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Storing Seeds

July 13, 2013 by Linda @ Linda's Lunacy 7 Comments

*This storing seeds post contains affiliate links. Post updated March 2025

For years now, I’ve been storing my seeds in a big bin. It was messy. Hard to find what I was looking for. And often resulted in spilled seeds in the bottom of the bin. I’ve been thinking for awhile about a way I could store my seeds better.

I saw a few people storing their seed packages in photo albums. The album in the picture below is for 4×6 photos. It is nice to be able to see your seeds at a glance. And they are safely tucked away on a shelf where they can’t be spilled. If you don’t have a lot of seed packets, this could work very well for you. Much better than my old system of throwing everything into a bin.

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My problem with that system is I have too many seeds and not enough shelf space. Once day I was sitting here and it dawned on me. Why not use these drawers that I organize other stuff in?

storing seeds file cabinet

Storing Seeds

I thought I was brilliant. lol  I have this old library card file cabinet in my schoolroom that I store school supplies and other stuff in. I had a few empty drawers. So I decided to store my seeds there!

I now have three drawers labeled flowers, herbs, and vegetables.

storing seeds

The smaller packs lay on their sides and fit perfectly. Larger packs, envelopes, and bags of seeds can lay down in the back of the drawers. Yes, that is a lot of seeds. Maybe I have a seed problem…….nah!

storing seeds

Now I realize that not everyone will have a cabinet like this to store their seeds in.  I used to have a under the cabinet recipe file that attaches to the bottom of the kitchen cabinet and the drawer pulls out. Looking on Amazon, I can’t find it, but there are many, many options for recipe card files that would be able to hold seed packets. I really like this seed storage box. There are even two drawer card file units that could sit on a cabinet, or shelf.

More Ideas

Did you see the two drawer cd cabinet on the big cabinet in the picture above? That would be perfect for storing seeds, as well. I also have some of those same drawers that held vhs tapes. Those would hold all sizes of seed packages if you have any still hanging around, like I do.

You could also use a shoe box. Either a cardboard box that your shoes came in, or a plastic one from the store. This could be a convenient way to store seed packages. Even the larger packages would fit in the shoe box.

Here’s another neat way to store seeds, the Seed Keeper.

I am now happy with my seed storage. And it is so much easier to find what I’m looking for!

How do you store your seeds?

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  1. Lisa says

    July 15, 2013 at 1:57 pm

    GREAT idea! I LOVE that card catalog ; ).

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  2. angi says

    July 16, 2013 at 8:23 am

    I love that cabinet. Right now mine are in a shoe box in baggies. I’m a seed “collector” but I try to plant them all.

    Reply
  3. daisy says

    July 17, 2013 at 9:03 pm

    What a gorgeous card catalogue! And aren’t you clever to use it for seeds!

    Reply
  4. deb says

    July 19, 2013 at 1:04 pm

    Awesome idea! I had the chance to pick up a card catalog and a garage sale for $20. This was prior to divorce and boy do I kick myself for not grabbing it!! Didn’t have room at the time and ex would have had a cow.
    Grr!
    *hugs*deb

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  5. Judy Thomas says

    May 28, 2017 at 7:17 pm

    Brilliant! Thanks for the tips. I have seeds all over the place and am going to start my little garden 🙂

    Reply

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    July 22, 2013 at 2:28 pm

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    January 4, 2014 at 11:25 pm

    […] Storing seeds is very important for the gardener and I share several ways it can be done easily. […]

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