28 packets of seeds later

[onefivenine]

I can't believe I've accumulated 28 packets of seeds over the past few months. This is my first year attempting growing anything but I've already amassed a biscuit-tin full of seed packets...

(# of seeds if known)
O = opened
U = unopened

Johnsons (Asda)
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Basil - Sweet Genovese (500) O
Catmint - Catnip (250) O
Coriander - Cilantro (150) O
Marigold - (French) Double Dwarf Mixed (125) O
Nasturtium - Trailing Single Mixed (35) O
Onion (Spring) - White Lisbon (700) O


Mr Fothergills (# of seeds)
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Cabbage - Golden Acre/Primo II (500) U
Carrot - Early Nantes 5 (2000) U
Cauliflower - All the Year Round (200) U
Cucumber - Marketmore 76 (25) U
Leek - Autumn Mammoth 2 Snowstar (150) U
Parsley - Plain Leafed 2 (1000) U
Parsnip - Tender and True (500) U
Pepper - (Hot) Cayenne (60 ) O
Radish - French Breakfast 3 (1000) O
Tomato - Moneymaker (50) U


Suttons (# of seeds)
---------------------
Broad Bean - The Sutton O
Cabbage - F1 Kilaxy (40) U
Carrot - F1 Maestro (660) U
Cos Lettuce - Little Gem (900) O
Cauliflower - Galleon (90) U
Dwarf French Beans (75) U
Leaf Salad - Italian Mix O
Leaf Salad - Lettuce Mixed (1500) U
Onion - Ailsa Craig (250) U
Perpetual Spinach - Leaf Beet O
Tomato - 100s and 1000s (8) U
Tomato - Tumbling Toms (Red) (22) U

LOL - I've got a lot of work ahead of me... and only a small garden (container growing basically).

[Hazel at the Hill]

Only one biscuit tin......

Welcome to our world, Onefivenine - there is no going back!

Mwa ha haha hahaha hahahahaha..............

[-pat m]

It’s very brave of you to come out and admit it
I have a similar array of seeds tuckeds away in a biscuit tin, which, has been placed in my office desk draw (so no one will find it!) When I go shopping I can’t help thinking yep they will come in useful complementary planting or as dual cropping options - there is always an excuse why I need the seeds damm Snadger and his dual cropping post It has simply fuled my gardening addiction even more I am not at the stage of being able to disclose my stash at this point but I hope I will be strong enough - one day - you are very brave.

Regards

Pat

[Nicos]

That looks quite a sensible list to me!!!!

...quite a nice cross section to be honest!!!!

From what I can see it's only the parsnip seeds which won't be OK for next year too...and the following year!

keep shopping!!!!

[Eyren]

That looks like a reasonable list - after all, you don't have to sow everything at once!

Be warned, though, that seeds are totally addictive. I'm now up to two biscuit tins - one for seeds that need sowing later this year and one for seeds that I'm saving until next year (rarely opened and kept in a cool place, for better preservation) - plus a CD storage box with dividers, containing the seeds I need to be sowing in the next few weeks. Admittedly I have a small allotment and a couple of raised beds in the garden as well as various containers, but even so...

[cheerfulness]

And then you'll find - if you haven't already - that you get them out frequently just to go through looking at, with a silly, excited grin on your face. My sons watch me, shaking their heads in a 'Jim Royale' sort of way.

[Nicos]

And then you'll find - if you haven't already - that you get them out frequently just to go through looking at, with a silly, excited grin on your face. My sons watch me, shaking their heads in a 'Jim Royale' sort of way.

Oh .....the simple joys in life

[JamesA]

Im glad its not just me then. I love my biscuit tin and browse through it quite often looking forward to planting more of it!

[basketcase]

I don't have a biscuit tin...

Will a Quality Street tin do instead?

[Sweepster]

Confession being good for the soul...

I like to bring out my biscuit tin, take out all the packets, look at them, put them back.

Sometimes, for a bit of excitement, I take out all the packets, write a list of all their names, look at them, put them back.

If I feel like going really crazy, I take out all the packets, enter all the names and sowing times into a spreadsheet, look at them, put them back.

This is my first attendance at Seed Hoarders Anonymous... I feel better already

[selfraising]

This is my second year of growing from seed. I now have 83 different packets of veg seed (that doesn't count herbs and flowers)

[TEB]

Confession being good for the soul...

I like to bring out my biscuit tin, take out all the packets, look at them, put them back.

Sometimes, for a bit of excitement, I take out all the packets, write a list of all their names, look at them, put them back.

If I feel like going really crazy, I take out all the packets, enter all the names and sowing times into a spreadsheet, look at them, put them back.

This is my first attendance at Seed Hoarders Anonymous... I feel better already

lol and I bet you mix them all up so as to give you an excuse to re-sort in the system that only makes sense to you

[Eyren]

I like to bring out my biscuit tin, take out all the packets, look at them, put them back.

Sometimes, for a bit of excitement, I take out all the packets, write a list of all their names, look at them, put them back.

If I feel like going really crazy, I take out all the packets, enter all the names and sowing times into a spreadsheet, look at them, put them back.

*pmsl* Nice one, Sweepster!

[onefivenine]

Lol seems this growing business develops some strange habits then - myself included... yes I'm looking at the seeds again.

[sallym]

I was talking to one of the "older Guys" on our allotment the other day, telling him about the hoard of seeds I had and in my first year too. I expected him to laugh and say how I would learn to resist over the years. Instead he admitted that this year he had 10 different packets of sweetcorn which he has bought at different times because they were a bargain. Its not going to get easier is it.