weeks. However my eyes are bigger than my plot and there are always some which never get sown. I record sowing and harvesting dates on an Excel spreadsheet. This helps me the following year to adjust timings I for example the beans are cropping just as we are going on holiday I might sow a bit later.

[phil the shed]

god i need some fresh air!!!!!!!!!!
mine are in a box.
find em' plant em'
worked for the last 5 years lol.......

[kathycam]

In bulging envelopes for each month, and moved into the next month if sowing more.

[Bigmallly]

I found this in a skip at work, works great for me.
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[binley100]

Mine are sorted by type........all toms together , all beans together ..tried it by month and lost the plot .
The only thing I have a list of is toms so I know whether they are bush or vine and cherry, medium or beefsteak biggies.

[SarzWix]

I have a big tin, divided into months and then subdivided into 'Indoor' and 'Outdoor' for those which need warmth to germinate and those that don't. I then keep things like tomatoes, chillis, peas, beans (things that I have a lot of packets of) in ziplock bags within the allocated month for them. Once they've been sown, and if they're successional like salad leaves, the packets get put into the following month's section.

It's a system that's mostly worked for me for the last 4 years

[snakeshack]

I bought a seed tin and a notebook,seeds are stored in the tin with dividers in alphabetical order,and also written in the book in alphabetical order. if you turn the book over they are all listed under months suitable for planting.
SWMBO has now banned trips to the garden centre without the book as I sometimes have to be physically restrained from buying seeds and have forgotten what I have.
Ps my names chris and i'm a seedaholic!

[Aberdeenplotter]

I have a shoe box(size 42 for those interested) with home made index cards. In general, I sort by kind i.e.carrots and within the kind by variety, i.e. nantes. I treat brassicas as a type and then sort within that type by kind i.e. cabbage, caulifower etc and within the kind by variety as I do with the others. I'm very particular within my shoebox.. Dare I mention OCD?

[Likac66]

I have organised mine into month order. I've then put these into small bags labbeled with the months name.

once I've sown them, if they can be sown over the course of the next month I will put them into the next months bag.

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I do exactly the same as this and find it works really well.

[Feral007]

I'm with Phil, find the seeds, plant em, pray for em, and plan for a miracle