I really enjoyed this podcast!
Years ago I was a bit fanatical about seed collecting ... if I was anywhere and saw a plant with seeds, I felt I needed to collect some! One fall @ 10 or 12 years ago when visiting my youngest niece at college, every time we walked around campus I found myself stopping here and there collecting seeds! I had to pack them in my suitcase for the plane ride back home and wondered what TSA folks would think if they went through my luggage and found all those envelopes with seeds.
For many years, I used regular letter size envelopes for seed storing but I'd always end up spilling them when I went to sow them so I decided to try to find a better method and I began using the smallest glass mason jars I could find ... but I'm a klutz and broken glass became an issue so again, I needed to find a better way. A few years ago another ATP member posted a tip about repurposing plastic medicine bottles for seed storage and it just clicked! So, I began saving plastic pill bottles and they work like a charm! I poke holes in the lids of the containers to allow good air circulation ... a lesson learned that from some of my seeds that got moldy one time. After drying the seeds on paper plates I put them in one of the little bottles and use a sharpie pen to label it with the plant name and date collected. Currently the little plastic bottles are stored in a cabinet drawer in the study and I need to take inventory soon to remind myself exactly what seeds I have.
