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
floweralley 
Vitex? Berberis?
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My guess is Leucojum, but I haven’t looked it up.
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I have a box of seeds very much like this one :). nice tip to keep a few seed pods in the bags with the seeds, I might try this next year x
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Haha – you made me laugh in recognition…. I have several cups and bags with seeds that I’ve collected, vainly thinking that I will do something with them. Truth is, I very rarely do. However, this post is an inspiration, so maybe this year, something actually WILL get done about my own personal seed hoarding. I use that trick with including a few seed heads for ID, too- otherwise I’d be completely lost. (Since I more often than not forget to label things.) Happy seed starting to you!
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Thanks friend. Glad I could make you laugh.
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Love the varying collection of bags, envelopes, etc., which the equally varying seeds. The mark of a true gardener!
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