Organizing Seed?

[tortoise]

Seems that every year I get a ways into the growing season and then find seed packet that I should have started in February. How do you organize seed to get everything planted in the right way at the right time?

 

[Mini Horses]

I have a chart taken from a seed mag that tells me! It would help if I'd use it.

 

[frustratedearthmother]

I'm like ... organized? What is this word? LOL

I have a friend that puts them in envelopes with the months labelled for when to start.

This sounds like a great idea!

 

[flowerbug]

I'm like ... organized? What is this word? LOL

for me it is the imaginary space which measures the difference between theory and practice. i approach organized at various times but i rarely get there completely.

 

[Trying2keepitReal]

I am in the same boat--I do the exact same thing but I always seem to have more than enough to harvest and eat so I am not sure it is such a horrible thing. My plan this year is to put it on the calendar--actually write it in and set flag reminders (yep old school paper calendar here). Hopefully this will help. I have a friend that puts them in envelopes with the months labelled for when to start.

 

[Alaskan]

All seed packets are stored in a tin.

Then once a week I flip through the packets to see what I should start.

I try to start something... or at least check... once a week.

That starts end of January-ish.

 

[frustratedearthmother]

for me it is the imaginary space which measures the difference between theory and practice.

I do theory much better than practice, lol!

 

[Trying2keepitReal]

I went through the seeds I have yesterday and made a pile/list of those that I NEED to get into the ground this spring, those that I would like, and then those that would be a dream. That seems to have helped with feeling like planning could be more manageable and that I don't need to find "room" for something that my family might not eat/enjoy.

From here I will draw up my plans, decide if expansion is needed and then I might make a separate plot for "fun/experimenting" if I have the time/space/energy/HELP (that is a huge one here--i am SS on my own a lot)

 

[tortoise]

for me it is the imaginary space which measures the difference between theory and practice. i approach organized at various times but i rarely get there completely.

You just summed up my life in 2 sentences.

 

[flowerbug]

I do theory much better than practice, lol!

i think about it a lot, often right before a nap, i wake up feeling refreshed and of course completely forget about whatever it might have been in mind before.

note i do make progress here or there. it's just not linear or consistent.