I have been organizing my seeds and grouping them by date and type of planting for a few years now. All of the seeds I will start indoors the first week of February are grouped together with a cover sheet that has the date. I created some dividers based on this system and laminated them. I used a dry erase marker on them to mark dates so I can reuse them year after year. I loved them so much that I want to share them with you!

Seed packets are akin to food labels, it seems no one really reads them anymore and if they do, they aren’t sure what they’re reading. There’s a lot of jargon that I often take for granted - hardiness zone, hardening, direct sow, transplant, maturity, annual, biennial, and that’s just on the seed packet! Let’s decode some of this info so you can get growing with confidence this season!

It’s true that homesteading usually comes with a home. And at least an acre of property. And a big garden. And animals. And children. But do you have to have all of these things to "homestead"?