Old Envelopes for Saving Seeds

Save seeds from your garden in reused envelopes. To do this, you are going to have to open that junk mail (something I used to just toss away).

Cut the junk mail in half. Pull out the insides, and recycle or reuse them. Now you have two empty seed-packet sized envelopes. Put seeds in each, fold top down, tape closed. Write the name of the seed on the back, along with the date of storage and any other information you might want to know about it at planting time.

If you can't stand the thought of not reading the junk mail first, get into the habit of opening your mail on the short end. Shake the envelope contents down to one side, and cut or tear off the other. Pull out the junk mail, read it, then proceed by cutting the envelope in half to make two packets (or, if you don't mind the size, don't cut it, just use it as one big pack). The other piece will have to be sealed on both ends, though.