Seed Storage/Vault

If you are or have thought about prepping/homrsteading, you might have considered the possibly of a seed vault. I did, however the prices scared me and sent me running the opposite direction. Later, after the sticker shock had warn off a bit, I started researching them again. This time however, I did some info checking, instead of just looking at the pretties for sell.

One thing I personally didn't like about them, aside from the costs, were the varieties of seeds. Yes, you can buy vaults that come with so many different types of seeds and blah blah blah. However, the seeds themselves are cheaper to just go to a local source and pick and choose the types YOU want and WILL eat, not to mention that will work for your area.

You might be amazed to learn that those expensive seed vaults, with their years of storage capabilities, have no solid evidence backing up their claims. Nor are they any better than throwing together a quick DIY! However, I invite you to do your own research if that's what you want to do.

For us cheapskates, find a jar, any jar big enough for your purpose. It can be a mason jar or repurposed glass jar with a lid. I used a salsa jar.

If you wish, get some small ziplock style bags. I prefer this method, because I don't have to worry about seeds spilling.

I kept the needed info from the seed packets, folding the packages up to fit into the bags. Poured the seeds info the ziplock, popped in the info, sealed the ziplock and tossed the bag into the jar.

I also reused some moisture absorbers (I save mine from over the counter medicine such as headache relief). I just toss a few into the seed saving jar.

After bagging up as many types of seeds that will fit (I'm going to have 2 jars for fruits/veggies, 1 for flowers and 1 for herbs), I placed the closed jar in the back of my fridge. The fridge will keep the seeds dormant and help them last as long as possible.

So there you have it, my version of a seed vault and so much cheaper, filled with the varieties that my family will use and that works for our area! And, over time, what was spent, will pay for it's self, as I will have less of a need to buy seeds with each passing year because we will be seed saving from our harvests. I hope you enjoyed this tip!