Maybe a better title would be “Seed Hoarding.”

January is the time to sort seeds. We start sowing in February here in North Carolina.

I must say that sorting would be easier if Flower had done a better job of storing them. Note the envelopes with 2015 on them. (Sigh)

It seems as though any old bag will do.

Accurate labels are not important either.

Thankfully I took an Economic Botany class in college.

Our final was identifying hundreds of seeds by sight.

I do throw in a few pods with  the seeds.

If I did not, I am afraid that Columbine seeds could be mistaken for a bag of mouse poop.

I found these unidentified seeds in a tiny bucket. (Anybody recognize them?)

Seeds do have their own character.

Here are some Hibiscus seeds that were husked today.

Jack-o-Lantern has never grown here. I’ll try again.

I seem to have sown a seed in my coffee.

FLOWER